Multimedia Storytelling JOUR 203

Photo Week 3: More on Portraits Photo Stories Audio Slideshow Basics

Discussion
How dd you bring your subject to life?

 I wondered if the same people in these same

situations would be as receptive to a reporter.

I believe that as long as journalists continue work

for a purpose, they will continue to shape the ideas and beliefs of the world.

Discussion
How did you bring your subject to life?

Comments on Last Homework

Comments on Last Homework

Todays Goal
Understand basics of assembling slideshows and audio slideshows.

Todays Goal
Understand basics of assembling slideshows and audio slideshows.
* Soundslides

Limits of a Single Image

Limits of a Single Image

Very quickly the photograph became labeled as

The Marlboro Marine, which is quite a title to give a picture. It created a lot of conversation, was published widely, but its not an accurate representation of the real story. James is a human being who as tough and macho as he looks is dealing with incredibly severe post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from what he experienced in Iraq.

Telling Stories With Pictures

Telling Stories With Pictures

Telling Stories With Pictures

Audio Slide Shows

Audio Slide Shows

Audio Slide Shows

Audio Slide Show Basics

Audio Slide Show Basics

Dos
Have a clear relationship between images and

narration.

Audio Slide Show Basics

Dos
Have a clear relationship between images and

narration.
Provide context: tell where we are and what is

going on early in slideshow.

Audio Slide Show Basics

Dos
Have a clear relationship between images and

narration.
Provide context: tell where we are and what is

going on early in slideshow.

Use captions to provide additional information

(not just what we can already see).

Audio Slide Show Basics

Donts
Dont use ambient sound out of context (dont

have a car horn blowing when we see no car).

Audio Slide Show Basics

Donts
Dont use ambient sound out of context (dont

have a car horn blowing when we see no car).

Dont combine audio and image in a way that

misleads.

Audio Slide Show Example

SoundSlides Demonstration

Sample

Practice
Inclass assignment: Simple Audio Slide Show Exercise * Take either the three pictures from your portrait assignment or the three pictures from your event assignment and add a short narration track to them, in SoundSlides. The resulting project will likely be short :30 to 1:00.

Homework
Another Portrait Shoot
Read the chapter from Photojournalism on portraits

(electronic reserve)

Shoot another portrait assignment. You can find a new

subject if you like or reshoot the same person you used before. setting.

Must have three distinct pictures, either in framing or Submit three distinct pictures of your subject by 11 pm

Thursday before next class (March 28).

Make sure pictures are in focus and well composed.