Wednesday, December 5, 2012

American Soldier slide show and captions

A. What is the most powerful image from the slideshows? Why?
For me the most powerful image is #62 the one with the little kid making a gun with his fingers and pointing at the squad this is the most powerful because it shows all the things the little children are going through.

B. Through the photos, Ian is in different locations, each set of photos from the same location comprise a short series or set.

Set #1 At home in Denver - Tell me which image #s from image #1 to image #? image #1 to image#9
Set #2 At Basic Training - tell me which image #s from image #? to image #? image #16 to image #30
Set #3 In Iraq - tell me which image #'s from image #? to image #? image #54 to image #70
Set #4 Back in Denver - tell me which image #s from image#? to image #? image #71 to image #83

Which set of images was the most powerful? Why?
The ones in Iraq because it shows all the things the soldiers are going through and what they do for America to protect it.
c. How do the images work together to tell a story?
They start from the begging and at the end and they go in order of how the things happened.

3. Underneath each photo is the caption that ran in the Denver Post

A. For the photos in which Ian is the main subject of the photos, in what tense are the verbs usually written?
The verbs are usually written in the present tense.


4. Now its your turn to write a few captions - DO NOT COPY THEIR WRITING

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.
First sentence:
Subject -- action verb (present tense) -- object -- how -- why -- when -- where.

Optional second sentence:
Subject -- verb (past tense) -- object (describes background [context] of the situation shown in picture.)
#3- Ian arrives at the Armed Forces Career Center to get his information about his enlistment on June 7, 2007 at 3:47p.m. in his hometown Denver.
#5- Ian is saying goodbye to his father by hugging him because he is leaving for his training on June 17, 2007 at 1:24 p.m. at his home.
#6- Ian is saying goodbye to his friends by hugging them in his driveway because he is leaving for his training on June 17/ 2007 at 8:27 p.m.

Click on the Video tab - watch the videos.

A. How do these other features enhance the photographs?
It shows the things that was happening before they took the photographs.
B. In what ways are videos better than photographs? 
Videos are better then photographs because it shows all that is happening.
C. In what ways are photos better than videos? 
Photos are better then videos because you can look at them for as long as you want.

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