Hello Comm Tech students!
I apologize for not being there today. However, here is your assignment.
Go to the following links and explore.
Visual editors
Visual Journalist
Sequencing for Video
Digital journalist
Each of these sites has multiple links on it - some of which are probably fantastic gems and others which may not be. I'd like you to find two links that are really interesting and worthwhile, particularly in relation to the work you're doing on the photo essay.
Your task: Explore links. Read, watch, look, think and write.
Write a new post that gives a summary of one site that you find today. You can spend lots of time exploring and learning. When you find something you think is really worthwhile, take some notes, add the link to your blog (in the posting AND in your link list) and write a quick summary in point form of the key points of the site. Tell us also why you think it's a good one. You'll be able to check each other's blogs and learn from each other as well.
Have fun!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Video storytelling - Sequencing...
This is a posting for CyberARTS, but all comm tech students are encouraged to read it. Any information you can get and explore is always a help, whether your main interest is graphic design, photography, video, animation etc.
Instructions for Year One CyberARTS class:
1. Click on the following link on video sequencing. Read through the posting and take some notes about the most important points in the article. What are the main points that this person is stressing about shooting video? Please add a new post to your blogs with the link to this article and a summary of it's main points (you can write it in point form).
2. Explore a minimum of two of the many links on this blog. Read through, watch, think, and write. I'd like you to do the same for at least one other link. Add a new post, put the link of the URL to the site you are learning from and write a brief summary that indicates the main points that you learned from it and whether or not it is worth checking out.
I'm hoping that by the end of this, you will all have explored some different sites and you can check each other's blogs to learn from one another - read summaries and see if other links are of interest and/or worthwhile.
So, to recap - you should have two new postings by the end of the period. Read through the first one and post a brief summary of the most important points about video sequencing on your blog. Include a link to that site. Your second posting should be a summary of a link from that site that you found interesting. Include the link in your post as well.
This should give you a really good start to video and will help with the planning process for the CyberARTS promo video and showcase.
See you tomorrow! Good luck.
Ms. Silverman
Instructions for Year One CyberARTS class:
1. Click on the following link on video sequencing. Read through the posting and take some notes about the most important points in the article. What are the main points that this person is stressing about shooting video? Please add a new post to your blogs with the link to this article and a summary of it's main points (you can write it in point form).
2. Explore a minimum of two of the many links on this blog. Read through, watch, think, and write. I'd like you to do the same for at least one other link. Add a new post, put the link of the URL to the site you are learning from and write a brief summary that indicates the main points that you learned from it and whether or not it is worth checking out.
I'm hoping that by the end of this, you will all have explored some different sites and you can check each other's blogs to learn from one another - read summaries and see if other links are of interest and/or worthwhile.
So, to recap - you should have two new postings by the end of the period. Read through the first one and post a brief summary of the most important points about video sequencing on your blog. Include a link to that site. Your second posting should be a summary of a link from that site that you found interesting. Include the link in your post as well.
This should give you a really good start to video and will help with the planning process for the CyberARTS promo video and showcase.
See you tomorrow! Good luck.
Ms. Silverman
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
TGJ 2O1 - Visual stories in Photography
The photo essay or visual story is a unique way to tell a story and explore a particular subject in depth, using the magic of photography. Click the following links below to research more.
Go to the following wikipedia site and read through the information on the photo essay.
And then check out this site on 5 photo essay tips and read through the information.
Also, take a look at Jan Sochor's photo essays. Notice the variety of images used to tell a complete story about a place, situation or theme.
And finally, this site simply called The Photo Essay.
Your Assignment:
We will be documenting the lakeshore area through photography. Once you have researched the photo essay and taken a look at some documentary photography, think about a subject that you might like to focus on for your photo essay. Don't be afraid of the "mundane". For this assigment, the ordinary can be extraordinary. Find the story in the details of your subject. It could be anything from a crossing guard to the local corner store. It could even be a study of a street corner, or a building. Study your subject using a variety of camera angles and shots. Use your proximity to and distance from the subect as a zoom lens to get wide, medium and close-up shots. You should be portraying your subject in the context of the environment, as well as through close-ups and details to tell the whole story. Once this assignment is finished, we should have a variety of pieces that make up a whole. As a class, we will decide what to do with the finished products - make a book, a website, a display (or all three).
Write a brief paragraph describing your intent for this assignment. This must be discussed with your teacher and approved before you can take a camera out. You may need more than one day to shoot. That's okay. If you shoot one day and find gaps in your story, feel free to go back a second day - if your subject is okay with it.
Always ask permission if you are photographing a person. You can't possibly get the required close-ups if you are trying to be a spy. Be up front about what you are doing and be patient. Wait for the person to relax and forget about the camera so that you can capture them in a more natural light - doing their everyday things.
Go to the following wikipedia site and read through the information on the photo essay.
And then check out this site on 5 photo essay tips and read through the information.
Also, take a look at Jan Sochor's photo essays. Notice the variety of images used to tell a complete story about a place, situation or theme.
And finally, this site simply called The Photo Essay.
Your Assignment:
We will be documenting the lakeshore area through photography. Once you have researched the photo essay and taken a look at some documentary photography, think about a subject that you might like to focus on for your photo essay. Don't be afraid of the "mundane". For this assigment, the ordinary can be extraordinary. Find the story in the details of your subject. It could be anything from a crossing guard to the local corner store. It could even be a study of a street corner, or a building. Study your subject using a variety of camera angles and shots. Use your proximity to and distance from the subect as a zoom lens to get wide, medium and close-up shots. You should be portraying your subject in the context of the environment, as well as through close-ups and details to tell the whole story. Once this assignment is finished, we should have a variety of pieces that make up a whole. As a class, we will decide what to do with the finished products - make a book, a website, a display (or all three).
Write a brief paragraph describing your intent for this assignment. This must be discussed with your teacher and approved before you can take a camera out. You may need more than one day to shoot. That's okay. If you shoot one day and find gaps in your story, feel free to go back a second day - if your subject is okay with it.
Always ask permission if you are photographing a person. You can't possibly get the required close-ups if you are trying to be a spy. Be up front about what you are doing and be patient. Wait for the person to relax and forget about the camera so that you can capture them in a more natural light - doing their everyday things.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Captain Sabine - Toronto Island Ferries
This is a photo story of a woman named Sabine Quast, currently the only female captain on the Toronto Island Ferries. In fact, Sabine was the first woman ever hired by the Toronto Island Ferries, back in 1986 when she began as a deckhand and soon worked her way up to Captain. Over the years there were other captains who were women, and other women who worked on the boats, but she's the only one who stuck around.
I spent the last three days at a phenomenal workshop at the Toronto Star that was taught by Robb Montgomery,
Sunday, October 4, 2009
TGJ 2O1 - Photo Collage Assignment
Okay you grade 10 Technology Communicators, here is your mission - if you choose to accept it (and by the way, you have to accept it. It's an assignment!):
Using the photos you took on Friday, or the photos other people took (you have access to their folders too - let's not get too possessive about the work here, you'll have plenty of time for that later), create a visually compelling collage with a pre-determined theme.
Specifications:
Size: 8.5" x 11" @ 300 p.p.i (Make sure you set the resolution when you set your file size)
Images: Use one main photo (Choose a quality image that has visual appeal)
Minimum 7 photos including main photo
Artistic Question: How do I create a compelling collage that expresses a particular theme and is compositionally balanced and visually pleasing?
Step 1. Read through the article "Secrets to Creating Compelling Photo Collages", by Helen Bradley. (Click on the link "secrets to ..." to read the article - or go to http://www.adobepress.com/articles/article.asp?p=438833)
Step 2. Browse through the photos that you took and also some of the photos that other took and begin to think about and plan a photo collage with a specific theme. As the article suggests, try to choose one photo that will be the main photo of your work and base your theme around this photo. Use the other photos (feel free to manipulate them in any ways you need to) to compliment the theme and help accentuate the main photo.
Step 3. Gather your photos and follow the instructions in the article. (Gather more than you will need)
Step 4. Using the photos you gathered (please save them all in a folder marked Collage in your home drive) begin by creating a background and create your collage.
Step 5. Write about your collage and justify your design choices in terms of composition and visual expression of theme.
Step 6. Due by the beginning of class Friday October 9th, 2009: Ready to present to the class and discuss.
Please drop .psd file into drop folder and call it "yournamecollage.psd"
Save for web once you have saved the psd file and add it to your blog with your written description and justification. (Describe your theme, your concept and your design choices and how they help to express your theme).
Assessment:
Theme is visually evident
Composition is balanced
Visual hierarchy helps tell a story (Where do we look first, second, third...)
Visually pleasing design
Main photo stands out and is visually compelling
Evidence of having read article
Multiple, organized, well-labeled layers
Manipulation of photos (re-sizing, cropping, masking, blending etc.)
Good luck! You can post questions here as comments at the end of this posting.
Ms. S.
Using the photos you took on Friday, or the photos other people took (you have access to their folders too - let's not get too possessive about the work here, you'll have plenty of time for that later), create a visually compelling collage with a pre-determined theme.
Specifications:
Size: 8.5" x 11" @ 300 p.p.i (Make sure you set the resolution when you set your file size)
Images: Use one main photo (Choose a quality image that has visual appeal)
Minimum 7 photos including main photo
Artistic Question: How do I create a compelling collage that expresses a particular theme and is compositionally balanced and visually pleasing?
Step 1. Read through the article "Secrets to Creating Compelling Photo Collages", by Helen Bradley. (Click on the link "secrets to ..." to read the article - or go to http://www.adobepress.com/articles/article.asp?p=438833)
Step 2. Browse through the photos that you took and also some of the photos that other took and begin to think about and plan a photo collage with a specific theme. As the article suggests, try to choose one photo that will be the main photo of your work and base your theme around this photo. Use the other photos (feel free to manipulate them in any ways you need to) to compliment the theme and help accentuate the main photo.
Step 3. Gather your photos and follow the instructions in the article. (Gather more than you will need)
Step 4. Using the photos you gathered (please save them all in a folder marked Collage in your home drive) begin by creating a background and create your collage.
Step 5. Write about your collage and justify your design choices in terms of composition and visual expression of theme.
Step 6. Due by the beginning of class Friday October 9th, 2009: Ready to present to the class and discuss.
Please drop .psd file into drop folder and call it "yournamecollage.psd"
Save for web once you have saved the psd file and add it to your blog with your written description and justification. (Describe your theme, your concept and your design choices and how they help to express your theme).
Assessment:
Theme is visually evident
Composition is balanced
Visual hierarchy helps tell a story (Where do we look first, second, third...)
Visually pleasing design
Main photo stands out and is visually compelling
Evidence of having read article
Multiple, organized, well-labeled layers
Manipulation of photos (re-sizing, cropping, masking, blending etc.)
Good luck! You can post questions here as comments at the end of this posting.
Ms. S.
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