Delaware Valley Regional High School

 

RULES: Contestants will need to memorize and perform TWO (2) poems in the competition from the approved eligible poems list.

 

 

 

 
National Poetry Out Loud Website: http://www.poetryoutloud.org
 
Info on NJ's POL: https://www.njpol.org

 

 

 

Filming requirements:

• Film with a horizontal orientation.

• Face the camera so it captures your head to mid-torso (medium shot).

• Each recitation should be filmed in one single shot from one static angle.

• The sound and picture must be clear.

• Videos cannot be edited. Do not add music, graphics, titles, virtual backgrounds, or computer animation.

• Use of professional recording studios is prohibited.

• For video submission contests, each recitation requires its own separate video.

 

Tips:

• Stand in front of a neutral background, if possible. Try to avoid wearing clothing in similar colors to the background.

• Do not place light sources behind you to avoid being backlit.

• Students may look directly into the camera, at a fixed spot, or at an imagined audience.

• Make sure you are the only visible and audible person in the video.

• Use a microphone, if possible. If the microphone is on the camera, position the camera close to you.

• Start recording a few seconds before the recitation and stop recording a few seconds after the end.

• For video submission contests, check with the contest organizer if there are file size limits to videos and if there is a preferred naming convention to save your videos.

• Examples of student filmed POL recitations can be found on the POL YouTube page.

 

Reminder – Recitation Requirements:

• Students must begin by stating the title of the poem and the poet’s name, and the translator, if applicable.

• A student’s own editorial comments before or after the poem are not allowed.

• Poems must be recited from memory.
  

Previous School-Wide Competition Winners: