Storyboard And Photography

STORYBOARDING

Saturday, February 21, 2009

STORYBOARDING

What is a story?

What is the best way to tell the story?

Text, audio, video, pictures, maps, interactive graphics

Elements compliment one another

Saturday, February 21, 2009

STORYBOARDING

Not every story is appropriate for multimedia format

Examples?

Appropriate stories are multidimensional

Think about entry point of your stories

how people are lured into the story?

Text? Video? Photo?

Saturday, February 21, 2009

PRODUCING A GREAT SLIDE SHOW

Saturday, February 21, 2009

SLIDE SHOW

Have a story in mind (narrative)

What are the subjects of your story?

What photographs would represent the atmosphere of the event?

Take pictures. Interview. Take pictures again.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

BASIC PHOTO COMPOSITION

Saturday, February 21, 2009

CREATIVITY

It is NOT about expensive equipment

It is about creativity and desire to see things differently

Shawn Rocco, staff photographer for NC News & Observer

http://cellularobscura.blogspot.com/

Saturday, February 21, 2009

PICTURES

What pictures do better than words?

What stories can be told only with pictures?

Saturday, February 21, 2009

RULE OF THIRDS

Saturday, February 21, 2009

SIMPLICITY

Saturday, February 21, 2009

NATURAL FRAME

Les Bessant/Flickr

Saturday, February 21, 2009

PATTERNS AND REPETITIONS

yeraze/Flickr

Saturday, February 21, 2009

LEADING LINES

hubertk/Flickr

Saturday, February 21, 2009

SHAPES

Amodiovalerio Verde/Flickr

Saturday, February 21, 2009

CONTRAST

Leo Chimaera/Flickr

Saturday, February 21, 2009

SHADOWS

cobalt123/Flickr

Saturday, February 21, 2009

PERSPECTIVE

Joel Bedford/Flickr

Saturday, February 21, 2009

REFLECTIONS

mikebaird/Flickr

Saturday, February 21, 2009

WRITING CAPTIONS

Combining text and pictures

Text provides information that a photo cannot give

persons and things

background info

Saturday, February 21, 2009

WRITING CAPTIONS

WHO

WHAT

WHERE

WHEN

WHY

Saturday, February 21, 2009

WRITING CAPTIONS

Short but informative

FIRST and LAST name

Three or less

GRADE, YEAR or JOB TITLE

What is happening? (ask)

What the person is doing? (ask)

Saturday, February 21, 2009

WRITING CAPTIONS

Where the photo is taken?

Be specific

When the photo is taken? (if relevant)

Be specific

Saturday, February 21, 2009

WRITING CAPTIONS

Avoid obvious statements

if it is obvious, you do not need captions

Do not assume anything. State facts!

Saturday, February 21, 2009

WRITING CAPTIONS

If going with audio

make sure it is clear who is talking

audio and pictures should be relevant

Saturday, February 21, 2009