Autumn Train
I am playing with the digital storytelling medium and also want to remind myself of the evolution of such a process. A story takes work and the pieces need to come together.
Below is a mini-digital poem that still needs its title inserted, audio tweaked and some better fades but it feels good enough to share and get feedback on. (Really must go invest in a mac…anyone want to gift me one?!).
Ok, will be quiet now - click below and enjoy the ride:
The fall colour wheel rushes by…
"autumn train"
"I am sitting on a train watching a flurry of naked trees cloaked in splashes of colour
- rich reds give way to auburns, oranges, yellows and browns
…it is like someone took a brush and applied strokes to last weeks landscape.
Every little city or house now sits in monet-esque fashion,
fuzzied by mist and surrounded by flicks of an autumn palette.
– This is why I love trains" Words from my train ride NY - Boston Nov 15; Images from my train window: NY - Washington, Nov 18 natalie shell (C) 2005
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November 22nd, 2005 at 12:45 am
I love trains too - I live in the city that is home to the National Railway Museum - but more than looking at trains I love the way communities and countryside flash past the windows when you travel on them.
November 22nd, 2005 at 12:46 am
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November 22nd, 2005 at 12:51 am
Thanks! I love it!
November 22nd, 2005 at 1:00 am
Hi Natalie,
I like the direction your going with autumn.
I did think the visual you presented was interesting and really did take the viewer to that place, sitting by or near a train window, zooming past the scenes. It also reminded me that each time people experience those scenes zooming by, that there is a special quality in the zoomingness (is that a word?), and once that stops the visual experience is really different and less interesting in some ways.
Like I said, I don’t think I would push the “This” in the last sentence, but otherwise, find the piece compelling.
Keep working, you’re a natural.
Steve
November 22nd, 2005 at 10:38 am
wow nat.
What a poet you are. I am impressed. But then again, I shouldnt be because I have always known you had talent.
Didn’t understand all of your poem due to the relatively poor quality of the sound (might be my computer, though) but I also read and think it is quite good. That sort of stuff has never really been me so for me to say this should be considered quite a compliment.
Keep up the good work and sometime I am sure you will be more famous than Rowling.
Hugs
Michael
November 22nd, 2005 at 2:28 pm
Dear Natalie,
What a wonderful way to start my day with. First thing after starting the computer and Bach (Notenbuchlein fur Anna Magdalena Bach) was your poem with the images - Bach in the background goes quite well. I love the purity of what you have made. It also makes me dream of travelling and wonder about the journeys we as humans undertake. Thanks for sharing.
Warm regards,
Joep
November 25th, 2005 at 1:12 am
thank you to you all for your kind feedback! I will ineed keep going and really appreciate your generous support of me and my process!!