Epic Creator Combos: Poets & Filmmakers
This week we look at Poets & Filmmakers.
This is a series of posts looking at killer combos’ and where you can find these various disciplines for your own project collaborations. This week we’re looking at Poets & Filmmakers.
There’s nothing quite like seeing poetry and film come together. It serves as a powerful vessel and strengthens the message carried in the poems words. These videos have been made with poems at their core, and the results are pretty stunning to sink into.
To This Day — Shane Koyczan
This is a pooooowerful video. It went a bit viral so it’s likely you’ve seen it but it’s a classic example of a talented poet collaborating with a talented group of filmmakers.
All the Way — Willem Martinot
The poem in this video is called Roll the Dice by Charles Bukowski. The short film features carefully curated shots to emphasise parts of the poem. If this doesn’t fire up that motivation engine I don’t know what will.
Television is a drug — Beth Fulton
This is an awesome example of typographic animation working alongside poetry. The rhythm in this is spot on.
Pale Blue Dot— Chin Li Zhi
Carl Sagan has been featured in many filmmaking projects due to his insightful and powerful recordings on his perspective on our world. This particular film gained popularity for being refreshingly original.
Hope this has kicked off some inspo for you. Here’s where you can find these corners of creativity.
Filmmakers, find Poets here:
- Medium (of course): There are publications that specify in short stories, poets or creative writing.
- Poets & Writers: Non-profit organisation dedicated to creative writing.
- Writers helping Writers: Facebook group dedicated to writers helping each other out.
Poets, find filmmakers here:
- Zebra Poetry Film Club: A comprehensive list of filmmakers who have delved into poetry in the past. Worth a browse.
- Poetry & Beauty: Another Vimeo list of awesome videos featuring filmmakers who have delved into collaborating with writers.
- Freelance Filmmakers: A Facebook group with a good helping of freelance filmmakers.
That’s all for this week folks. Tune in same time Monday for another epic combo.
Peace! ✌️
