For one of my classes this semester at uni we got given a Haiku poem and then had to explore the poem and create an AO poster about our Haiku words using text and images (above)

My Haiku poem is:

coquettish seagull
melting blushing grotesque prune
hastening echo

After finishing my AO poster I create a 30 second film in iMovie HD going through the story of my Haiku poem. I made 5 silhouette shadow models based on my Haiku poem. I then put my models on top of my A0 poster and used lights to project shadows. The whole time that the light was projected onto my models to create shadows I was taking photos documenting the shadows.

I imported my photos into iMovie and started experimenting with the timing of the photos so that it would run smoothly when played. Music was the next thing I added. Seeing as my poem is quiet dark and gloomy I decided to have music by Evanescence ‘Tourniques’ playing in my film. I experimented with my photos and music so that the different scenes would work together and work well as an overall short film. I also recorded myself saying my Haiku poem and placed that at the start of my film to introduce my Haiku poem.

Here is my animation film on my Haiku poem:

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