Colors of a Dream

As I Grew Older by Langston Hughes is a poem about dreams, like a lot of the other poems Langston Hughes writes. I chose this poem to annotate and make an iMovie on because after skimming through the choices we had, I thought this was easiest to interpret. Basically, it is about someone's dream fading as one grows older. I also made this connection with the Susan Boyle and Paul Potts video because they showed their persistence to achieve their dream while a lot of people were doubting them. This poem talks about normal people who aren't like Susan Boyle or Paul Potts. Normal people who usually forget about their dream because of the lingering cynicism in the world. And because this happens so often in the world we live in, this is why I thought this poem was a fairly easy poem to annotate.
For Langston Hughes' poem I chose soft music that I felt implied a sorrowful person reminiscing to when his/her dream was still vivid in his/her mind, and as the music goes on a lower scale, the time when darkness overshadowed this person's sky. Its tempo also helps with the mood of reminiscing and sorrow. As for the pictures, I chose light colored paintings for the first few lines to show that this dream does exist. And this person knows it. Most of the paintings used in Langston Hughes' poem were painted by the same artist. His technique is to blend colors and make it a hint of abstract. Not a clear image, but still justifiable. For the middle of the poem, I chose darker colored paintings since the light of this person's dream has vanished because the dream has faded away. And then again it turns into a lighter color showing the dream is back.
For my own poem, I chose colorful paintings by all different artists because I was talking about me having a multi-personality. I also chose pictures that were literal such as the dictionary but I think it makes a big impact too because it is not a plain picture of a dictionary, but instead composed in an interesting way. I specifically chose the paintings to have a blend of colors for the bit about the chameleon because a chameleon needs to blend in. Apart from that painting, I chose my paintings to have an intensity of colors to symbolize the different personalities that live in me. Unlike the music for Langston Hughes' poem, the music for my own was more cheerful. I chose this song because it isn't as depressing as the previous one, and it also goes with the rhythm of my poem. I think the change of instruments was a good transition in terms of music between the two poems. And lastly, I think the 2 end clips for my poem makes a big impact because the words are isolated and has a distinct alignment.