This is what they have given us to do on LEARN. Poetry? I should be able to get some good BRAINFOOD from that subject...
Course Start Up.
We will be meeting in the animation staff space located in the Animation Department - room I02 (not 105 as mentioned on the timetable which is just next door) this Friday 18th January. We will be starting at 9a.m.
Please read over the course syllabus for an overview of this course, and also look over the learning outcomes listed in the learn content.
Researching Poetry.
Your choice of poem is up to you to find, but to help you start here are a few names and links that are worth taking a look at listed below...
Feel free to use any of these if you wish. Your poet does not have to be famous or well known. You also have the option of including the actual words of the poem, either as a voice-over or as text on screen. Also at this stage you will be expected to look at a number or works, and may even choose to work on more than one poem.
Once you have selected a poem (or poems) consider how you will explore this visually:
Some questions to consider are ...is the poem based to a location, or a mood? If so does that location/mood suggest a colour scheme? How would you express the poem in nothing but colour - are there light moments - dark dense moments - scattered messy moments - quiet minimal moments... ? Try your best to demonstrate this with visuals and keep an open mind to where your explorations will take you without too much concern to a final look at this stage.
As mentioned above here are some links and names to explore:
Wendy Cope
Norman McCaig
Haiku poets such as Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa and Masaoki Shiki
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27424/27424-h/27424-h.htm warning stories for kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M5W_3T2Ye4 The Last Poets - black political poetry, a precursor to/progenitor of rap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X7E2i0KMqM Kurt Schwitters Dadaist poetry
http://www.poemhunter.com/spike-milligan/ Spike Milligan’s nonsense
http://www.poemhunter.com/edward-lear/ Edward Lear. if you don’t know him you should probably rectify that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM9BMVFpk80 Howl, Alan Ginsberg, complete with animation…
http://realitystudio.org/texts/the-poetry-of-william-s-burroughs/ poems by Burroughs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7r0MidfvCU performed
http://allpoetry.com/Libert- Paul Eluard’s Liberty which some of you may recognise from Cronenberg’s Maps To The Stars…
http://www.poemhunter.com/edgar-allan-poe/ the don dada of goff, Edgar Allan Poe
And don’t forget the poetry library just off the Royal Mile - http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/
and the writers’ museum - http://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/Venues/The-Writers--Museum.aspx
And Neu! Reekie for monthly events that centre on poetry performance, animation, and live music…
http://neureekie.tumblr.com/
Ken Nordine - Colors - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/srrtnddeeg8wtsg/AAAOprWVtIjhEkIoVwLz9Khxa?dl=0
