Text and Picture Stories( Reflections on Lectures 3 & 4)

The third lecture welcomed the presence of print journalist Skye Doherty, who shared some insightful ideas as to this weeks primary topic, text. She ran through the fundamentals of text when it came to factual storytelling. The Inverted Pyramid structure, headline, picture and main body of text are all components to achieving this. What I found most interesting about this lecture was the point that journalism involves engagement with various social media. This was touched on in the first tutorial, where my tutor posed the question whether people who publish things on the internet are practicing proper, factual and trustworthy journalism.

I really enjoyed the fourth lecture! Perhaps this was because it was streaming with pictures and pretty colours. This lecture touched on the importance of picture stories and how one lucky snap, if taken carefully and at the right time, can express a thoursand words. I think everyone sitting in the lecture will agree with me that the most rivetting aspect was the brief video that demonstrated the power of photoshop editing and digital manipulation. That's right, with the help of extensive make-up sessions and some "minor" face editing on the computer, anyone could look as emaculate as Audrey Hepburn. Elements that influence a photo include:
-Frame
-Focus
-POV
-Timing(Capturing "The Moment"
-Exposure