Photojournalism (Definition) The art or practice of communicating news by photographs, especially in magazines. My examples above are based on the following real news headlines: If I've done my job well, the images tell a story and are interesting and attention-getting at the same time, With a little luck you could match the headlines to the images with no problem.
It should be stated now that proper photojournalism does NOT include fictional Photoshop images... but it will for us for this assignment :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSIGNMENT: 1. Choose four (4) different news stories that in some way have something to do with the Coronavirus, one for each of the following catagories: - Celebrities - Professional Sports/Entertainment - Politics - Science 2. Screen shoot the headlines as I have done above. Using the Snipping Tool if you are working on a Windows computer is a really good way to do it. Press the Shift, Command and 3 keys all at once for Macs. 3. Create four (4) images, one for each of the four headlines, by combining and editing images in Pixlr, Photoshop or another raster image editing program. Your project work will be graded based on the following: - Quality of Photo Editing - Your Images "Tell the Story" of Your Headlines in an Understandable Way - Your Images are Interesting and Attention-Getting (Funny, Scary, Unusual, etc.) When you are done, arrange your four new images and your four headlines in one big image measuring (approximately) 1000 pixels x 1500 pixels. If you make it too small the whole thing will be blurry or pixelated and hard to see. If you make it too big the finished file will be too big and it will be hard to send to me. My example below measures 1000 pixels x 1600 pixels. You do not have to put your final project together to look like my example (pics on the left, headlines on the right, blue background, etc). Put all the stuff together in any way you see fit. Create a meme that is a self-portrait (you creating a picture of yourself... sorry, there's often a little confusion about that) showing how life has changed as a result of Covid-19. Use a background image and at least three other images (words do not count). Have fun with this one.
If you have no images of yourself to use already, try either using your phone and emailing the image to yourself or using the camera on your computer. OK, keep in mind that this theme is all about having some fun. One of the ways we can deal with really frightening or difficult things is to make fun of them.
Any good idea for this thing could start with "Today, during quarantine, I decided to get out of the house and take a walk. Now I know what's really going on out there..." This will be another project in which we practice some skillful photo compositing/editing. In Pixlr (or any other raster photo editing program... if you've had trouble with Pixlr lately try searching something like "free online photo editing software" or "online raster editor" or "open source photo editing program"), create an original image that depicts/shows your imaginative idea of what the REAL apocalypse would look like. Please do the following: 1. Select an image to serve as your background that is recognizable as Jacksonville (here I used a photo that I took of Jax Beach with the pier in the background) 2. Add to the background at least twenty (20) other images to create your fictitious end of the world scene. 3. Try to make your idea entertaining, funny, unusual or in some other way very creative. 4. Your work will be graded based upon the creativity of your idea and the quality of your photo editing. Don't forget about things like shadows and highlights, reflections and other lighting effects. 5. Your work is due by the end of the day Friday, April 17. I am currently trying to figure out a better way for you guys to send me your work. I'll let everyone know by Wednesday what I discover. So don't send me any work until then please. |
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