Digital Poetry

So far, you should have:

1. Found and interpreted your poems -- What would you say it means?
   
2. Found some images that you would like to include in your digital poetry.
3. Added a title to your project including the title of the poem and the author's name

Today you will:

1. Extend the length of your iMovie. Most of these poems are going to range anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute or two. As you think about extending the length of certain images or using "black" space, adding extra frames will slow down the reading of the poem and add an emphasis to the words on the screen.
2. Add transitions between your images and words. Think about how a slow entrance of a word might add significance to it. How can your transition add meaning to your poem?
   
3. Add the words of you poem. Think about the examples that we saw. Did they just show one word at a time? More than one word of the poem? Did they change the font or size for specific effect on important words? How does that change or add meaning to your digital poetry project?

If you have questions, please ask to conference with me (Ms. Moraites). I am more than happy to look it over for you and to give you pointers or where I think you might need transitions or to slow down words.

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Continue to think about what music you might want to use behind your project. Do you want to add some voice recording behind your words? What kind of music will best represent your interpretation of the poem? (I suggest not using sections of music with words unless necessary.) Is your poem soothing? What music would represent this? Is your poem chaotic? Do you think that more than one kind of music would add a chaotic feeling to your poem? Etc.

As a writer would use different literary elements and techniques to add meaning to their poetry and prose, you are doing the same thing for your digital poetry projects and using technology.

Remember, you will be publishing these online and sharing these with the rest of you classmates!