PICTURE SEQUENCING

Picture sequencing is a technique that can be used with students for

narrating, retelling and creating stories as well as sequencing events or activities.
With retelling or summarizing a story, a sequence of pictures that correlates with
the story that has been read is presented to the student.
There are many definition of sequence. Spivey (2005) explain that
Sequencing is the process of putting events, ideas, and objects in a logical order.
Why is sequencing important? We sequence all day long—we divide our time into
what we need to do first, second, and last; we understand events in our lives by
understanding the order in which they occur. For some students, sequencing can
be a hard concept to grasp, especially when they are trying to tell a story. Using
good key words like ―first,‖ ―next,‖ ―then,‖ and ―finally,‖ cue your child as to what
is coming next.
Picture Sequencing is cut several sequential pictures from magazines,
picture books, comic books, or the comics section of the newspaper. Make sure
the pictures have an obvious order.
Sequence pictures is every artefact, every picture, really every observed
moment has trapped within it a million possible storylines. A story becomes a story
when it moves past the facts, past the details, to the description of a sequence
of events, in which some character is driven by a clear desire, acts to realize that
desire, and discovers something in doing so.
A Sequence picture is combining between a pictures and the story. Every
picture tells a story. Using a picture will help the students to illustrate it in a short
story. The picture is one of a good way to stimulate the writing ability of the
students. From the pictures there can be a lot of story will find. With another word,
phrase, sentence, or paragraph.

8 TIPS – HOW TO DO STORYTELLING WITH YOUR IMAGES

A Post By: Ben McKechnie
So, you’ve learned enough about composition and lighting to get people
talking about your images. That’s excellent. Also, you can hold their attention on
Instagram long enough to get them to hit the heart button. Wonderful! But what’s
the next logical step? How do you hook people in for more than just a few
seconds? Learning how to do storytelling with your images.
As a photographer of people and cultures, I spend a lot of time thinking
about storytelling. I want to put it to you the next logical step is learning how to
introduce storytelling elements to your images. If you can draw viewers into the
frame and make them think deeper, then you are taking one giant leap forward
on your photography journey.
Here are eight tips to get you started, accompanied by some of my own
images to help illustrate the points. They may have been taken in far-flung places,
but I promise you the theories can be applied to anywhere on Earth.
1. Include small details to tell a story in a single frame
Imagine your task is to tell the visual story of a person. A parent
perhaps, or even yourself. How would you do it? A single portrait wouldn’t
be a story. A person’s story is in the details; a picture of their desk, travel
books strewn across a bedroom floor, a close-up of their hands that are
dirty from working the garden, and a wide-angle portrait of them
surrounded by a few of their favorite things. Next time you’re
photographing a person, try to include small details in the frame that add
to their story.

2. Aim for variety in a series of shots

Related to the last point is you that you need to remember to take a
variety of different images styles of a single situation. Whether you want to
tell the story of a camel market in India, a farmers market in a Chicago
suburb, or your niece’s birthday party, just focusing on one kind of photo
won’t tell a whole story. You need portraits, wide-angle shots, shots from up
high, down low, action shots, zoomed-in details… all these combined tell a
whole story.
3. Take control of the entire frame
You’re not only a photographer anymore, but a storyteller too. Part
of realizing that role is taking control of the whole frame. Don’t just think
about your subject’s positioning. It’s important to teach yourself to be
aware of the whole rectangle in front of your eye.
Sometimes I lie flat on the floor to gain new perspectives, in an
attempt to include environmental details in the frame that lend to the
scene and add storytelling. I get strange looks, but who cares.

4. Plan ahead with a shot list

Whether you’re heading out into your hometown for some street
photography, or to the Eiffel Tower for some vacation photography, why
not write down a few notes beforehand in the form of a shot list? I’m talking
about ideas for specific shots, angles, people that you might include in the
frame or even chat to then ask for a portrait.
Research online the kind of shots that other photographers,
amateurs, and pros, have taken in that place before. Seek out never-been-
done fresh angles to lend a fresh storytelling aspect to a well-known
location.
5. Learn to narrow down, trim, and exclude
Uploading a hundred photos to Facebook, all of a similar theme and
setting, taken from slightly different angles is a surefire way to lose people’s
attention. That 100 could be narrowed down to the 10 best storytelling
shots. Learn to be selective and start sharing only your best images.
6. Emotions are an important part of storytelling
Let’s keep this one short. To capture emotions, your primary
requirements are people and faces. However, emotion can be
communicated secondarily through body language, so capturing whole
bodies works sometimes too.
7. Don’t forget about composition and lighting
In your bid to learn storytelling, don’t forget about composition and
lighting. This is all too easy to fall out of touch with, especially when you’re
starting out. Focus too much on adding storytelling elements and you may
well start paying less attention to composition and lighting. Now that you
know it’s a possibility, you’ll be better armed to make sure it doesn’t
happen.

8. Let’s talk narrative structures (and kick the difficulty up a notch).

How does a traditional novel or movie work? They are stories with
beginnings, middles, and ends. If you’re just starting out taking series of
pictures to do storytelling, you could practice with a chronological
narrative structure. This is by no means the only or even recommended
narrative structure to follow, but it’s a fun and easy way to practice.
Tell the story of a single day in a place you know well. Start with
sunrise, then take photos throughout the day as the light changes, and let
the series conclude with sunset and night shots.