Medium and Production:
I
will be using a range of photographs as my medium. I want to include all types of photographs
including action shots, portraits, and symbolic photos. I also want to include some involving
setting. Because my topic is dance,
action shots will help to portray what exactly we do on a daily basis, at
practice or performances. Portraits will
help to portray the rewarding aspect of dance.
I want to use portraits to demonstrate the friendships I have made, as
well as express the various emotions that I have felt throughout the dance
season this year. For my symbolic
pictures I want to include close up shots of what people associate with dance:
dance shoes and costumes/uniforms. I
think this will help to educate people more about the specifics they may not know
about dance. Finally for my setting
photos, I want to include pictures of where we practice as well as perform:
those being the dance room and the university gym: Neil Carey Arena.
Strategies:
Ethos
– My topic is something I directly relate to, and something I will be able to
educate people on based on experience I have had. This gives me credibility as the author, and
I feel that the audience will be able to take in the information I am giving
them without questioning it. To
demonstrate ethos I can use pictures that include myself as the subject, or
pictures that are not considered generic – some may be considered “behind the
scenes” shots.
Pathos
– Some of the pictures I want to include will exhibit a happy persona, others
may be considered reflective (symbolic photos), and some may show intensity and
hard work. As far as color and style of
the presentation, I want to edit the photos and emphasize certain elements. This includes cropping, coloring only one
object in the photo, or adjusting the focus.
This will make it easier for my audience to understand what is going on
and what it is that I want them to see.
I want to use bright colors (or highlight parts of a photo so they
appear bright) for emphasis, but at the same time I don’t want the presentation
to come off as boring or dull by using neutral colors, and not too intense with
colors like black or red.
Logos
– For each of my slides, they will only consist of 1-3 pictures, and a caption
(excluding the cover page). The pictures
will use most of the space, with the captions either on the side, or
above/below depending on the orientation/cropping of the picture. I will be sure to consider alignment when
designing my photo essay. I want the
text to be aligned with the pictures, and everything on the slide to be aligned
vertically and horizontally. This will
give the essay a professional appeal and create unity. For my typeface I either want to use modern
or sans serif. Sans serif would
demonstrate my goal of informing and educating well, and the fonts are very
straightforward – they get the job done.
The modern fonts, however, give an elegant feeling, and they are a
little more formal than the sans serif fonts.
Arrangement:
My
goal is to inform my audience, so some of my pictures may get their own slide,
while similar pictures may be side by side on the same slide. When I show setting, I want to include the
two different settings (dance room and gym) side by side, in order to compare
the two and show what each one means to me.
My symbolic photos will be on separate slides. I am not comparing anything with these
photos, and I think they will have a greater impact if they are the main focus
of the slide. As far as my action shots
and portraits, I want to emphasize the work being done, but in their proper
setting. I may have action shots in the
dance room on the same slide, and action shots of performances on the same
slide.
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