Creative Writing/ Photo 9

Overview Photo/Writing 9: In this class you will learn much about how to see from a different perspective, how to improve your ability to take artistic photos and how to edit photos in Photoshop. There is much to know in the field of Photography and I am a learner as much as a teacher.  This class will allow a fair bit of freedom, but with this freedom comes responsibility. Along with photography you will be learning how to improve your creative writing skills by way of various exercises and assignments.

( Class GuidelinesTo be discussed)

Students initially will be encouraged to use their phones for taking photos, however everyone should experiment with and use the digital SLR cameras.  School cameras will be available for student use in class.  Techniques on how to use your phones will be taught in class. Students may want to download the Flickr App on their phones, ( not mandatory) but should also carry their phone charge cords with them as well to upload onto school computers. Students will be expected to disinfect all school camera equipment used periodically and take good care of the equipment by putting it back after use.

Students will be encouraged to find a phone photo editing app that works for them.

( You can try free apps VSCO or Snapseed) 

Assignments, links, videos etc will also be posted on this blog regularly which can be accessed  from home/phone.

Requirements for success in this course:

• a positive attitude and a willingness to learn and push beyond the level you are at
• your own cell phone and charger cables 
• using class time effectively and a respect the freedom you have in this class
• realizing the benefits of  taking photos outside of class occasionally
• be a good model for your peer/help out others when you can

•  SHOOT OUTSIDE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE

Core Competencies

• Critical and Creative thinking
• Self and Social Responsibility
• Visual Communication skills

The First Steps

1. Create a folder on the ONE DRIVE  called Photo 9 and a folder called writing 9 ( all writing is to be done in a word document NOT google docs!!!!
2. Open Photoshop and drag it  to the desktop of your computer
3. For ease of uploading, you may want to create a Flickr Account and install the Flickr App on your phone ( not mandatory)
4. All cameras and cards are to be signed in and out in the sign out book at the front of class

The Interview: 3 Crazy Questions

Questions link

 

Camera Basics

A Day in the Life

                                             

Canva Final Photo Presentation

 Steps Needed for Photo Slideshow 

1. Take your 30 photos

2. Move photos from phone to Mdrive personal folder

3. Open Canva with your school login credentials

4. Go to Video Project 1080p

5. Pick a front template, change it so it has your name on it, use the text tool to change the text

6. Go to UPLOADS on the left and upload all of the photos you need from your M drive folder. ONCE YOU HAVE DONE THIS YOU CAN WORK ON IT AT HOME.

7. Drag and drop each photo into the video template DO THIS BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING else.

8. On the bottom of each photo there is a button to add a transition in between each photo CHOOSE A DISOLVE  no crazy transitions, and no more than 2 different transitions.

9. To shorten each photo, grab on the right side of the photo and drag left to shorten or right to lengthen. The first slide should be 5-8 sec and all of the other slides should be 3.5-4 sec in length.

10. You can add Audio two ways: 1. by choosing a song from Canva, go to ELEMENTS and choose a song. or 2. Import an audio file from the files I have on the M drive. Let me know if you need help with this.

When finished...show teacher 

then go to SHARE

then to DOWNLOADS (give it time to download), go to DOWNLOAD folder on computer

right click EDIT COPY

go to the file FINAL video folder  and then click EDIT PASTE, right click RENAME, and rename the video by your first and last name

Tues May 27

FINAL SLIDESHOWS DUE MON JUNE 16 and Tues JUNE 17 in class no exceptions!!!

Mon/Wed

 Term 4 Writing

• Conflict: Print and hand in
• Photo Poem: Print and hand in
• Object story or poem
• Theme poem : on a theme 8 lines or longer print and hand in
• Free write: put in your term 4 photo folder
• Photoshop: WANTED POSTER, printed and handed in

Term 4 Photo

• 10 Angle skatepark shots edited
• 5 Spring shots
• 6 System shots: 2 phone, 2 auto dslr,  2 Priority manual focus dslr all taken of the same subject
• Slideshow: 30 shots ongoing, taken this term, only 10 can be assignment shots. Start pulling photos and putting them into this folder
• 10 Portrait shots
• 5 videos: walking toward, walking away, opening a door, 2 choice MAKE SURE THESE ARE SHOT HORIZONTALLY, and uploaded to a folder called video
• 
  
• Final Slideshow: Slideshow should include your best photos from the class. All photos should be in focus and well composed. There should be 30 shots total.
• 10 of these photos can be from before this class/assignment photos from the class, but the other 20 need to be recently taken photos by you. 
• Try to include a variety of different shots. Include: macros, landscape, portrait, and other creative shots.
• You must include music that works well with your slideshow NO SWEARS!!!
• Include your name on the first slide "Ms Chase's Slideshow"
• time your slides 3.5-4 sec each and use a simple transition
• You must save on the m drive under your folder AND the final slideshow folder for the class

Mon May 26: Last writing assignment

Poetry Assignment

Theme poem: your poem should be on a theme, 8 lines or longer, include poetic devices, edited by the teacher. (10 marks)

poem topics to help you

poetry classics

cool short poems to read

Poetry has often reflected as a voice of time. Meaning, subject matter and language choices may change with everyday concerns in the current society’s expectations. 

Poetry that lasts through the transition of time still connects with the reader in some way. In poetry, poems are written in lines, and groupings of lines called stanzas.

Poetic Devices to use in your poems.

 Alliteration – words begin with the same letter: The wiggly wobbly wagon wheel
 Allusion – reference to something else outside of the subject of the poem: The open window alludes to the woman’s longing for freedom from her current situation.
  Imagery – descriptive, sensory words that create a mental picture.
  Metaphor – comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.
 Personification – attributing human qualities to animals or inanimate objects: The willow weeps    Repetition – a recurrence of elements to create unity
 Rhyme – same syllable or word sounds, often occurring at the end of lines of poetry. There is also the possibility of slant rhyme. This is when words do not truly rhyme but have a similar sound or appear to rhyme visually (bridge/grudge, orange/forage, said/paid).
 Rhythm – repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables which create a certain sound and pace.
 Simile – comparison between two objects using like, as, or than.
 Symbolism – using one object to suggest another meaning: A window might symbolize freedom, release, or opportunity.
  Theme – the dominant unifying idea in a poem


In all of the poems try to incorporate poetic devices to try to get your ideas across. Using words that help the reader see images is helpful as is creating a feeling or mood in your poem. Make sure you have something to say in your poem...meaning is most important. 

Poems should all be 8 lines or longer.

Sample poem, one of my favourites!

This Is Just To Say

BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

I have eaten

the plums

that were in

the icebox

and which

you were probably

saving

for breakfast

Forgive me

they were delicious

so sweet

and so cold

Mon/Wed

 Term 4 Writing

• Conflict: Print and hand in
• Photo Poem: Print and hand in
• Object story or poem
• Choice poem : on a theme 8 lines or longer
• Free write: put in your term 4 photo folder
• Photoshop: WANTED POSTER

Term 4 Photo

• 10 Angle skatepark shots edited
• 5 Spring shots
• 6 System shots: 2 phone, 2 auto dslr,  2 Priority manual focus dslr all taken of the same subject
• Slideshow: 30 shots ongoing, taken this term, only 10 can be assignment shots. Start pulling photos and putting them into this folder
• 10 Portrait shots
• 5 videos: walking toward, walking away, opening a door, 2 choice MAKE SURE THESE ARE SHOT HORIZONTALLY, and uploaded to a folder called video
• Wanted poster : printed and handed in
• Final Slideshow: Slideshow should include your best photos from the class. All photos should be in focus and well composed. There should be 30 shots total.
• 10 of these photos can be from before this class/assignment photos from the class, but the other 20 need to be recently taken photos by you. 
• Try to include a variety of different shots. Include: macros, landscape, portrait, and other creative shots.
• You must include music that works well with your slideshow NO SWEARS!!!
• You must save on the m drive under your folder AND the final slideshow folder for the class

Photos by Avery Sauve

macro/close up shots Ms. Chase

Photo by Issy Ratcliff

Conflict

 

Conflict Writing Assignment

You are to create a conflict and then resolve it in this piece of writing. It does not have to be a great big long story just a situation involving conflict.

Human vs Human     Human vs Nature

Human vs Self      Human vs Technology

LINK to story conflict ideas: Creating Conflict IDEAS

Conflict brings stories to life, though it isn’t important for what it is, but for what it does. What does it do? The answer to this question lies at the very heart of storytelling. Conflict forces characters to act in ways that reveal who they are – and nothing tells us more about characters than how they deal with their troubles.

When conflict exposes who a character really is, the reader is drawn in through identification. The more difficult the character’s choice, the more his true nature will be revealed. In great stories – Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet; Scarlett O’Hara; Frodo; Harry Potter – the heroes are forced to go all the way. The more pressure you put on your character, the more you make him reveal his true, inner self and the more powerfully your readers will identify with them.

So, stories are about adversity. Happiness can be the ending of the story, but it can’t be the story itself. Why not? Because happy characters don’t want to change. Happiness doesn’t force the characters to act and thus reveal themselves and, if the characters are having a good time, the reader is not.

To be forced to change, to act and reveal their innermost selves, characters need to be frustrated, desperate and at the end of their rope. The worse you make it for your characters the better it is for the reader. When the characters give all they’ve got, readers experience it deeply and powerfully.

To create true conflict, two things are needed: a want and an obstacle. Your protagonist must want something, and there must be an obstacle (the antagonist) that’s trying to stop her from getting what she wants (Ahab wants to kill the whale, the whale wants to kill Ahab).

Both the want and the obstacle must be strong and determined. If either is weak, it will be impossible to create a good story. 

Criteria: At least a half page in length, have it edited by Ms Chase before handing in final copy.

LINK to how to write conflict: How to write Conflict