So Long Summer: An Illuminated Text of "Summer Is Gone"

Submitted by mkindra on Sat, 2010-11-13 23:40

My partner and I worked long and hard on this project. During the project we discovered ways to illuminate the text. We weren’t sure on how to work flash but once we warmed up to it, it was a breeze. We were able to morph images into words, create snow, and able text to move. We also found music that would work perfectly with our illuminated text. I hope you enjoy!

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partner1: 
Maggie
partner2: 
Olivia
period: 
4
project: 
Anglo-Saxon/Celtic Poems 2010
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J.K. Rowling's picture

This illuminated text was

Submitted by J.K. Rowling on Mon, 2012-10-29 23:54.

This illuminated text was short and slow, which i think worked in the authors' favor. I like how summer was always yellow to define it as sunny and warm. likewise i really liked how water was blue to show it was cold and wet. like i said this was a kind of slow illuminated text, there were not a lot of motions but rather the authors had a lot of pictures or drawings in it, which i thought were really cool because they were made out of the words.

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This illuminated text is

Submitted by jayash00 on Tue, 2012-10-30 22:47.

This illuminated text is really nice. It's short and simple, yet really effective.
You guys did a really good job of taking a short poem and turning it into a minute and twenty seconds worth of art. The very beginning of the text captured my attention; the way the music amplified as the black background began to develop some writing on it. The tone of the music was soothing yet also saddening, similar to the transition of the seasons. You guys did a good job of portraying an actual bell at the part where it says, "the bells, stag, stag, stag," making the bell move/shake like an actual object was a clever was of using imagery and capturing the viewer's attention.
I liked how the icicles turned into the word ice, that was both creative and a good way to conclude the illuminated text. It sufficiently portrays the ending of summer and the progression of cold weather and winter- as does the snow with letters that spell out the word "winter." Very thoughtful work.