photo essay - Documenting an event or Day
A photo-essay (or photographic essay) is a set or series of photographs that are
intended to tell a story or evoke a series of emotions in the viewer. A photo essay will often
show pictures in deep emotional stages. Photo essays range from purely
photographic works to photographs with captions or small notes to full text essays with a
few or many accompanying photographs. Photo essays can be sequential in nature, intended
to be viewed in a particular order, or they may consist of non-ordered photographs which may be
viewed all at once or in an order chosen by the viewer.
You will be using the photos you took on the Field trip to Chicago or over Spring break that documented your day or an event (birthday, trip to the mall, baseball game, school dance, etc.) to create a short digital video.
intended to tell a story or evoke a series of emotions in the viewer. A photo essay will often
show pictures in deep emotional stages. Photo essays range from purely
photographic works to photographs with captions or small notes to full text essays with a
few or many accompanying photographs. Photo essays can be sequential in nature, intended
to be viewed in a particular order, or they may consist of non-ordered photographs which may be
viewed all at once or in an order chosen by the viewer.
You will be using the photos you took on the Field trip to Chicago or over Spring break that documented your day or an event (birthday, trip to the mall, baseball game, school dance, etc.) to create a short digital video.
STEP 1
Go to www.wevideo.com.
Click Login and then choose to Log in with Google. As long as you sign in with your LTHS account you have a WeVideo account they can use from most devices (Chromebooks/computers).
The following images will help you with the setup of you project.
STEP 2
Watch these first...
STEP 3
You must have at least 20 photos in your project. Videos are optional.
Now, watch these and begin doing these using these with your project files
STEP 4
You must have text/captions included on at least 12 images throughout your video. Tell a story, explain what is happening, why did you go there, why is this significant, what is so funny/interesting, etc.
Next, watch these and begin doing these with with your project files
After we have the basics of our movie completed using the tutorials above, take a look at...
Step 5 - Adding Music to your projectAdding background music
You could use a soundtrack from WeVideo if you like, or you could try searching these sites as well. See free sound-track music sites below. If you find one you like, download the song, and then you can upload it into WeVideo
Here are additional free sound-track music sites to check:
- https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music
- https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/arts-culture/arts-culture-resources/legalmusicforvideos
- http://www.freeplaymusic.com/
- www.adweek.com/digital/royalty-free-music/
- Edit Opacity
- Trim a clip - Adjust the Timing of your Scenes in WeVideo (text or photo scenes) Make clips longer or shorter
- Add transitions between my scenes
- Multi-Select and Transitions
- Adding Themes
- Rolling Credits - How do I create rolling credits?
-- Your Name, name of others who appear prominently
-- Music title or name of the song - Animation (Ken Burns Effect)
STEP 8
Save your video! Follow the steps below to turn in your video.
Click Finish
1. Select a Video Thumbnail
2. Enter a Title with unlocked icon
3. Quality 720p HD
4. Press Finished button
2. Enter a Title with unlocked icon
3. Quality 720p HD
4. Press Finished button
Video will now go thru processing
Right mouse click on the Video Link and select...
Copy Link address
Paste the address in an email to me. [email protected]