My task was simple; create a digital story (less than 3 minutes) which would communicate an evocative way of incorporating creative writing, imagery and sound. Well, I think I have done just that. My digital video is a story, more like a poem, that was created using a few different writing techniques. First, I randomly shot words I liked and thought were neat-looking during my three weeks abroad (i.e. found poetry.) Then I reviewed each photo and wrote the words out on little pieces of paper and shuffled them around and wrote a little narrative based on their complete randomness. This does not take as long as it may seems (actually it took about 3 minutes) since I have been practicing this style of creative writing/poetry ever since I discovered it while reading a biography on David Bowie’s writing process some 15 years ago. So, my digital story is a homage to the act of dreaming/traveling and to the Fab Four (aka The Beatles) using the sights I spied from London and Paris to illustrate my experience of my Study Abroad journey... So, just click the embedded player below (you can even turn up the audio if you find you need a little bit more volume.)
Here is a written transcript of the piece:
