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The Man Who Couldn’t Tweet by Adrian Smith

On 21 November, 2012 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Author-made videopoems
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http://vimeo.com/19643419

Adrian Smith directs with camera help from Daniel Liss.

After many years a man hears from an old lover in an unexpected way. Old school, 16mm black and white given a modern twist and an original soundtrack by Trashcan Petunia.

Lulu Gay by Wallace Stevens

On 20 November, 2012 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Videopoems
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Othniel Smith used a reading by Alan Davis Drake for Librivox and public-domain images from the Prelinger Archive to make this short film.

It turns out by Martha McCollough

On 19 November, 2012 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Animation, Author-made videopoems
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In the description on Vimeo, Martha McCollough says about her latest film:

Business continuity rooms are where some people will go to work while the rest of us are outside mutating.

Built in Flash, After Effects, and Logic

Four Paradigms by Alberto Roblest

On 15 November, 2012 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Author-made videopoems
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The description on Vimeo reads:

Four Paradigms for the new millenium. A poem. A homage. A flux.

Alberto Roblest is a “veteran public access television producer” and “author of artwork exhibited at museums, galleries and film and video festivals around the world,” according to the Hola Cultura website.

(once like a spark) by e.e. cummings

On 14 November, 2012 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Videopoems
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This too-brief film is from someone named Bikrant Pakhrin.

The Three Ants by Kahlil Gibran

On 12 November, 2012 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Videopoems
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http://vimeo.com/52815065

Gabriel Sumon directs, with cinematography by Mahdy Hasan. Filmed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in Bengali with English titling.

Haciendo Apenas la Recolección by Tino Villanueva

On 5 November, 2012 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Videopoems
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Another collaboration between Chicano poet Tino Villanueva and filmmaker Alberto Roblest makes visual poetry of Villanuava’s childhood, which was spent following the crops with his migrant farmworker family in Texas.

Hay Otra Voz—A Chicano Poem by Tino Villanueva

On 29 October, 2012 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Videopoems
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A collaboration between Chicano poet Tino Villanueva and filmmaker Alberto Roblest.

The Mantis Shrimp by Dave Richardson

On 26 October, 2012 by Dave Bonta with 1 Comments - Author-made videopoems
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A meditation on the Mantis Shrimp’s 16 photoreceptors, a yellow blouse from the past, and a desire for more and more color. A previous version of “The Mantis Shrimp” was juried into Liberated Words at MIX: A Conference Exploring Transmedia Writing & Digital Creativity, 16-18, July 2012; Bath Spa University, UK. “The Mantis Shrimp” is now showing at the Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, Illinois, from Sept. 21 to Dec. 2, 2012, in the EIU Art Department Faculty Show.

Thus the description at Vimeo [for an earlier version of the video]. For more of Dave Richardson’s work, see his design website and Rocky Hill Studio blog.

What I Say When You Ask What I’m Up To by Diana Salier

On 24 October, 2012 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Animation
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San Francisco-based writer and musician Diana Salier collaborated with the animator and director, Daniel Lichtenberg, on

A paper cutout-style animated video adapted from Diana Salier’s poem WHAT I SAY WHEN YOU ASK WHAT I’M UP TO, from her new book LETTERS FROM ROBOTS.

Diana builds a couch fort to hide herself from a former lover.

LETTERS FROM ROBOTS is out now on Night Bomb Press.

Salier stars in the film (along with Leiandrea Layus), composed the music and did the voice-over. Additional credits include assistant animator Max Berry and gaffer Matt Rome. (One doesn’t see nearly enough poetry films crediting gaffers.) It was produced at Photon SF.

A Year Younger by Hal Sirowitz

On 22 October, 2012 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Animation
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Hal Sirowitz’ Mother Said was a bestseller in Noway, whence this film by Kajsa Næss, who notes,

The film is made using a mix of pixillation, cut out photographs and stop motion.
Shot on 16mm

mr. lucky’s jackpot by Martha McCollough

On 19 October, 2012 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Animation, Author-made videopoems
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In the description at Vimeo, McCollough notes:

This has more of a straightforward voiceover than most of the pieces I have been making.
Built in after effects, Sound design done using Logic.