COMM 101- INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION STUDIES

PHOTO-ESSAY/PHOTO-STORY PROJECT

The Topic and Content

The focus of your photo essay will be : A reflection on an emotional/psychological

situation like sadness, happiness, anger, joy, hopelessness etc.

You will try to convey this emotional situation to the audience as effective as possible.

Format

The projects should be prepared with MOVIEMAKER programme.

The durations should be between 1 and 3 minutes and with 10-15 photographs

You can use music, sound effects. You are expected to use your original photographs but

you can take pictures from the magazines, posters, old photos, and web to enhance the content of your project.

You are not allowed to use the downloaded pictures from the web unless there is an absolute necessity to support your story.

There should be begining and finishing titles.

Deadlines

15-16 March: Find an idea, write it down and discuss it with your instructor

29-30 March: Submit first draft of your file to your instructor. Your file should include: One page on your topic and idea, your perspective Storybord: if you take some photographs you can put

them in order according to what you are trying to tell, and also the subtitles...etc

10-11 May: Final Submission of your projects copied on VCD.

List of human emotions we can experience

There is a huge list of human emotions that we are capable of experiencing. However often times we only experience a very limited number of emotions.

It is always the same few ; happiness, anger, love, confidence, anxiety, stress, relaxed. Ask people what emotions do they experience in a week and they’ll invariably say those common emotions.

The more type of emotions we feel, the more colorful our life experience will be. It is not that we can’t experience a wide array of emotions, rather it is because we often label different emotions into a common group like happy or sad that we forget to experience that emotion for what it is.

Take happy. There is happy, ecstatic, cheerful, relax, exited, exhilarated etc. All those emotions are unique in their own way but we usually label it as happy. By doing that we unintentionally take away it’s characteristics and thus take away our experience.

Below is a list of human emotions to remind you of the emotions that we humans are capable of experiencing. I have included both positive and negative emotions. Experience as much positive emotions as you can.

Positive emotions

Adequate Awe Assured Able

Capable Certain Charmed Cheerful

Comfortable Compassion Courageous Confidence

Determined Delighted Eager Energetic

Enthusiastic Excited Exhilarated Expectant

Elation Empathy Excellent Fascinated

Glad Good Great Grateful

Glorious Glamorous Graceful Happy

Hopeful Humorous Inspired Interested

Joyful Magnificent Lust Love

Pleasure Playfulness Peaceful Pleasant

Powerful Pride Positive Relaxed

Relieved Satisfied Surprised Sympathy

Stable Sublime Superior Thrilled

Annoyed Anxious Apprehensive Agonize

Anger Anxiety Apathy Bored

Burdened Cautious Competitive Concerned

Confused Contempt Depressed Destructive

Disgusted Distracted Doubtful Disappointed

Exasperated Exhausted Embarrassment Envy

Frustrated Fear Guilty Greed

Grief Harassed Hesitant Hostile

Ignored Impatient Indifferent Intimidated

Isolated Irritated Jealous Jumpy

Lonely Mad Manipulated Miserable

Obnoxious Overwhelmed Panic Pressured

Remorse Revenge Shame Sad

Scared Shocked Suspicious Stress

Tired Uncomfortable Uneasy Used

Wary Weary Wasteful

Negative emotions

Useful Sources

Information on photo essays http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_essay http://www.photocentric.net/HowToCreatePhoto

Essays.pdf

Examples of photoessays http://www.collectivelens.com/photoessay.php?i

d=3 http://digital-photography-school.com/5-photo-e

ssay-tips http://www.time.com/time/photoessays http://www.jansochor.com/ http://www.nytimes.com/pages/multimedia/ http://www.unicef.org/photoessays/index-pe_25

213.html

Short films http://www.theoneminutesjr.org/?thissection_id=

10&movie_id=200900283&series_id=30

For better photographs http://www.kodak.com/global/en/corp/top10tips/i

ndex.jhtml http://photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_

for_better_photographic_composition_introduction.html