Cut
Shots
Crosscut: Next to an event in a poem
of yours, juxtapose a simultaneous event
that parallels or enhances the original
event.
Contrast Shot:
Next to another event, juxtapose a simultaneous
event that is in contrast or opposition
to it.
Jump cut:
Take an event from your poem and write
out a series of action shots within that
event so that the series is one continuous
sequence.
Visual
Transition
Metaphorical
dissolve: Choose an image from one
of your poems and then add an image with
a similarly implied meaning that creates
a transition to another scene.
Form dissolve:
Choose an image or sense detail from one
of your poems and create another image
or detail that has a similar physical
mass, color, or shape that makes a transition
to a new time, place, or idea.
Thematic montage:
Choose an image from one of your poems
and write out a series of associated images
that progressively lead to the next image
in the poem.
Flashback/flashforward:
Right after an image, detail, event,
or statement in one of your poems, segue
backwards or forwards to another time
and place.
Substitute image:
Choose a few predictable images in your
poem and substitute other more unexpected
but logical images in their place.
POV
Establishing
shot: Open a poem with a full shot
of the room the speaker is in.
Deep focus shot:
In the above establishing shot, make
sure details of the foreground, middleground,
and background are equally in focus.
Close-up shot:
Select one of more images from the
above shot and focus in closely on some
detailed aspect of it.
