Sonnet #44
- Episode aired May 21, 2013
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S1.3: Sonnet #44: Didn't totally like what it did, but I really liked that it did it
In this third film in the Sonnet Project, the subject is distance and the narrator says that if his body was able to move to places as quickly and easily as his thoughts can, then he "would be brought from limits far remote" to where the object of his thoughts dost stay. It is a beautiful thought and as with the previous two sonnets I have seen thus far, I appreciated that it was delivered with realism – since in this case the body cannot travel in this way and this is the cause of sadness in the narrator.
In terms of the narration, I thought Brewer did very well to deliver his lines with good tone and pacing throughout, because although he did not wildly vary, he gave just a little bit to structure and pace the words so that I could keep up and appreciate what was being said. That said, I did still need to watch a few times because there are other things to take in visually. In the first two films I felt that the visuals added context but didn't do much creatively in the way that a "film" would; in the case of this third film it does do something creative as we move around the unisphere sculpture in Queens, indicating travel and zooming in and out to bring a man and a woman closer together. I am not entirely sure that the visual meaning fitted with the words, or that the visual effects added as much to the delivery as I would have liked, however I greatly appreciated that the filmmaker Gannet was trying to make a film, rather than just film a sonnet being delivered.
As with sonnet #15, the end of the film is very abrupt but here it feels appropriate and, although still a little jarring, it works better as part of the short. I may not have totally liked what it did with the material but it is an evenly delivered and engaging sonnet and I enjoyed being drawn into the visuals, music and sound around the words. Of the three films thus far, this is the first that really feels like a short film.
In terms of the narration, I thought Brewer did very well to deliver his lines with good tone and pacing throughout, because although he did not wildly vary, he gave just a little bit to structure and pace the words so that I could keep up and appreciate what was being said. That said, I did still need to watch a few times because there are other things to take in visually. In the first two films I felt that the visuals added context but didn't do much creatively in the way that a "film" would; in the case of this third film it does do something creative as we move around the unisphere sculpture in Queens, indicating travel and zooming in and out to bring a man and a woman closer together. I am not entirely sure that the visual meaning fitted with the words, or that the visual effects added as much to the delivery as I would have liked, however I greatly appreciated that the filmmaker Gannet was trying to make a film, rather than just film a sonnet being delivered.
As with sonnet #15, the end of the film is very abrupt but here it feels appropriate and, although still a little jarring, it works better as part of the short. I may not have totally liked what it did with the material but it is an evenly delivered and engaging sonnet and I enjoyed being drawn into the visuals, music and sound around the words. Of the three films thus far, this is the first that really feels like a short film.
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