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In this project, the students students of Stephen Seller’s Class were assigned to be poet laureates of overlooked countries involved in World War 1.
These poet laureates were responsible for choosing an event that is relevant to their country from WW1. They also had to choose a specific poetic form and a perspective from which to view the event. In addition, each poet wrote an essay giving historical context for their poem and explaining their creative decisions, and give a presentation to their peers about their historical event. Finally, the poets will organize edit, design, and create a Book, called History Through The Eyes of the Living. The poets also created a website to archive the project process and the products digitally. |
I myself was a part of the Web Design team. For that book launch group we were assigned to create a website exhibiting the poems and where to buy the book. I was assigned to create a Documentary of our Book Launch Party that took place on February 11th at the Open Shutter Theater.
Film coming soon
REflection
During the Poet Laureate project, I produced many pieces of work, including a Poem, an Explanatory Essay, and a documentary of the Book Launch Party. Everyone doing this project created a Poem and Explanatory essay from their country’s perspective, but not everyone made a documentary. We were divided into several groups to make this Book happen, and of the many teams created I was assigned to the Web Design Team. In this team, we were supposed to create a website and help promote our book. For this website I created a Documentary of the Book launch party that happened February 11th at the open shutter theater. In this Film, I interviewed many people, students, community members and teachers, and also some of the pieces presented during the Book Launch Party.
I am really proud of the outcome of the exhibition. I had a lot of fun both preparing and during the exhibition, and I wish I could have participated in it more. During the exhibition I took photos and videos of the Exhibition, and also interviewed people, both students, teachers, parents and community members, for a documentary that will go on the website.
I remember taking a lot of joy into presenting what I had just recently learned about my country to the class. I did this in a form of a video about the Belgian Congo. At first, I thought that Stephen might reject my video idea, so that's why I did it anyway, to be a rebel. After a few hours of working on the video, I realized I needed to know more to get a good quality video prepared. So with this creation, I also researched more about my country.
During the research portion of this project, we were given a whole week, so around 10 hours, to create a stuffed outline about our country. At first I began my research strong, but as I kept looking I found a lot of nothing. My research hours were then spent poorly, and the creation of my stuffed outline for the Belgian Congo was rough. It wasn't until we began writing poems and preparing for the projects Presentation of Learning that I began to research more and discover more. If I had found that information sooner, this project would have been a lot less stressful
During this project, I have increased my video editing skills, mostly through the presentation of learning we were assigned to give to the class. I learned how to make images follow clips, and gained a lot of patience while taking long processes to make sure the video was as good as I wanted it to be. Eventually, after a long process of making pictures slide in and out of frame and photoshopped heads follow counterparts, the video was created. Im glad I created this video because the next video I make that will require these skills will be amazing.
I am really proud of the outcome of the exhibition. I had a lot of fun both preparing and during the exhibition, and I wish I could have participated in it more. During the exhibition I took photos and videos of the Exhibition, and also interviewed people, both students, teachers, parents and community members, for a documentary that will go on the website.
I remember taking a lot of joy into presenting what I had just recently learned about my country to the class. I did this in a form of a video about the Belgian Congo. At first, I thought that Stephen might reject my video idea, so that's why I did it anyway, to be a rebel. After a few hours of working on the video, I realized I needed to know more to get a good quality video prepared. So with this creation, I also researched more about my country.
During the research portion of this project, we were given a whole week, so around 10 hours, to create a stuffed outline about our country. At first I began my research strong, but as I kept looking I found a lot of nothing. My research hours were then spent poorly, and the creation of my stuffed outline for the Belgian Congo was rough. It wasn't until we began writing poems and preparing for the projects Presentation of Learning that I began to research more and discover more. If I had found that information sooner, this project would have been a lot less stressful
During this project, I have increased my video editing skills, mostly through the presentation of learning we were assigned to give to the class. I learned how to make images follow clips, and gained a lot of patience while taking long processes to make sure the video was as good as I wanted it to be. Eventually, after a long process of making pictures slide in and out of frame and photoshopped heads follow counterparts, the video was created. Im glad I created this video because the next video I make that will require these skills will be amazing.