1. Bringing Your Characters to Life
Appearance, Expression, Gesture, Action, Feeling

2. Character’s EXPRESSION
French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism – “candid” photography or “street” photography.

3. Character’s Appearance
Sharbat Gula was one of the students in an informal school within the refugee camp; McCurry, rarely given the opportunity to photograph Afghan women, seized the opportunity and captured her image. She was approximately 12 years old at the time.

4. Character’s Gestures
Photograph by famous war photographer James Nachtway. An Afghani woman mourns the death of her child.

5. Characters’ Feelings
A famous photograph taken on the streets of Paris by Robert Doisneau. This photograph has been used for countless postcards and posters of Paris. And...gasp! It is rumoured to be a “set up” – the photographer saw the couple kissing, thought it would make a great photograph and asked for them to “pose” for it again.

6. Charcter’s Actions
Army Spc. Joseph Patrick Dwyer, who captured America’s heart when photographed rescuing a young boy during the initial invasion of Iraq.

7. Your turn to create a story
Choose one of the photographs you have looked at in this lesson and complete the following activities:
Describe your character in at least six dots points
Describe the setting in at least eight dot points
Write down what year it could be, what season it is
Write down what the ritual attached to this photograph could be
Develop a plan for a short story on this character and this ritual
Your plan should have the following elements:
An orientation
At least two complications (events that happen to provide momentum or suspense to the story)
A climax
A resolution
Now write the opening of your story - remember the different ways we can begin a short story (see yesterday’s lesson).

8. References