With Wondering Awe: Project Prototype

I've been thinking a lot about what I'd like to do for the creative component of my final project, and I keep going back to that phrase, "create the wonder." I've been really impressed with a lot of videos that I've come across as I've been researching awe, and the more I think about it, the more I want to create a video to get my ideas across. One of my central ideas is that while the digital--when used purely as a mimetic tool--conveys only a diminished sense of awe,  its creative and synthetic potential supersedes that of traditional mediums. Though art or writing or music can draw us in and bring us to a state of wonder, film and other more modern media formats have the potential to combine the best of art, music, writing, etc. in a single, unified, immersive work. The wonder of the digital age, though, is that creation of such works is no longer limited to large production studios, especially with vast bases of open content through Creative Commons licenses. Building on this notion, the focus for my final project will be a video that combines original writing (narration), an original piano score, and Creative Commons video clips in an effort to awaken viewers to a new reverence for traditional sources of awe and instill within them a new determination to utilize modern modes of creation to inspire awe.

I've already begun writing out the script, and I've been recording tidbits of music, trying to figure out a general flow for the piece as a whole. I want it to reach a point of climax that is paralleled in the language, music, and video simultaneously, so I've been trying to figure out how to convey that in each medium. Also, I've been going through Creative Commons videos on Vimeo and downloading ones that have moments that I like.

Images/sounds that I have so far
Child, piercing shriek of joy
Light coming through scrim
Forest sun's radiance
Hagia Sofia dome, rotating shot
Starry sky, rotating shot
Timelapse sunrise over sea

Anyway, those are some things that I've been working on and thinking about  for my final project. I think in the end, it will turn out almost more like a spoken word poem than an analytical piece, but I hope to blend the two. If you have any ideas or videos that I might be able to draw upon, please let me know! I'd love your input!