Lecture 4 - Picture Stories

In this weeks lecture Dr Redman changed the focus from text as he took us through the topic of Picture Stories and there meaning/impact in supporting text. We focused primarily on a picture story history, what makes a great photo, advancements in technology with photography, moving pictures and photo-journalism. "A picture has no meaning at all if it can’t tell a story". These were the notes that I took from the lecture.

Picture Stories are everywhere...

•  Advertising, Movies etc    
•  Picture paints 1000 words

Picture stories history

•       Australian indigenous cave stories
•        French cave stories
•        Holy books/Stained Glass

o   Biblical scenes

o   Illuminated letters

•      Early Newspapers/Newsletter

o   Illustrations with line drawings

•          Photography begins for Journalism
•       1936 first colour reproduction in newspaper
•     Other developments

                  o   Digital capture and upload

o   Digital manipulation

o   Digital publishing/photo galleries

What makes a great photo?

•        Angle and Point of view
•              Framing
•              Focus
•              Exposure (or light)
•              Timing (shutter speed)
•              Capturing “the moment”
•              Rule of thirds (golden mean) 
•              It’s all about human emotion

Moving photos

•             Framing
•             Focus
•            Angle and Point of view
•            Exposure (or light)
•            Timing (editing)
•            Capturing “the scene”
•             Inclusion of sound dimension
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 Examples of moving pictures

•              Newsreels at the cinema
•              Propaganda films
•        News
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 The new TV Journo

•        VJ – Video Journalist

“If it makes you laugh, if it makes you cry, if it rips out your heart, that’s a good photo”

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Hoo roo

Stewy