I'm a Photojournalist!

Your assignment...

• You may choose to work independently or with a partner.  If you choose to work with a partner you will still be responsible for all of your own images, you'll just have someone to help you and share ideas with.

• You will choose 5 items from the following list of subjects to photograph:
• an inanimate object
• an animal
• a child
• a landscape
• a crowd/audience
• a small group of people
• a sunset
• a sporting event

• You will need to show examples of the following concepts in your portfolio presentation:
• unique perspective
• a sense of action or emotion
• timing - critical moment

• All photos should aim to demonstrate: 
• good composition - clear focal point & clean background
• appropriate lighting
• picture clarity/focus
• Rule of Thirds practice

•  Once you have taken the best photos you can, you will create a Google presentation that includes:
• Your 5 best photos chosen from your list of subject options
• a caption or description of the photo
• a label of which concept (perspective, action/emotion or timing) the photo represents
• a brief explanation of what kind of story this photo might be used for
• Check out this site for TIPS

Photojournalism

What is photojournalism?
Photojournalism is news photography.  Your job today is to look up information about what a photojournalist is and what you would have to do to become one.  Use the following resources to help you, but also feel free to use your own resources.  When you are finished researching, answer the following questions in your blog.

Link 1
Link 2
Link 3

What kind of education do you need to become a photojournalist?
What's one school that has a photojournalism program?
What kind of pay might you expect to earn as a photojournalist?
What would you need to do to prepare for a job interview as a photojournalist?
Would you consider this as a possible profession/job in your future?  Why or why not?

When you are finished with the above task, review this website's images, noting your favorites.  Pick 3 favorites and tell me what makes them such great images and/or why you chose them in a new blog post.

And we're back!

Today you will work on writing up your movie review in your blog.  Please pay close attention to your spelling, capitalization and punctuation.  Remember these should be quality reviews based on what you've learned about movie reviewers and bloggers.  Refer to your Epinions 101:Writing an Effective Movie Review handout. 

When you are finished with this task, go to this Merriam-Webster website and investigate the word games and activities.  You may NOT go to any other game sites.  If you finish there, you may go to your blog roll and check in with the blogs you are following.

Movie Review Writing

Okay so we've looked at movie review blogs, now we're going to look at writing our own review.  Today you'll be watching a film The Great Debaters.  It will be your job to take notes during the film so you can write a complete review when we finish it next Tuesday.  Check out this link to see what to look for while watching the film and use the hard copy to take notes.  See you next Tuesday!

Movie Review Blogs

You will be reviewing movie review blogs today.  You will be using the Forbes Top 5 Movie Review Blogs. 

Task 1: Look over the 5 blogs and select one to follow. 
Task 2: Add selected blog to your own blog roll.
Task 3: Go to the blog site you selected and read 3 movie reviews.  Be prepared to discuss what movie reviewers talk about in their reviews.

My blog to follow is the Push to Talk Blog.  I chose this blog because...