Nothing But The Film Poem - Episode 1

Lights! Camera! Action! Poetry!   Nothing But The Film Poem is a new podcast from the Scottish Poetry Library which will be released into the wild 3 times per year. In this first episode Sam Tongue from SPL meets poetry filmmaker Steve Smart. They talk film poems - or poetry films - just what are they? - and discuss some interesting examples.  

Poetry films mentioned:

Do not go gentle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOZjrkfWIlM

La Plage by Alastair Cook

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/filmpoem-4-la-plage/

Acknowledgements

https://www.arvideriksson.com/acknowledgements

Additional Resources

Poetry Film Workshop web page (wide variety of many poetry film related resources) https://artsci.co.uk/poetryfilmworkshop/

Charles Olsen’s 2023 essay on ‘How to film a poem’ https://newsroom.co.nz/2023/06/13/how-to-film-a-poem/

Helen Dewberry’s book ‘How to make a Poetry Film (a handbook for poets)’

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/helendewbery/how-to-make-a-poetry-film/