A. What is the most powerful image from the slideshows? Why?The most powerful image in the slide show is of Ian kissing his girlfriend in the bleachers. Where they are the only still things in the image, while everything else is a blur. Ian is in uniform. It brings out a lot of emotion in how much the two will miss each other when Ian leaves.
B. What sequence of photographs is the most powerful? Why?
In sequences, the most powerful would be of Ian with his family and friend a few days before he leaves. They're running, playing and laughing and then, suddenly, everything gets serious. Ian is talking to his father, and the look on their faces are of concern, Ian's of impending fear.
C. How do the images work together to tell a story?The images play back and forth, dancing on the strings of actions & reaction. The story it tells is generic but true, everyone has gone through. Although, not everyone's gone to war, they've had to leave people to do something that needed to be done.
A. For the photos in which Ian is the main subject of the photos, in what tense are the verbs usually written?
They're usually written in present tense.
B. How do the captions enhance the photographs?
It gives meaning to the actions that are being seen, or emotion to the face, background to the story.
A. Write three of your own captions to photos without looking at the caption written by the photographer. Be sure they are written in the following form. For this assignment you can make up names and facts to write your captions.
1) Ian and a few companions blow up balloons continuously to train their diaphragm if they were ever put in an oxygen, breath defying position.
2) The team waiting at a corner, prepares for target practice while taking a quick break.
3) Sitting alone on a stump during practice, Ian reminisces about what had happened that day.
A. How do these other features enhance the photographs?The fact that the photographer started to grow on Ian, & vice versa, things became personal and the pictures were taken to their full potential
B. In what ways are videos better than photographs? Provide an example from the Denver Post Web site.
Music can add to the feeling that wants to be portrayed, commentary also allows for a more personal feeling, a complete story. In chapter 2, when Ian leaves, everyone has a voice. They have the opportunity to allow themselves to be heard. His parents saying that they would miss him, how Ian was treated when he first got there. Pictures can't always be there and talk. Some details are overlooked in photos.
C. In what ways are photos better than videos? Provide an example from the Denver Post Web site.
Photo's make it personal, it's vague enough to allow that. The viewer interprets it and fills in all the blanks, it's fun
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