COMM 301- CULTURAL STUDIES PHOTO-ESSAY/PHOTO-STORY PROJECT

The Topic and Content The focus of your photo essay will be : Cultural identity: gender, class, ethnic identity, age. You will try to visualize a cultural habit, custom, change, life styles, behaviour, objects etc.

Format The projects should be prepared with MOVIEMAKER programme. The durations should be between 1 and 3 minutes and the number of photograps can be between 10 and 15. You can use music, sound effects. You are expected to use your original photographs but you can take pictures from the magazines, posters, old photos, and web to enhance the content of your project. You are not allowed to use the downloaded pictures from the web unless there is an absolute necessity to support your story. There should be begining and finishing titles.

Deadlines 15-16 March: Find an idea, write it down and discuss it with your instructor. Bring at least 3 ideas. 29-30 March: Submit first draft of your file to your instructor. Your file should include: One page on your topic and idea, your perspective Storybord: if you take some photographs you can put them in order according to what you are trying to tell, and also the subtitles...etc 10-11 May: Final Submission of your projects copied on VCD.

Useful Sources Information on photo essays http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_essay http://www.photocentric.net/HowToCreatePhotoEssays.pdf

Examples of photoessays http://www.collectivelens.com/photoessay.php?id=3 http://digital-photography-school.com/5-photo-essay-tips http://www.time.com/time/photoessays http://www.jansochor.com/ http://www.nytimes.com/pages/multimedia/ http://www.unicef.org/photoessays/index-pe_25213.html

Short films http://www.theoneminutesjr.org/?thissection_id=10&movie_id=200900283&series_id=30 http://www.theoneminutesjr.org/?thissection_id=10&movie_id=494&series_id=31

For better photographs http://www.kodak.com/global/en/corp/top10tips/index.jhtml http://photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition_introduction.html