Sonnet Media Project<\/p>\n
In this enhanced podcast, you will interpret the text of a Renaissance sonnet, and a Renaissance image with a contemporary mind-set. You will create this media as part of a podcast series our class will publish on a website, as our own sonnet sequence. Rufus Wainwright re-purposes Shakespeare\u2019s Sonnet 20, singing lines such as \u201call hues in his controlling\u201d to create a contemporary expression of longing, and arguably implying the sorrows of gay politics in a homophobic culture. \u00a0\u00a0In the video performance officially published by Wainwright, the image of the solitary musician in the studio evokes the tropos of Shakespeare (viz. a viz. Wainwright) as a lone, solitary genius. \u00a0But Wainwright in his performance is far from alone: \u00a0the densely populated room of objects includes technologies of audio recording, expensive ear phones, multiple other microphones, and lighting that lends atmospheric feeling to the environment of contemporary video production. \u00a0\u00a0 Wainwright’s sonnet interprets, remixes with new materials, and voices Shakespeare through a new perspective. \u00a0The sonnet becomes a matrix of history and the new…the material culture of then…and now…paradoxes on top of paradoxes, feelings within feelings. Sonnet Media Project In this enhanced podcast, you will interpret the text of a Renaissance sonnet, and a Renaissance image with a contemporary mind-set. You will create this media as part of a podcast series our class will publish on … Continue reading
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\nRufus Wainwright Sonnet 20<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSelection<\/strong>: Focus on just one sonnet. \u00a0You will create an audio performance of the sonnet, alone or collaborating with classmates. \u00a0You may organize another performer or singer, if you would prefer not to be the reader\/singer. \u00a0However, you should craft the vocal performance by giving extensive input on the delivery: \u00a0the speed of reading, the points of emphasis, tone, vocalizations, accents,
\nVisual: The audio will be enhanced by key visuals. \u00a0In particular, you need to pick one visual to focus on through the entire presentation. \u00a0We\u2019ll give you the opportunity to move and focus on different parts of that image, and as well, to incorporate other kinds of visuals: \u00a0visuals of the text and contemporary photographs or other types of images. \u00a0Importantly, the visual should be a way to re-imagine contemporary time, to contemplate the difference between history and the self, to create new affective experiences, and to enrich the experience of the sonnet.
\nCollaboration:<\/strong> We will form teams of 2-4 students to collaborate on the project. \u00a0It is possible to work alone, but is is highly encouraged to work together. \u00a0Each group will choose a sonnet. \u00a0You will all receive the same assessment except in cases where I have good reason, based on observation and email correspondence, to assign different assessments.
\nFirst Draft:<\/strong> The podcast is due the last day of class to be presented or performed in a creative format.\u00a0 On Tuesday of Finals week, you should submit the final project to the WordPress blog with accessibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"