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Visual Journalism

Visual Journalism. visual journalism combines words with images to create works of nonfiction, multi-media storytelling that communicate to the public what is happening in our world. Defining Documentary. Documentary is always proportional ( Dominant and subordinate) in these 2 ways:

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Visual Journalism

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  1. Visual Journalism visual journalism combines words with images to create works of nonfiction, multi-media storytelling that communicate to the public what is happening in our world

  2. Defining Documentary Documentary is always proportional (Dominant and subordinate) in these 2 ways: • Fact based proof of an event in historical and legal context • Human record of emotions and experience

  3. Malcolm Browne – Vietnam; self-emulation; burning monk fact based or human emotion

  4. Frank Capa; D Day Omaha BeachFact based or emotion

  5. Observation • Simple activities to observe in school • Street activity • Teaching • People eating at lunch • Administrators watching the people eating at lunch

  6. Observation Exercises • Make a list of 5 safe observation activities outside of school

  7. How To Observe Choose one of activities you listed. This exercise should take about 10 minutes: • Describe the activities/scene around you with you eyes. • Close your eyes; now describe the same scene listen carefully to all the sounds. • Pretend you were describing the scene to someone from another country who if not familiar with the culture.

  8. Observation Summary If you were to record this scene as a human record of emotions and experience, what would you focus on with your camera? List ideas here:

  9. Observation Summary If you were to record this scene as a fact based proof of an event in historical and legal context, what would you focus on with your camera? List ideas here:

  10. Research:Using the names listed below, choose 4 names and find 2 examples of strong fact based photos and 2 recording human emotion and experience. Show and label your work below. Film Age: Bob Adelman, Malcolm Browne, Bruce Davidson, Danny Lyon, Gilles Peress, W. Eugene Smith, Eugene Richards, Larry Burrows, Sebastiao Salgado, Don McCullin, Leonard Freed, Susan Meiselas, Mary Ellen Mark, Lauren Towell Digital Age: LynseyAddario, Peter van Agtimael, Micah Albert, May Altaffer, Ed Andrieski, SaraAnjargolian, Gene Blevins, Paula Bronstein, Jon Soohoo, Naomi Solomon, RaminRahimian, Jim Reed, A.J. Mast, CJ Gunther

  11. Commitment Time I am interested in doing a documentary study that emphasis (chose one) • Fact based proof of an event in historical and legal context • Human record of emotions and experience List 5 ideas or subjects you are interested in documenting. Be prepared to discuss them in class.

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