Overview
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Choose a poem of medium length from our Brit Lit textbook.
A poem between 12 and 30 lines is long enough to demonstrate
good reading expression, yet short enough to maintain audience
interest in a video presentation.
Practice
reading the poem aloud; decide how the poem should best
be interpreted. Be creative here. Consider a modern-day
adaptation or draw out an individual application.
Read
aloud for me in the hall October 5-6. I will be glad to
hear readings earlier — at the beginning of class,
before, or after school.
Select
the visual accompaniment to enhance the meaning of the poem.
Avoid too literal of a match. Keep your plans simple, yet
still innovative and interesting.
The
grade is given to the speaker of the poem. The speaker should
be the one making all the decisions on the production of
the video but need not appear in the video.
Restrictions:
we will break no copyright laws. Music, sound, and images
will be either original or non-copyrighted.
In
addition to the poetry video itself are these following
requirements:
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Proposal
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Storyboard — well-detailed, well-explained (frame
subject, perspective, motion, sound)
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Personal schedule for completing assignment
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Initial poem paraphrase
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Well-developed, researched analysis of poem
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Director’s cut to be filmed
The
video project will be graded on the following aspects:
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Clarity
— enunciation, articulation, pronunciation
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Pace
— slow enough, varied, effective pauses
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Punctuation
and end lines accurately acknowledged
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Vocal
expression — affection, not affected; varied,
effective emphasis, shades of tone heard
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Physical
expression — effective gestures, body movement,
and acting
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Seriousness
of intent — presentation is true to the poem,
not a parody, mocked, or turned into a comedy
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Effective
visual images — not too literal, yet not demonstrating
a misunderstanding of the poem; background carefully
chosen Effective sound or music — optional (save
a version without a sound background track)
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Clean
— no rough edges, no parts left in that should
have been edited out or no missing parts that were cut
off by accident
