AMWorld+Photo+Story

DUE DATE: FRIDAY, MARCH 27th, 2009
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AMERICA AND THE MODERN WORLD PHOTOSTORY ASSIGNMENT

Background: In the United States today there are an inumerable amount of issues facing the American Public. The economic crisis has been hitting every major city, the war in Iraq and Afghanistan has touched a numerous amount of American lives, people are crying out in outrage and in revolutionary tone because of the AIG Bailouts, people are out for the Treasury Secretary's head, Commericials of green energy fill our airwaves, and we are all somehow affected by the above and more.

For years, magazines and newspapers have been portraying and bringing these stories into our lives with their opinions and the pictures that have changed the world. Pictures of astronauts on the moon, a little child saluting his father's casket, a collapsing of the twin towers, a picture of an unemployed destitute woman and her family in the dustbowl, and pictures of war. Currently, the newspaper industry and magazines which have served as our point of view and have brought us these stories are being eliminated and replaced by technologies that breach every part of our exisitence as Americans. These new technologies have allowed us to be the reporter and have allowed us to put our spin on the world.

In this assignment you will be required to select a topic that could be featured on Time.com, this means a topic that relates to the current crisis that we are facing in the United States involving all of the events mentioned above. Your topic must be approved by Mr. Phillips today before you begin your project.

In the project you will search through google images and find pictures that relate to your topic and can be used to visually show and portray the angle and the ideas that you wish to convey to the American Public. You will use transitions, words, and music to set the mood and to clarify your point of view of the situation.

After yesterday's demonstration if you are still not sure of how to use photostory, you may ask your classmates, myself, and use the [|Internet to learn how to use photostory].

REQUIREMENTS:**
 * 15 -20 Pictures
 * at least 10 Transitions
 * at least 8 Photo Effects
 * Background Music
 * Relevantness of Pictures
 * Usefulness in telling your story
 * Did you demonstrate your point?, is your subject clear?, is your material relevant?, is it professionally done?
 * PROCEDURE:**
 * 1) Choose a relevant topic and get Mr. Phillips' approval
 * 2) Use google images search and find appropriate pictures to represent your point of view in the photostory (must be school appropriate)
 * 3) Save the photos to the computer that you want to use -change their names if if makes it easier
 * 4) Open up photostory and begin your story
 * 5) Import your Pictures
 * 6) Create your story
 * 7) Save your story as both a project (so you can edit it) and for playback on a computer (we will be viewing them on Monday)


 * REMINDERS**
 * 1) The Project should be school appropriate and should be serious in nature
 * 2) Projects are due on Friday - they will be presented on Monday - all work should be done in class
 * 3) If you are not on task - it will show in your grade
 * 4) Help and assist one another.
 * 5) This is the first grade for the 4th 9 Weeks.