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


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?


PRODUCING A GREAT SLIDE SHOW


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.


BASIC PHOTO COMPOSITION


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/


http://cellularobscura.blogspot.com

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PICTURES

What pictures do better than words?

What stories can be told only with pictures?


RULE OF THIRDS


SIMPLICITY


NATURAL FRAME

Les Bessant/Flickr


PATTERNS AND REPETITIONS

yeraze/Flickr


LEADING LINES

hubertk/Flickr


SHAPES

Amodiovalerio Verde/Flickr


CONTRAST

Leo Chimaera/Flickr


SHADOWS

cobalt123/Flickr


PERSPECTIVE

Joel Bedford/Flickr


REFLECTIONS

mikebaird/Flickr


WRITING CAPTIONS

Combining text and pictures

Text provides information that a photo cannot give

persons and things

background info


WRITING CAPTIONS

WHO

WHAT

WHERE

WHEN

WHY


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)


WRITING CAPTIONS

Where the photo is taken?

Be specific

When the photo is taken? (if relevant)

Be specific


WRITING CAPTIONS

Avoid obvious statements

if it is obvious, you do not need captions

Do not assume anything. State facts!


WRITING CAPTIONS

If going with audio

make sure it is clear who is talking

audio and pictures should be relevant


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