Last year I done this project and i choose the poem 'down on the shore'.
There is two parts to the poem, both highlights the difference on the other. The first part talks about 'the sunny shore', how it cheers the land and has blue skies, but the second part is about how the shore can be stormy and angry.
Last year I focused on the first verse of the poem and produced a relaxing piece with slow moving shots and neutral colours, something that i felt reflected the emotion in the poem.
However the second verse is so different and i feel i could interpret this in a completely different way, I think it could make for a more interesting piece with a darker atmosphere and more dramatic shots.
Down on the shore, on the sunny shore!
Where the salt smell cheers the land;
Where the tide moves bright under boundless light,
And the surge on the glittering strand;
Where the children wade in the shallow pools,
Or run from the froth in play;
Where the swift little boats with milk-white wings
Are crossing the sapphire bay,
And the ship in full sail, with a fortunate gale,
Holds proudy on her way;
Where the nets are spread on the grass to dry,
And asleep, hard by, the fishermen lie,
Under the tent of the warm blue sky,
With the hushing wave on its golden floor
To sing their lullaby.
Down on the shore, on the stormy shore!
Beset by a growling sea,
Whose mad waves leap on the rocky steep
Like wolves up a traveller's tree;
Where the foam flies wide, and an angry blast
Blows the curlew off, with a screech;
Where the brown sea-wrack, torn up by the roots,
Is flung out of fishes' reach;
And the tall ship rolls on the hidden shoals,
And scatters her planks on the beach;
Where slate and straw through the village spin,
And a cottage fronts the fiercest din
With a sailor's wife sitting sad within,
Hearkening the wind and the water's roar,
Till at last her tears begin.
