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Using only your camera, create a short (30 sec. -3 min. max) video.
Your piece can be a one-take (turn the camera on, shoot, turn it
off - voila, a video!) or an in camera-edited (a series of shoot
in sequence) piece.
The topic of this assignment is to create a video poem:
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You will create visual images to
accompany a pre-existing poem, either one you have written yourself,
or one by another author |
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Consider how you can translate the
verbal and textual imagery of the poem into visual language. |
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Also consider the following
issues: how will the visual and text-based images interact with
each other in my video? Will I be illustrating the poem with
video images, or will I be adding other layers of imagery to
play off of the text? Can I create a dialogue between the image,
sound, and text of the poem? |
Process:
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Find a short poem you like, or write
one yourself for this assignment. Read it aloud and time it
to make sure it is not too long; |
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A good approach is to break the
poem down by line or by stanza, and create a series of images
to go along with the text using a storyboard; |
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Assess your location, prop, crew,
and equipment needs, then from it organize your shooting schedule; |
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Shoot your video poem —you
can literally videotape yourself, use the camera as your "surrogate
eye," shoot objects and/or people, etc.; |
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Your audio should be live and edited
with the video - i.e. you or someone reading lines of the poem
while the images are shot; |
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I will randomly assign
the class into groups of 3-4 students. You are expected to work
as a group to execute your videos. You may assist each other
in shooting, lighting, props, etc. Each group will check out
cameras and equipment as a group, so plan your shoots and coordinate
your locations. Even though you will be working in groups, everyone
must learn how to operate a video camera. |
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