Kaitlyn Greene Initial Walkthrough

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Hi, friends! My name is Kaitlyn, and I’m going to show you the process behind the making of my e-poem. For my project, I chose the poem “Where Does the Dance Begin, and Where Does it End?” by Mary Oliver.

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This is her! :)

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I chose this poem because I enjoy the way Oliver blends natural imagery with dance. The way she describes the natural world makes it seem as though the world itself is a dance, rhythmic and always in motion.

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“Where Does the Dance Begin, Where Does it End? By Mary Oliver
Don’t call this world adorable, or useful, that’s not it. 
It’s frisky, and a theater for more than fair winds. 
The eyelash of lightning is neither good nor evil. 
The struck tree burns like a pillar of gold.
But the blue rain sinks, straight to the white 
feet of the trees 
whose mouths open. 
Doesn’t the wind, turning in circles, invent the dance? 
Haven’t the flowers moved, slowly, across Asia, then Europe, 
until at last, now, they shine 
in your own yard?
Don’t call this world an explanation, or even an education.
When the Sufi poet whirled, was he looking 
outward, to the mountains so solidly there 
in a white-capped ring, or was he looking
to the center of everything: the seed, the egg, the idea 
that was also there, 
beautiful as a thumb 
curved and touching the finger, tenderly, 
little love-ring,
as he whirled, 
oh jug of breath, 
in the garden of dust?

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For my music, I searched YouTube for something that I felt sounded “worldly.” I ended up choosing an African-Asian fusion selection that I felt was very chill and would make really beautiful background music for my images and texts.

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For the opening clip, I decided to do a sunrise-

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It made sense for a nature video! I liked this clip because the footage of the sun rising reminded me of the beginning of “The Lion King!”

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“I chose clips that I felt emulated the feel of the words; for this line, I pictured animals moving in a dance-like way. For these dolphins, the ocean is their “theater.”

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I wanted clips that show the beauty of nature from around the world.

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Here are some of my favorites!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I had A LOT of fun editing my clips!!!!

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I gave nods to some of my favorite movies through some of the more subtle clips...The “Sufi poet” is actually Tom Hanks in the film “Cloud Atlas,” which is my favorite book!

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The “garden of dust” is actually a shot of Jakku from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens!”

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But one of the most fun clips to select was this one

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I felt as though the “everything” needed to be E P I C”

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So I searched YouTube for ‘COOL SPACE EXPLOSIONS.’ YouTube delivered :)

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I wanted the flow of my video to be as smooth as possible, so I used some sort of transition on EVERYTHING, including words. I also tried to animate texts in a way that matched what the poem was saying (as shown here)!

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I got a lot of practice with various aspects of Camtasia through the process of making my e-poem; I practiced layering and editing videos as well as manipulating sounds. I actually selected my music last, so I could choose something that would suit the finished product; I was very excited when I put the music over the video and it worked perfectly!

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Overall, I had a lot of fun with this project and was very proud of my finished product!

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Thank you for watching my walkthrough!!! All the music in this video is by Nick Drake; I highly recommend giving him a listen. :)