The Road Not Taken (2008)

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This is a visual interpretation of Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken". I thought I'd do this as an experiment to keep my cinematography/filmmaking skills up-to-par over the summer holidays. Let me know if you like this and if so I may consider doing more for different poems. And of course, you can always request a poem for next time. Thanks!

Music: GarageBand loop: "Jacaranda"
SFX: Garageband SFX: "Frogs at Night" "Forest"

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~The Road Not Taken~

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;




Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,




And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.




I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

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[zamaraksohsoh]

this is the lamest thing i have ever seen

[stotan88]

thanks glad you liked it!

[akaFilanachi]

nice, I'm making a video of this poem for my english class

[stotan88]

nice man, best of luck :)

[Humperdink18]

I hate to say it, but you didn't seem to have misinterpreted the gravamen of the first phrase.

It's "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler..."

In other words, one person can't be in two places at once. There should be no pause between "travel both" and "And be one traveler..."

[stotan88]

oohhh very interesting! i definitely see where you're coming from. thank you for that :)

[TheBeautifulChelsea]

Good job!!! I love this poem :)

[5UPR4N0V4]

are you canadian?

[divantha2]

This is a good one!! But u should have done this in fall season...

[xXKillaBoiXx]

you just brought it my friend. *snaps

[rebeccasmileyface1]

i luv all ur video ideas especially this one, ur gr8

[mattolay5]

your very cute

and nice video

[wackojacko104]

A very good short film,nicely done..but this poem is widely misinterpreted by readers,it is one of the,if not the most misunderstood poems in America.The poem isn't about the choices of life,and being your own person and being non-conformant.There is eveidence in the poem that highly suggests that it isn't about the choices in life and that he will "tell this with a sigh" because people will wrongly interpret the poems true meaning,which is that in life there maybe no wrong choice

[theazdex]

@Andy3612 this poem is about the choices in life. you could take the easy way that many people have or take the harder path that will get you to a better place

[theazdex]

you could have used a little less pausing in the middle of sentences, but other than that it was great

[TommyInVancouver]

Excellent work. Dont forget your stick.

[margos06]

canadian eh?