My Visual Poem

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My visual poem was about the imagination and how much of a powerful thing it is. My poem talked about how without the imagination we would never be humans and we would forever be stuck as primal beasts and I truly believe that. I mean how would anything be made if we didn't imagine on how to make life better? So anyway, I had to add visuals and I added some B-roll to the poem since our teacher did really want to see the visuals of me recording my poem so I put b-roll of DVD players, cars, radio etc. to really solidify my point. I also put b-roll various things that corresponded to the words of my poem like when my poem said ..."one of the few freedoms left to man" I put b-roll of a mini American flag.

One of the requirements needed to get a full grade on our visual poem was special effects. So I put the "stabilization" effect, an effect that kinda smoothed over the parts where there was a lot of shaky cam when my hands quivered. So with that effect my grade raised considerably. I also put a little bit of colorization and I think that will raise the grade a little bit more.

I think I could have done better putting on some transitions to smooth over the sudden cuts and it was also another requirement. I also could have done better b-roll because honestly the b-roll I took was adequate compared to some of my peers.But other than that the visual poem itself was very good and I'm proud of what I did. But really to be honest I hold great pride in the poem itself and it was the best I've written so far! Hope I get a good grade on this!