The Poetics of Poetry Film
The Poetics of Poetry Film (Book)
Film Poetry, Videopoetry, Lyric Voice, Reflection
The first book of its kind, it classifies the different types of poetry film, shedding light on the fast-growing genre and citing works from poetry filmmakers worldwide. A ground-breaking industry bible for anyone interested in poetry, digital media, filmmaking, art and creative writing as well as poetry filmmakers. 60 col., 20 b/w illus.
Edition
Set to generate and influence discussions in the field for years to come, this is an encyclopaedic work on the ever-evolving genre of poetry film. It will set the benchmark for all subsequent works on the subject. As well as being the first book of its kind, this will be a multi-platform project, with users to view the poetry films on a related website and an app planned to accompany the book.
Poetry films are a genre of short film, usually combining the three main elements: the poem as verbal message; the moving film image and diegetic sounds; and additional non-diegetic sounds or music, which create a soundscape. This book examines the formal characteristics of the poetic in poetry film, film poetry and video poetry, particularly in relation to lyric voice and time.
Provides an introduction to the emergence and history of poetry film in a global context, defining and debating terms both philosophically and materially. Examines the formal characteristics of the poetic in poetry film, particularly in relation to lyric voice and time. Includes interviews, analysis and a rigorous and thorough investigation of the poetry film from its origins to the present. This is a very important, groundbreaking work on film poetry. The ideas discussed here are of great importance, and the diversity and breadth of the volume is especially impressive and very useful. This book brings together in one place crucial ideas and information for practitioners, students and academics, and is clearly and accessibly written.
Including over 40 contributors and showcasing the work of an international array of practitioners, this will be an industry bible for anyone interested in poetry, digital media, filmmaking, art and creative writing, as well as poetry filmmakers. It explores working practices, processes of collaboration and the mechanisms which make these possible. It also reveals the network of festivals disseminating and theorizing poetry film and presents a compelling bibliography.
This is the most incisive and complete analysis of filmic poetry to date. It is poised to become a major text in the field.
Essential reading for academics teaching poetry filmmaking, moving image, film, media and media poetry, writing and art. Undergraduate and postgraduate students in those fields. Great potential for textbook adoption.
Also relevant to poets, filmmakers, visual artists, graphic artists and theorists, filmmakers, screenwriters, art historians, philosophers, cultural commentators, arts journalists.
Sarah Tremlett (MPhil, FRSA, SWIP) is a commissioned poetry filmmaker, writer, artist, arts journalist, and theorist. She is the cofounder of the poetry film organization and online platform Liberated Words CIC, judging and curating international screenings and events.
Illustrations
Foreword
Valerie LeBlanc
Preface
Introduction: Poetry, Song, Philosophy – The Combined Lyric Aesthetic
PART ONE
- Terminology across Time
- Realization and Structure
- Voice and Narrative
- Time and Mind
- Constructing Dynamic Spatio- Temporality
- Tonality, Light and Colour
- Sound Design
- Poet on Screen: Persona and Subjectivity
PART TWO: ARTISTS’ VOICES
- Contemporary Pioneers
George Aguilar
Enzo Minarelli
Tom Konyves
Javier Robledo
Peter Todd
Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel H. Dugas
Stuart Pound and Rosemary Norman
Heather Haley
Thomas Zandegiacomo del Bel
Banks
Gabrielė Labanauskaitė
Dave Bonta
Alastair Cook
Marc Neys
- Making
Chaucer Cameron
Marie Craven
Lucy English
Ian Gibbins
Jane Glennie
Hanna
Kate Jessop
Adeena Karasick
Martha McCollough
Matt Mullins
Adele Myers
Charles Olsen
Caleb Parkin and Helmie Stil
Maciej Piatek
Dave Richardson
Othniel Smith
Howard Vause
Susanne Wiegner
- Poetry Film and Videopoetry in Portugal and Spain: Alive and Thriving
Charles Olsen
Alexandre Braga
Manuel Vilarinho
Eduardo Yagüe
Tarha Erena
Alejandro Céspedes
Celia Parra
Jordan T. Caylor
Belén Gache
Santiago Parres
Lola López- Cózar
Agustín Fernández Mallo
David Argüelles Redondo
Ángel Guinda and Sándor M. Salas
- Experimental Poetry in Argentina from the 1960s to the 1990s: Political Voice and Prefiguring the Turn to Digital Literature and Video Poetry
Marisol Bellusci
- Liberated Words: Developing a Poetry Film Festival and Workshops
Butterflies Haven Workshop
Helen Moore and Howard Vause
PART THREE: SELECTED NARRATIVE FORMS
- Collections
- Text- on- Screen
- Video Haiku and Video Haiga
- A Documentary Approach to Poetry Film
- Dance and Movement
- The Ecopoetry Film
Overview
Examples of Leading Poetry Film Festivals
References
Artists and Authors Index
This is an encyclopaedic, groundbreaking manuscript on an area of film production that definitely needs more attention, and stands to be the book to surpass for quite some time; the author knows her territory intimately ... It is the most incisive and complete analysis of filmic poetry to date; it’s very diverse, includes women, minorities and transgender filmmakers, and Tremlett's descriptions of the films, and the intent of the filmmaker poets, and is both accessible and clearly written. This is a sharp, up to the minute manuscript on the bleeding edge of film criticism. ... A book exploding with dazzling, evocative images and trenchant analysis.
This is a gem of a book. It brings together in one place crucial ideas and information for practitioner and academic. I wish very much that it had been available when I found my way into videopoetry ... Considering the scope of the subject matter, what has been achieved here in terms of clarifying and anatomizing is remarkable.
