Oh, Mary Lee! I adore this!! I love Stephen Fry and his articulate ire in this clever animation may be my favorite post of the day! Thank you for sharing.
As for your question about my hummingbird poem, Tabatha suggested cutting out the part about curiosity. I may play with it to see if I can add that word elsewhere and just get to the point at the end, ha ha. Thanks for encouraging me!
Thrilled to hear the voice too, along with the visual. Just think if students could see they can do this with their poetry! They would 'bubble and froth'!
This is a really interesting presentation of a poem. I wonder how he did it. Do you think kids could do it? (or maybe the better question is, do you think the old lady teachers of kids could do it?
I was going to reply that I've never been able to figure out how they made these (kinetic typography videos)...but then I thought like a kid and not an "old lady teacher" and did a search on YouTube for a how-to video...lo and behold, they guy who made this one has a how-to: http://tinyurl.com/mzbfttk
Oh, Mary Lee! I adore this!! I love Stephen Fry and his articulate ire in this clever animation may be my favorite post of the day! Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAs for your question about my hummingbird poem, Tabatha suggested cutting out the part about curiosity. I may play with it to see if I can add that word elsewhere and just get to the point at the end, ha ha. Thanks for encouraging me!
Thrilled to hear the voice too, along with the visual. Just think if students could see they can do this with their poetry! They would 'bubble and froth'!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this delicious visual piece on language!
ReplyDeletePerhaps "wordsmith" will go the way of "blacksmith" and "silversmith." I hope not.
ReplyDeleteDitto me.
DeleteHaha! Yes, I watched this the other day, and loved the way he spoke his response: "They do NOT!"
ReplyDeleteLove this! And it wouldn't be the same at all without Fry's proper accent. :-)
ReplyDeleteI love the way that the words fall into place in tune to Fry's speech. I like the idea of inviting my kiddos to do this come Fall.
ReplyDeleteThat was amazing! The line you quote "but to they bubble and froth..." was the line the stood out for me, too. Thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteCatherine
I hope I don't "land in the soup" too often! Ha, ha, he is a hoot! Thanks for sharing this!
ReplyDeleteThis is a really interesting presentation of a poem. I wonder how he did it. Do you think kids could do it? (or maybe the better question is, do you think the old lady teachers of kids could do it?
ReplyDeleteI was going to reply that I've never been able to figure out how they made these (kinetic typography videos)...but then I thought like a kid and not an "old lady teacher" and did a search on YouTube for a how-to video...lo and behold, they guy who made this one has a how-to: http://tinyurl.com/mzbfttk
DeleteMaybe I'll dabble.
Just watched half of the how-to video. WAYYY too hard!
DeleteThanks for the link -- you're right about "thinking like a kid"! I probably can't manage it, but I will show my youngest!
DeleteWhat fun! His accent, expression, and the dance of words made it even more so. I must explore more of Stephen Fry.
ReplyDeleteViolet N.
This is brilliant-- now I need to go share it with everyone I know!
ReplyDeleteVery fun. I especially like the frothy part in the middle.
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