Spring2013 Slides for Photo Week 1

7/29/2019 Spring2013 Slides for Photo Week 1

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Multimedia

Storytelling

JOUR 203Audio Wrap-Up/Photo Week 1:Audio EthicsVisual Thinking, Shot Variety, Photo

Ethics, Captions


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Critique

Peer-grading


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Pair Up and E-mail Feedback

List to a classmates piece.

E-mail your critique of it to me [email protected](make sure to include the name of person you critiqued)

Include:

Rate the technical quality on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 is best)

Rate the story quality on a scale of 1 to 10

Write one sentence about what you liked about the piece.

Write one sentence about what you thought was weakestin the piece.


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Comments on Last Homework


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Todays Goals

Discuss the ethicalchallenges of

audio andphotojournalism


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Todays Goals

Take pictures thatcapture an event ina format suitable fora newspaper ormagazine.


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Todays Goals

* Basic photoconceptualizingand framing for

photojournalism

* AP caption style

Take pictures thatcapture an event in

a format suitable fora newspaper ormagazine.


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Audio Ethics

During the Interview:

Its not ok to tell someone what to say.


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Audio Ethics

During the Interview:

Its not ok to tell someone what to say. Get permission from the interviewee.


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Audio Ethics

At the Editing Suite:

Rule #1: Never change the meaning of what theinterviewee said.


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Audio Ethics


Um, cut out ums and ers though


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Audio Ethics



And its ok to cut out extra words


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Audio Ethics



And its ok to cut out extra words

Re-ordering is usually ok


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Audio Ethics

It's okay, even recommended, that you will cutout extraneous words.

Before editing: "I think that, you know, that, theuniversity should lower tuition fees."

After editing: "The university should lower tuitionfees."


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Audio Ethics

Sound effects? Mostly no.Special effects, including sound effects, should

be used with particular care in the presentationof journalistic material. On the rare occasionswhen they are used, rigorous judgment must be

applied to ensure that they do not distort realityor have the effect of producing editorial

comment.

-- The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation'sGuide to Journalistic Standards and Practices


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Audio Ethics

Using fake sound in radio may be harder todetect, but it is the equivalent of manipulatingphotos.


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Photojournalism


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Photojournalism

"The camera is an instrument thatteaches people how to see without a

camera."

Dorothea Lange


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What Photo Editors Look For

Joe Elbert (Washington Post Photo editor)s 4major categories:


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#1 Informational: Who, What, Why, When, Where,How


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This undated photo released by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquitiesin Cairo, Egypt, Sunday Feb. 28, 2010, shows the newly unearthed 3,400yearold red granite head, part of a huge statue of the ancient pharaohAmenhotep III, at the pharaoh's mortuary temple in the city of Luxor. Egypt'sCulture Ministry says a team of Egyptian and European archaeologists has

unearthed a large head made of red granite of an ancient pharaoh who

ruled Egypt some 3,400 years ago.(AP Photo/ Supreme Council of An9qui9es)


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#2 Graphic: Attempt to make the mundaneinteresting through composition


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#3 Emotional: Cause viewer to feel somethingabout the subject


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#4 Intimate: Make viewer feel close to the situationor subject


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Shot Variety


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Overall Shot


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Medium Shot


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Close-Up Shot


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High/Low-Angle Shot


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Composition


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Rule of Thirds


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More Examples


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More Examples


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Lighting


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Lighting

Main light source should generally be behindyou.


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Lighting

Main light source should generally be behindyou.

Dont photograph someone in front of a window(same rule really)


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Photo Ethics

3 Basic Approaches: #1 Utilitarian: The greatest good for the greatest

number of people.


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Photo Ethics

3 Basic Approaches:#2 Absolutist: Strict/fundamental about beliefs. i.e.

People have the right to privacy.


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Photo Ethics

3 Basic Approaches:#3 The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would

have them do unto you.


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Dont Stage Anything!


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Pyramids weresqueezed togetherdigitally to fit the

cover's vertical format


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Photo Ethics (Digital)


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Clouds were cloned in Photoshop to makeit look more severe than it was.


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Captions

Start with the most newsworthy, interesting, orunusual facts.


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Captions

AP Caption Style:

#1 First sentence describes what the photo shows,

in the present tense, and states where and whenthe photo was made (i.e. Friday, March 5, 2010)


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Captions

AP Caption Style:

#2 The second sentence gives background on

the news event or describes why the photo issignificant.


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Captions

AP Caption Style:

#3 Stick to two sentences if at all possible, while

including relevant information. Try to anticipatewhat a newspaper editor or reader will need.


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Captions

AP Caption Style:#4 End with photo credit

information.Photographer and affiliation inparentheses.

Example: (The Terrapin Truth/Jeff Young)


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Captions

AP Caption Style:

#5 Get names of central figures in photographs!


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Rays' Evan Longoria runs to home plate as histeammates crowd around after his 12th inning home runto defeat the Yankees during their American LeagueMLB baseball game in St. Petersburg, Florida. (REUTERS/Steve Nesius)


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PracticeInclass assignment:"U of M in three photos." Your editor wants threeimages for a story titled "My U of M": one

overall, one medium, and one closeup(detail) shot that relates your view of campus.

Each shot should have a caption. Post to blog before end of class.


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Homework

Photo Assignment #1 (50 points): Capturing an event inpictures.

Submit three photos of a newsworthy event. Must include one overall, one medium-shot, and one detail

shot.

Each image must include a caption formatted in AP captionstyle.

Post the three images to the blog all as one blog post, withthe title: Your Name: Event Photos

Required Reading: Photojournalism: The Professionals'Approach. Visual Variety, pp. 14-24. (electronic reserve)

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