Monday, November 10, 2014

American Soldier/Captions

A. What is the most powerful image from the slideshows? Why?
I think the last image because, it shows the happiness of the pair to get married.
B. Through the photos, Ian is in different locations, each set of photos from the same location comprise a short series or set.

Set #1 At home in Denver - Tell me which image #s from image #1 to image #??

Photos 1-6
Set #2 At Basic Training - tell me which image #s from image #?? to image #??
Photos 10-29

Set #3 In Iraq - tell me which image #'s from image #?? to image #??
Photos 50-76

Set #4 Back in Denver - tell me which image #s from image#?? to image #??
Photos 76-82
Which set of images was the most powerful? Why?
76 through 82 were, to me, the most powerful, because Ian and his family are crying with emotion, and that really helps to tug the viewer's too
C. How do the images work together to tell a story?

Chronologically, they can help the viewers see the subject's development and growth in body, and mind. 

3. Underneath each photo is the caption that ran in the 
Denver Post

A. For the photos in which Ian is the main subject of the photos, in what tense are the verbs usually written?
Present Tense
B. How do the captions enhance the photographs?
They help to explain the story and to help the readers/viewers understand what is going on in the photo
4. Now it's your turn to write a few captions - DO NOT COPY THEIR WRITING

A. 
Write three of your own captions to photos without looking at the caption written by the photographer. Be sure they are written in the following form. For this assignment you can make up names and facts to write your captions.



'Bob Jones' is practicing his position. After enlisting in the army, he was still a little shaky.


A fellow bunkmate plays a prank on 'Jimmy'. The stress of the army caused others to catch catnaps, which made others play pranks.


Returning home after training, Ian embraces his dad. The army life had shifted him off balance for a while, but now he'd gotten used to it.

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