For this week’s assignment, you will tell me a story from childhood using objects you have around your house. You can ask your guardian about a story when you were younger.
Do a write up about the story. You can include how you learned about the story, the set up, who told you, when did they tell you. How did they tell the story.
The four pictures should attempt to retell the story. Let’s say the story is about a kid who runs behind the easy chair when a scary segment played on sesame street.
I can take a picture of the chair, of the Tv, of where I stood with my face buried behind the chair. I can use the images to retell the story, I can put the words to the story next to the images on my visual journal.
Step 1: Figure out what story you want to tell. Write down as many details as you can remember about the story. The more visual your memories, the easier it will be to make photos from them.
Step 2: Write your story out in paragraph form. Spell check the story, make sure there is enough visual detail to tell your story.
Step 3: Plan out your shots. Remember you are sharing a story from when you were younger, so you can place the camera at an angle that a child would see the world from.
Step 4: Edit the photos to make them seem more like memories, desaturate the image, use selective color, make them look dreamy, add dust and scratches, etc.
Step 5: Put the photos and the story together in your visual journal.
Step 6: Upload all four photos to the assignment post in google classroom.
Step 7: Publish the link to Adobe Spark and place a link in the assignment post in google classroom.
Step 8: Realize that ll of life is this way. Making art out of your life is a life long pursuit. You can do this forever if you want. Also, you get to tell the story. It belongs to you.
Four photos and your story are due on Friday, April 17th.
Strong Photography 19-20 