Inspiration Week

Josh O'Leary
"In this lesson I had to present one of our ideas that was created throughout "Inspiration Week", I had to present on my own as the rest of my group were not in due to university interviews. I felt uncomfortable to present without the group as it felt as if i was was only putting across my idea. I talked about the poem called "Have A Nice Day" by Spike Milligan, I talked about creating a short film that was based on the poem however altering it so that it seem that a normal man was drowning in his work instead of drowning by water. I talked about camera shots specifically the use of shot-reverse-shot that would be commonly used in this short film showing the dialogue in which this case are the lyrics of the poem."

The Poem Itself:
Have A Nice Day


'Help, help, ' said a man. 'I'm drowning.'
'Hang on, ' said a man from the shore.
'Help, help, ' said the man. 'I'm not clowning.'
'Yes, I know, I heard you before.
Be patient dear man who is drowning,
You, see I've got a disease.
I'm waiting for a Doctor J. Browning.
So do be patient please.'
'How long, ' said the man who was drowning. 'Will it take for the Doc to arrive? '
'Not very long, ' said the man with the disease. 'Till then try staying alive.'
'Very well, ' said the man who was drowning. 'I'll try and stay afloat.
By reciting the poems of Browning
And other things he wrote.'
'Help, help, ' said the man with the disease, 'I suddenly feel quite ill.'
'Keep calm.' said the man who was drowning, ' Breathe deeply and lie quite still.'
'Oh dear, ' said the man with the awful disease. 'I think I'm going to die.'
'Farewell, ' said the man who was drowning.
Said the man with the disease, 'goodbye.'
So the man who was drowning, drownded
And the man with the disease past away.
But apart from that,
And a fire in my flat,
It's been a very nice day.

By Spike Milligan

Referencing:

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/have-a-nice-day/