Things reading

Make sure you have read the introduction to chapter 12 (151 - 152 in the packet) before you do the following:

Post the following ON YOUR BLOG. You may copy and paste the questions if you would like.

1. Which of the seven assignments do you plan to shoot?
2. How can you create visual interest with this assignment? Refer to specific concepts from page 152.
3. How can you create mood with this assignment? What mood do you want to create? Refer to specific concepts from page 152.
4. What do you want to express with this assignment, if anything, and how do you plan to accomplish this? Refer to specific concepts from page 152.
5. List two tips listed in the assignment that you intend to follow when shooting.
6. List anything about black and white film shooting, processing, or printing that you think you need some review on.

The Photo Essay Movie - Instructions

PART 1
Setting up the project and placing photos

1. Open Windows Movie Maker
2. Right Click "Collections"
3. Choose "New Collection" and name it "Photo Essay"
4. Make sure that all of the photos you are going to include are properly cropped. The file format and resolution don't matter. The higher the resolution the better.
5. Click on "Photo Essay" once to make it active
6. Go to File > Import into Collections, and navigate to the folder that has your photos for your photo essay in it
7. Select ALL of the files in that folder and click "import"
8. Go to File > Save project and save it into your folder as "yourname_essay_movie"
9. Drag the photos you want to use in order from the collection preview to the storyboard
10. Write your script - On the storyboard sheet, write the name of the photo file in the "video Scene # box", Write your words (narration) in the "Script or voiceover" box, and write any music or sound effects you plan to use in the "production notes" box.
11. Click on the "Show Storyboard" tab to show the storyboard.
12. Click on the "Video Transitions" tab to show transitions, and apply transitions to your essay.
13. SAVE YOUR WORK

You will learn about recording your voice in Part 2. YOU must show your complete script to Mr. Connolly before you start recording.

Perfect your print essay

Copy and paste these criteria into your blog. Write a one sentence comment for each explaining if your photo essay has this or if you need to fix this, and then finish your printed essay.

Must have a large dominant photo
Must have consistent one pica internal spacing
Must have a caption for each photo that touches the photo
Must NOT trap white space
Must have between 4-7 photos
All photos must be well cropped
There must be a good, descriptive headline
There must be a mini-story (50-100 words) explaining your page

Plan your electronic photo essay

Look at the photos in your essay and the photos you shot that you didn't include, and decide the following:

1. What type of essay do you want to produce? (type 1, 2 or 3)

Type three is the challenge option. You have to actually record the voices and sounds of the photo essay. To see examples, go to the mountain workshop site.


2. What is the order of the photos in your essay? (list the file names in order)


Post the answers to these on your blog.

Electronic Photo Essay Preview

View some examples of the two main types of electronic photo essays
http://www.magnuminmotion.com/

Title - World of Changes
Type 1 - Photographer speaks about photography/ philosophy

Title - The Evacuation
Type 2 - Narration tells story / Explains photos

Assignment- Choose one other photo essay from the magnum page.
Fill out a Storyboard for the first eight photos.

• Place the name of the essay and the type of essay (Type 1 or 2) in the "project title" section
• DO NOT include intro photos
• In the sketch box, WRITE the caption for the photo
• In the voiceover box, copy ALL of the words spoken during that photo
• In "production Notes" Note any music or other sound effect used

Daily Tasks

I will be out until Friday. You must do the following every day.


1. Write a daily photo critique.

Go to cnn.com and choose a recent photojournalism photo. Upload it into your flickr account, and post it on your blog with a full critique.

Your critique should include the following and make specific reference to elements in the photo. You do not have to answer every question for every photo, but you should discuss the major areas ( i – iv ) for every photo, and focus on prominent items in the photo.

• What is the story? – Write one to two sentences explaining, in your own words, what story is being communicated by the photo. DO NOT copy the caption. Instead, discuss what the photo adds to the story visually.
  
• Focus- Is the depth of field deep or shallow? How can you tell? What is in focus and what is out of focus and what effect does this have?
  
• Exposure - What is dark and what is light? What is in shadow and what is highlighted? What is blurry and what is frozen? How does the exposure affect the photo?
  
• Composition – What is the CVI? How do the different elements in the photo help to create this CVI? What advanced techniques do you see, and how do they add to the effectiveness of the photo?
  

2. Finish your other work.

All past blog entries as described below, and your photo essay complete with 2-3 sentence captions must be finished by before Friday.

I will be monitoring your posts on the web from NY, and the photo essay is a HUGE grade, so keep working and be good to the sub. See you Friday.

-Connolly