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
Saturday, February 21, 2009

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?
Saturday, February 21, 2009

PRODUCING A GREAT
SLIDE SHOW
Saturday, February 21, 2009

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.
Saturday, February 21, 2009

BASIC PHOTO
COMPOSITION
Saturday, February 21, 2009

CREATIVITY
http://cellularobscura.blogspot.com/
It is NOT about expensive equipment
It is about creativity and desire to see things differently
Shawn Rocco, staff photographer for NC News &
Observer
Saturday, February 21, 2009

PICTURES
What pictures do better than words?
What stories can be told only with pictures?
Saturday, February 21, 2009

RULE OF THIRDS
Saturday, February 21, 2009

SIMPLICITY
Saturday, February 21, 2009

NATURAL FRAME
Les Bessant/Flickr
Saturday, February 21, 2009

PATTERNS AND
REPETITIONS
yeraze/Flickr
Saturday, February 21, 2009

LEADING LINES
hubertk/Flickr
Saturday, February 21, 2009

SHAPES
Amodiovalerio Verde/Flickr
Saturday, February 21, 2009

CONTRAST
Leo Chimaera/Flickr
Saturday, February 21, 2009

SHADOWS
cobalt123/Flickr
Saturday, February 21, 2009

PERSPECTIVE
Joel Bedford/Flickr
Saturday, February 21, 2009

REFLECTIONS
mikebaird/Flickr
Saturday, February 21, 2009

WRITING CAPTIONS
Combining text and pictures
Text provides information that a photo cannot give
persons and things
background info
Saturday, February 21, 2009

WRITING CAPTIONS
WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WHEN
WHY
Saturday, February 21, 2009

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)
Saturday, February 21, 2009

WRITING CAPTIONS
Where the photo is taken?
Be specific
When the photo is taken? (if relevant)
Be specific
Saturday, February 21, 2009

WRITING CAPTIONS
Avoid obvious statements
if it is obvious, you do not need captions
Do not assume anything. State facts!
Saturday, February 21, 2009

WRITING CAPTIONS
If going with audio
make sure it is clear who is talking
audio and pictures should be relevant
Saturday, February 21, 2009