My first attempt at making a video had one clear result- a new-found appreciation for all that we watch on youtube. Very frustrating experience indeed, and will probably want to tweak it, but at least there is some version available until someone posts a better one! :) Can't wait for that!
May 22, 2011
A song of despair- Pablo Neruda
My first attempt at making a video had one clear result- a new-found appreciation for all that we watch on youtube. Very frustrating experience indeed, and will probably want to tweak it, but at least there is some version available until someone posts a better one! :) Can't wait for that!
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From "Twenty Love Poems and A Song Of Despair"- Pablo Neruda
ReplyDeleteThis collection of poems, first published by Neruda at the age of 19 in 1924, caused something of a scandal because of its frank and intense sexuality: "I have gone marking the atlas of your body / with crosses of fire. / My mouth went across: a spider, trying to hide. / In you, behind you, timid, driven by thirst." It later became one of Neruda's best-loved works, selling two million copies by the 1960s.
Music- "Sebika" by Jan Garbarek, Brahem, Hussain, album Madar.
Images from Wikimedia Commons.
this is absolutely amazing. I've not read much at all of Neruda but I truly loved this. Thank you so much for sharing. Hugs Michael
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael! This whole poetry booklet is one of my favourites, hard to believe it was written when he was 19, he was definitely a born poet, what a talent! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteAh, I also made my first video in the past week, but as in video-camera using iMovie :) ... of friends playing table tennis. :^) And it was similar in length 5:43.
ReplyDeleteThis is cool, but even cooler would be if you read it!!! ;^)
I've got another video I once made like this which would also be much better read than being read.
I keep meaning to read more of Neruda one day... I've read the odd poem, so I should check out the book you mentioned...
What do you use to put text over the image by the way? When I did it I used images with the text written on. I started this just before Christmas and completed it in February.
ReplyDeletehttp://jamintoo.multiply.com/recipes/item/59/Spirit_of_Dao_in_the_Art_of_Jia_Lu
I put the video as private for the moment though, because the artwork is technically copyright and also I didn't want to publish it in the open yet. I sent a message to the artist also, but got no reply.
Great job, Hille! I'm very impressed. Your video is much better than you think. I love the music and the images, to say nothing of Pablo Neruda. Tres coool! :)
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Wonderful indeed Hille! Neruda is a personal favorite and I've always like this piece, and thanks to you this is even better than just reading it. Garbarek music is very fitting for the poem and the video. Excellent choice!
ReplyDeleteYou are so far ahead of the curve Hille. Within a month or two you will be doing some amazing things... if you haven't started already! Haha!
Thanks so much Carrie and Markus for your kind words and encouragement. Hugs to you both!
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