This is an audio appropriation work about earthquake. Some students in the classroom are having a music lesson and suddenly the earthquake hits the building. They are screaming and shouting aloud. The cars in the yard are sending out their alarms because of the sudden shake on the ground. Then there is some silence and the ambulance comes for rescue. People are searching for those who are still alive and help them out. Then there is the news report on the earthquake, a correspondent telling the listeners the current situation of the city hit by the catastrophe.

 

In this audio appropriation work, I have combined some sound effects of car alarms, screams of people, earthquake, and ambulance together in a multi-track so as to create the very situation of a sudden earthquake. The music lesson is from YouTube, recorded by someone from Beijing Normal University. The clip of people rescuing the survivors is cut from BBC news report. CNN news report in the end is also a part cut from the real news.