Fire and Ice by Robert Frost

Sam I really like the way that you brought the fire and ice effects the videos you chose. Maybe you could add movement of the words on the screen that goes along with the video. I think sound effects in certain spots could be really cool as well. 

The musical selection does well at kicking off the piece. I wonder if you might let it ride for a few seconds before bringing in the text of the poem. The editing is creating a nice sense of pacing for the piece. I wonder if more juxtaposition with the imagery can give some extra layers of meaning. For instance, when the poem is reference fire and ice, what if you used some human imagery that somehow captured the two kinds of people who believe in fire or ice? The battle scene that comes later does capture some of this. In many ways, I feel like switching the order makes some sense so that the fire and ice show up later when things like hate are referenced. I'm not convinced the battle imagery is the best--especially if moved forward--because other images might be even more abstract and create other kinds of meaning--a grizzled old man, an isolated child, etc. if you could find compelling imagery might hint at these fire or ice mindsets but leave some room for the viewer to fill in. You can crop or resize to clean up the watermarks that come toward the end and otherwise polish transitions, etc. I also like the audio collaging that seems to be coming up toward the end. That feels a bit cut off, but the ideas and strategy could be deployed in other spots. This is a nice selection, and the editing and pacing are working well, so more experimentation with the imagery with the aim of making things a bit more abstract and juxtaposed can create even more layers of meaning. Nice work.

I really like the music selection and the pacing of the video. My only suggestion would be to have more ambiguous clips. The poem suggest that it doesn't matter if the world ends in fire or ice. I believe that having clips to convey that meaningless instead of more fire and ice will really set your poem over the top. Like the war scene. Nice work though.