New Poem Project

Over the next few weeks we will be working with videographer Jabin Postal and poet Brendan Mcleod on a a poetry video project. The focus of the assignment is to work in groups of three to create a poem about one of the three themes connected to environment.

•  your internal environment (meaning what is going on in your head, thoughts, feelings about certain things/connecting it in visual form to the environment) 
• the beauty and or your connection to the natural environment around you
• or your concerns for the preservation or survival of our environment (enviro issues facing our world today)

The intent is for you to create your own poem as a group and then work to storyboard the vision to communicate these ideas in visual form via video. You will shoot, edit, and then voiceover and/or type your poem into the video. Each group should have and experienced video editor in it. We will begin next week working on this project with Jabin to learn more about video techniques and how to conceptualize a storyboard.

 The following is a few examples to help you understand the project:

I am Sorry

(minus all the special effects... students could speak the poem in various locations)

shane kozan: walking through the woods in bc (we have so many special places right here in the Comox Valley...capture these!)

All the Way

( a good example of how the poem can be placed in the video and spoken as well)

Earth Song: Micheal Jackson ( Hopefully you will find some inspiration here)

Environment wrap (needs some video work, but the rap is a cool idea...and there is meaning in his words)

An example of internal environment

An example of internal/external environment

Quality of Work

This is an example from one student videographer which showcases the quality of work I expect on this project.

Emily Crookall: Music video