Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Action Shoot Final

Senior Jonathan attempt to catch a football coming towards him at lightning speed. During the last seconds of a street game before the end of lunch.
Ms. Bright pulls up to school. She was on her way back from lunch when she stopped the car for a quick pose.
Jonathon attempts to do a backwards granny shot with an exercise ball into the basketball goal. But will he realize that there is an ongoing basketball game in session? Will the ball hit him in the head?

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Writing a News Lead

Article #1
Who: Two famous orphans ages six and ten were removed from their homes.
What: Their parents were executed during the Cold War in 1953.
When: In 1953 during the Cold War
Where: In Russia
Why: In order to vindicate their parents.
How: After being arrested they took a journey

Lead: It began in July 1950, when F.B.I. agents arrested Julius Rosenberg in the family’s Lower East Side apartment, thrusting the boys onto a global stage as bit players in their parents’ appeals, in the government’s efforts to extract their parents’ cooperation, and in Soviet propaganda campaigns to cast the Rosenbergs as martyrs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/nyregion/17rosenbergs.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Paraphrased Lead: The Rosenberg brothers were arrested by the Federal Bureau Investigation Agency in 1950 to draw out their parents cooperation.
Article #2

Who: Comic book collectors and Superman fans
What: Will have an opportunity to bid on a comic book classic.
When: Starting this Friday.
Where: It will be held at an auction
Why: There are only 100 existing copies of this original copy, 80 percent of those copies have been restored but fans want an untouched copy of the comic.
How: It will be conducted via an auction.
Lead: Starting Friday, comic book collectors and Superman fans will have the opportunity to bid on a comic classic.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/02/26/comic.book.auction/index.html

Paraphrased Lead: Action Comic's No. 1 classic will be up for grabs starting Friday, comic book collectors will be going insane in order to get the original untouched copy.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Caption Warm up

Ian Loy is frolicking with his goat Calvin.

Ian Loy's goat took a turn and began chasing strangers

Merger- anything that sticks out of the subject that is not part of it. A car is growing out of Ian's back.
Viewpoint- when the photo is taken at angle. The photo of Ian was shot at an angle where the viewer doesn't know where Ian is running to.

Depth- a person can walk into the photo