Advanced Multimedia Reporting 2019

For my visual poem, I plan on filming the process of a birthday cake being made, and the person being celebrated blowing the candles out. The goal is to tell the story of the thought that goes into making a birthday cake for a loved one. I plan on having close up and medium shots of the counter and mixing bowls as well as shots inside the oven, and maybe a wide shot of (my) family around the table saying happy birthday, because I don’t have the rights to the song. I plan on using a light, upbeat song between natural sounds like those from the beaters, the timer going off, along with other sounds from the kitchen like eggs being cracked on the side of a bowl.  

For my visual poem I plan on shooting a video of my friend, Tim, in Tribeca Skatepark. Rather than a typical compilation-style video, my visual poem would be a multiple shot sequence centered around a single skate-trick. There’s this five-stair at the park that comes to mind as a really good spot to shoot a kickflip at. I have a fisheye lens that attaches to my phone which I can use to shoot in slow-motion. I want the video to capture the persistent nature of skating and include multiple shots of Tim bailing, if he does so, leading up to him landing the trick. I want the video to capture what most skate videos shy away from and that is skating is a process of repeated errors. Since the skatepark is right on the edge of Hudson river it has pretty decent lighting if the weather is right. The environment also lends itself to some dynamic b-roll including maybe some waves, the sun and birds along with the city. I want my video to have a dramatic tone. A friend of mine from high school recently released a song that I think would really lends itself well to a dramatic build-up. He said I’m more than free to use it. I can imagine my visual poem ending with Tim landing his trick and riding off into the sunset in slow-motion. This is the song: https://brendanroche.bandcamp.com/track/garage

For my visual poem, I plan on following a specific person doing his/her daily routine which I will capture with close-ups and medium shots. I would like my video to be based on the concept of the meaning of life. Soundwise, I want the person I’m following to recite a poem (which I will write) based on this concept with either background music or some natural sounds. For natural sounds, the person going on the train/the train coming into the station or the sound of footsteps or just the commotion on the streets.  For background music, I want it to be instrumental.  I am not sure which song yet, but here are some instrumental songs that I found:

• Winnie the Pooh by Tom Ameen
• How Far I’ll Go – Piano Version by Anthony Gallway
• Mia Invites Lily to the Ball – Score by John Dedney
• Circle of Life by Nazareno Aversa
• I Can Go to Distance / Hercules by Nazareno Aversa

Visual Poem Pitch

              For my visual poem I plan to create a visual juxtaposition of empty and crowded spaces in New York, through a series of close ups, medium, establishing and tracking shots of the same places when peopled and when deserted. I hope thus to explore ideas such as existence and death, as well as sound and silence and their correlation for their creation of the immediacy of our everyday circumstances.  I would like to compose my own music, and use string instruments, synthesizers and percussion, in order to weave together a piece whose rhythm contrasts with the visuals shown, where empty spaces are filled with frantic sounds and crowded streets are left to the hushes of soft melodies and the quiet beat of a muffled drum.

http://vimeo.com/315725139

 

by Sarah Burchell, Giselle Medina, and Daisy Rodriguez