{"id":867,"date":"2019-08-19T21:55:13","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T20:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/?p=867"},"modified":"2019-08-27T22:03:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T21:03:20","slug":"part-2-project-2-image-and-text-excercise-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/2019\/08\/19\/part-2-project-2-image-and-text-excercise-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 2 – Project 2 Image and text – Exercise 2."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Exercise<\/strong>
The aim of this exercise (and Assignment Two) is to encourage you to develop metaphorical and visceral interpretations rather than obvious and literal ones, to give a sense of something rather than a record of it..
Choose a poem that resonates with you then interpret it through photographs. Don\u2019t attempt to describe the poem but instead give a sense of the feeling of the poem and the essence it exudes.
Start by reading the poem a few times (perhaps aloud) and making a note of the feelings and ideas it promotes, how you respond to it, what it means to you and the mental images it raises in your mind. Next, think about how you\u2019re going to interpret this visually and note down your ideas in your learning log.
You may choose to develop this idea into creating a short series of images reflecting your personal response to the poem (or another poem). Write some reflective notes about how you would move the above exercise on.
The number of pictures you choose to produce for the exercises and assignments in this course, including this one, is up to you. Try to keep in mind the following tips for knowing when you have done enough\/not done enough:
\u2022 Are the images repeating themselves? Are there three versions of the same picture or example? Can you take two out?
\u2022 Does each image give a different point of view or emphasise a point you want to make?
\u2022 Do the images sit well together visually?
\u2022 Have you given the viewer enough information? Would another picture help?<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Metaphor <\/strong>– “a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viceral<\/strong> – “Relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect.\u2018the voters’ visceral fear of change”<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I understand this to mean that I am to create images that represent the feelings I experience from the poem rather than try to create literal images of things mentioned in it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this exercise, rather than a poem I have chosen the words from a song, which I consider a poem set to music. The extract below is the part that am I really connecting with right now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defying Gravity from the musical wicked<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I’m through with playing by the rules
Of someone else’s game<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too late for second guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It’s time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s time to try
Defying gravity
I think I’ll try
Defying gravity
And you can’t pull me down<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m through accepting limits
‘Cause someone says they’re so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, I’ll never know<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too long I’ve been afraid of
Losing love I guess I’ve lost
Well, if that’s love
It comes at much too high a cost<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Songwriters: STEPHEN LAWRENCE SCHWARTZ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Something has changed within me” . . .<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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“I’m through with playing by the rules of someone else’s game”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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“Too long I’ve been afraid of
Losing” <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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“I think I’ll try
Defying gravity
And you can’t pull me down”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n