In my opinion, the poem tells a story that is very depressing and emotional. I enjoyed reading and trying to figure out what the poet was trying to emphasize in each part of the poem. Therefore my initial thoughts would be that I liked it as it is differente from any poem I had read before and tells a very intersting story.
2. Give reasons for selecting your key three moments.
"She went out.
She stayed with friends.
She went out drinking."
- We chose this as one of our key moments because it shows that the mother tried not to care about her baby, and to forget her problems, she went out drinking so she wouldn't have to keep thinking about her husband and baby. Moreover, this key moment is also very easy to make a naturalistic image.
"When he went off, this mother changed
from a mother who cared for her two year old baby
into a mother who did not seem to care at all."
- This is one of the key moments because it explains why the mother left her child to die of hunger. Therefore it makes the audience have a little sympathy for the mother as she suffered and then to release the pain from her, she abandoned her two year old baby. It is the moment where the reader understands the mother.
"When love was torn away from her
she locked her love away."
- We chose this as one of our key moments because it resumes what the mother has been through and her feelings of loneliness and sufferment. The fact that she stopped loving the baby was because her husband stopped loving her. This part is very emotional.
3. Make notes based on the RESPONSE section of the given handout.
Lesson 1 - 11/08/2011
- Discussed poem 'stimulus' called 'Saw it is the Papers' by Adrian Mitchell , divided into small groups and highlighted key moments that we think are important.
- We had to make naturalistic and non-naturalistic still images in our small groups.
Naturalistic = Human
Non-naturalistic = Not human (abstract)
-When making still images, concentrate on facial expression.
- Still Image 1:
"She went out.
She stayed with friends.
She went out drinking"
Thaís played the mother and me and Victoria played the friends which the mother went ou drinking. Thais made sure she had a more serious facial expression to show that she was still worried about her baby. NATURALISTIC.
-Still Image 2:
"The baby died of hunger."
We did different stages, showing starvation to death. With sufferment facial expressions and leaning towards the floor. NON-NATURALISTIC.
-Still Image 3:
"There was no evidence of mental instability"
We had Victoria representing a sane person, and me and Thais behind her showing madness with our hands, body and facial expression. NON-NATURALISTIC.
-Still Image 4:
"But the man who promised to marry her
went off with another women"
Victoria was the man and Thais was sitting at a corner looking depressed as he went off with another women (Me). NATURALISTIC.
4. What skills/techniques are you learning and HOW EFFECTIVELY are you applying them to your own practical work?
We learned how to make naturalistic and non-naturalistic images from parts of the poem. First we did an activity where everyone had to make a non-naturalistic image of 'freedom'. By the techniques, I tried to apply what I learned to the main activity to make still images from the poem. However, it is not easy, especially the non-naturalistic ones as it has to be abstract and not human.
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