Multimedia Storytelling JOUR 203

Photo Week 3: Photo Stories Audio Slideshow Basics

Discussion
How did you bring your subject to life?

Comments on Last Homework

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

Todays Goal
Homework will be a final project pitch.

Todays Goal
And Youll Have Two Weeks to Do an Audio Slide Show

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: 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
Due Next Week: Final Project Proposal
Must include:

Format you plan to use. (video or audio slideshow) Story arc and hook Types of people who will appear Proposed headline for the piece Expected run time

Homework
Due In Two Weeks: Audio Slide Show (100 points)
Produce an audio slide show about a

newsworthy event or feature subject.

Must be at least 1:30 but no longer than 3:00. No image should be up longer than :20. Audio must include at least one piece of

ambient sound.