Update of all Assignments for this term

Photo by Kaden Carmichael

PHOTO

•  Skate park 10 shots = 20 marks: Due Fri June 3 last chance
•  Macros 10 shots = 20 marks : Due Fri June 3 last chance
•  Portraits 10 shots one model = 20 marks
•  Final Slideshow 30 photos = 40 marks: 
• TO BE SHOWN IN CLASS ON TUES JUNE 16, MON JUNE 20 

WRITING

• Conflict =10 marks
• Thank- You letter =10 marks 
• Criteria: 3 things you are thankful for. (1 Paragraph) Due Fri June 3 last chance
• Photo poem ( done in Photoshop) poem and photo together = 10 marks
• Photo poem criteria...6 lines or longer, about the photo, 1 poetic device, poem printed onto photo in Photoshop ( Have the writing edited first!)

TOTAL= 130 marks

Ideas for Shooting Macros

 

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

New assignments for TERM 4

TERM 4 New Photo Assignments

Skate park shots: Using the skate park as your setting, shoot 10 photos with a focus on angles/viewpoint. This means shooting up at a subject, down at a subject, close up at objects, maybe down on a rail, or  shooting down at your feet...laying on the ground and shooting at ground level. Make sure you edit your photos. I am expecting high quality creative shots.

Criteria: Interesting, clearly focused, well composed shots. Creativity gets you extra marks.

10 shots = 20 marks

Macros: For our purposes macros are really just close up photos of objects. The closer you get to an object the more interesting it looks. You are to take 10 close up shots , trying to create art from your photographs. I want you to think, would I hang this on a wall.

Criteria: Make sure you have enough lighting. Photos should be in focus, close-up or extreme close up, well composed and of interesting subject matter. Try using the phone macro lenses. Make sure you shoot a variety of shots.

SHOTS: 10 MARKS: 20 
Example: Birgit Power Great Collection of Macros 

Criteria for Final Slideshow

 Criteria for assignment:

• 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!!!(some mp3 audio files are on the m drive)
• You must save on the m drive under your class folder. Your file name should include your first and last name (WMV is the correct file extention for Photostory Files)
• photos should have simple, non distracting transitions, and be timed 3.5-4.5 seconds in length
• your name should be on the first slide of the slideshow

Lesson on PhotoStory 3: Unless you have i Movie on your computer, laptop, or phone, or another program you know how to use well, you should be using Photostory 3 program on the school computers to produce your Photo Slideshow. 

CHOOSING PHOTOS

• Choose a variety of different photos including: macros, landscape, pets, portraits, friend shots, your own choice shots, creative shots etc. Basically anything goes, just provide some variety.
• Choose photos that are of high quality and ones that you think are your best photos.
• Make sure the photos you choose have been edited, are IN FOCUS, and are well composed.

It really helps if you have all the photos you want to put in your slideshow edited and saved on the computer. 

You may want to think about a song that would work well with your photos. It must be in an mp3 format. Your first slide should have your first and last name on it, and should be a photo like a sky shot or a shot that is mostly a background shot.

MOVING PHOTOS INTO PHOTOSTORY

1. You will import your photos into Photostory by opening Photostory and going to Import Photos. Make a point of saving your project every time you go into the program to add photos or edit. Once you save your slideshow, you will find it under My Videos on your L Drive. 

2.You will need to go into customize motions to edit the timing and framing of the shots. Each shot should be timed around 3.5-4 seconds in length. Try to keep your start and end positions quite close in size. If it goes from really small to really large, the slideshow will blip the photos or zoom them in and out too fast. You do not want to have your photos scrolling in and out of the frame, the less movement the better.

3. Do not use the music in Photostory (BAD CHOICE) choose from audio files on the m drive or download your own music by going to a You Tube to mp3 downloader.

4. Choose one transition and stick with it, a fade is probably best.

5. Do not use the Photostory Editor and do not over edit your photos.

6. Your working project file is a WP3 file and once you are satisfied with your slideshow you will combine the music and video by clicking next all the way to the end. Your final file name should have your name on it and be a WMV file. lisachasephotostory.wmv You do not need to type in wmv, it will do this automatically when you press next.

7. You will be saving the file to the M drive under your class folder. Make sure your name is on the video file, and it says wmv after your name.

How to use Photostory 3 Video on how to use Photostory 3

Composition in Photography

 

Composition rules in Photography 

Dialogue Assignment #4

 Dialogue: I already introduced this assignment in class, here is the info you need to do the assignment properly. Dialogue is a conversation between two people. In writing a story or novel, good dialogue will do one of two things; move plot or develop character. Your task is to create a dialogue between two characters that does one or the other or both. It might help to create a conflict between the two characters.

The minimum lines of dialogue are 8 lines per character.   Marks:10 ( This assignment is not due until after the break)

Here are 10 tips for how to write dialogue:

• Say the dialogue out loud.
• Cut small talk when writing dialogue.
• Keep your dialogue brief and impactful.
• Give each character a unique voice/character.
• Add world-appropriate slang.
• Be consistent with the characters' voices.
• Remember who they are  speaking to.
• Avoid long dialogue paragraphs.

LINK TO: How to write good dialogue
Tips for writing good dialogue

Tues March 8 Rule of thirds

 Understanding Rule of Thirds, click this link.   Rule of thirds

10 Questions to Ask When Taking a Photo

• What story am I telling? ...
• What is the visual focal point of this shot? ...
• What competing focal points are there? ...
• What is in the background and foreground? ...
• Am I close enough? ...
• What is the main source of light? ...
• Is my Framing Straight?

10 Questions to ask yourself ( full article)

Update on Assignments Mon March 7

List of Assignments so far...

Writing:

Assign #1: Bio (10 marks)

Assign #2: Setting using Show not Tell/Senses (10 marks)

• You are going to write about a favourite place using the 5 senses. As you describe the place, I want to you to use words that create visuals, sounds, tastes, and a sense of touch. The idea here is to write to create an atmosphere or feeling. Make the reader be able to visualize your scene in their mind.

• You may need to build a fictional story around this place or simply begin describing it. In this assignment students are to focus on the elements of setting ( time, place, description)  using the senses and the concept of show not tell.  (10)
• Example: I heard the wolves howling in the forest. (TELL)
• My ears were pierced by the distant whine of wolves. Goosebumps ran up and down my arms as I lay awake in my tent listening.

CRITERIA

• 1 paragraph or slightly longer, typed, edited, and then good copy handed in
• use show not tell
• be specific in your writing
• use the senses when you write
• make the reader feel they can be right there with you in the setting

Example:

from "The Old House at Home" (1940)

by Joseph Mitchell (1908-1996)

McSorley's bar is short, accommodating approximately ten elbows, and is shored up with iron pipes. It is to the right as you enter. To the left is a row of armchairs with their stiff backs against the wainscoting. The chairs are rickety; when a fat man is sitting in one, it squeaks like new shoes every time he takes a breath. The customers believe in sitting down; if there are vacant chairs, no one ever stands at the bar. Down the middle of the room is a row of battered tables. Their tops are always sticky with spilled ale. 

Link for Setting more info

Info on Show not Tell

Assign #3: Bucket list (10 marks)

Assign #4: Dialogue NEW (10 marks) will begin next week

Photo: All photo assignments should be placed in your folder on the drive.

1. 15 Photos 5 marks

2. Photoshop: Head swap 10 marks

3. Angles: 10 shots = 20 marks

You are focusing on composing good shots and experimenting with angles.  Each shot is worth 2 marks and should be titled and put into an album called First Shoot.

1. Texture
2. High Angle
3. Low angle
4. Eye level shot
5. Ground Level
6. Shadow shot
7. Pattern
8. Focal point
9. Grafitti
10 Fill the Frame
Bonus: Something Round

Criteria: In focus, well composed shots trying to utilize compositional elements. Please make sure your photos have been edited.

4. Spring shots: 10 photos (20 marks)

Spring shots: Go for a walk, stroll or roll in your neighborhood or to a special location with your camera phone or camera and really look at what is around you. Take photos focusing on different angles and focusing on lighting. Spring is all around us and we have been waiting for the outer world to wake up, find some signs of spring. Try taking photos of the same subject from different perspectives. Take lots of photos, more than you need. Edit and post your best 10 photos to an album called Spring Shots 

Criteria: Photos should be clearly focused, have clean backgrounds, be well composed and have a distinct focal point.