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SHOOTING THE PICTURE STORY
The picture story must have an underlying theme or plot to hold it together . Each picture in the story must support this plot and reveal some important element of it . If it does not do that , it doesn't belong in the story . A picture story is short and to the point - it is very unusual for an editor to allow more than six to eight pages for its presentation , and three or four pages is much more likely to be the limit of allotted space . This necessarily reduces the number of pictures quite drastically . There is no point in crowding more pictures into the story by making them smaller because they lose importance and impact and the editor simply won't use them .
The picture story must have continuity so that the reader will follow along the story from one picture to the other without losing his place . If there is too sudden a shift in the story or in the continuity , you may lose the reader and he will feel dissatisfied . A smart editor will , of course , detect such lapses in continuity and simply refuse to accept the picture story unless he has no choice .
There are a number of ways in which to achieve continuity in a picture story . Perhaps the subtlest is to tie the story to the element of time . In shooting a day's activity , for example , you can start with a picture which is obviously representative of a morning's activity , such as having breakfast . As you continue the story , key your pictures in some way to the time element so that the observer realizes that time is passing without actually being told about it . The story can then end with an appropriate picture indicating the end of the day , such as a crowd leaving the gates of a manufacturing plant , commuters going home on a suburban train or bus , or the subject setting the alarm at night after getting into bed .
Another strong element of continuity can be achieved by showing work in progress . The " how to do it " type of picture story is a very good example and it is widely used in industry .
These are two obvious ways of getting continuity into a picture story . There are countless others , some of them just as obvious as the two examples given here , and others of a more indirect and subtle nature . Regardless of the method used , however , it should be logical to the story being told , and it must not be so far out that it escapes the audience .
Each picture in the story must contribute in an important way to the basic theme of the story . Each must contain some element that embodies the general .
A young prodigy conductor rehearsing a symphony - orchestra . The overall shot . sets the scene , and the three close - ups of the young con ductor clearly depict his com plete absorption in his task .
Courtesy of Chicago Today , Photos by Howard Borvig .
A good picture story can be built about a dramatic night shot of the emergency entrance of a large hospital .
Courtesy of Xerox Corporation .
nature of the story , even though it shows some specific element . This element must be carefully chosen so that the sum of all the separate elements adds up to the general idea without duplication of pictures and without omission of any important part of the story .
To be successful , your picture story must carry conviction , and the only way this can be accomplished is for you to become convinced of its validity first . This means honest , sympathetic treatment of the subject .
Stopping a bullet in flight and other studies of high speed motion make good picture studies for the specialist in this field Courtesy of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
A good picture story should have a key shot . This key shot symbolizes or sums up the key idea of the story , and it is by far the most important picture in it . When the story appears in print , it will be given much more space and a dominant position in the layout . It must , therefore , be a better picture technically and compositionally , so that it can easily support the full weight of the story .
This is the key shot in a picture story of the laser .
Courtesy of General Electric Co.
When you go out on an assignment , you should have a pretty good idea of what you expect the key picture to be in general terms . You may arrive at your decision yourself , or you may be given some more or less specific instructions on this point by the editor or the client , but regardless of how it was arrived at , it must be ever present in your mind when you go about the actual business of taking pictures . If a particular picture looks as if it might fill the bill , treat it with pecial care and give it everything you have . The key picture must be sharp , dynamic , beautifully composed with a great deal of impact , and it must truly represent the main idea of the story .
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تصوير قصة الصورة ..
SHOOTING THE PICTURE STORY
The picture story must have an underlying theme or plot to hold it together . Each picture in the story must support this plot and reveal some important element of it . If it does not do that , it doesn't belong in the story . A picture story is short and to the point - it is very unusual for an editor to allow more than six to eight pages for its presentation , and three or four pages is much more likely to be the limit of allotted space . This necessarily reduces the number of pictures quite drastically . There is no point in crowding more pictures into the story by making them smaller because they lose importance and impact and the editor simply won't use them .
The picture story must have continuity so that the reader will follow along the story from one picture to the other without losing his place . If there is too sudden a shift in the story or in the continuity , you may lose the reader and he will feel dissatisfied . A smart editor will , of course , detect such lapses in continuity and simply refuse to accept the picture story unless he has no choice .
There are a number of ways in which to achieve continuity in a picture story . Perhaps the subtlest is to tie the story to the element of time . In shooting a day's activity , for example , you can start with a picture which is obviously representative of a morning's activity , such as having breakfast . As you continue the story , key your pictures in some way to the time element so that the observer realizes that time is passing without actually being told about it . The story can then end with an appropriate picture indicating the end of the day , such as a crowd leaving the gates of a manufacturing plant , commuters going home on a suburban train or bus , or the subject setting the alarm at night after getting into bed .
Another strong element of continuity can be achieved by showing work in progress . The " how to do it " type of picture story is a very good example and it is widely used in industry .
These are two obvious ways of getting continuity into a picture story . There are countless others , some of them just as obvious as the two examples given here , and others of a more indirect and subtle nature . Regardless of the method used , however , it should be logical to the story being told , and it must not be so far out that it escapes the audience .
Each picture in the story must contribute in an important way to the basic theme of the story . Each must contain some element that embodies the general .
A young prodigy conductor rehearsing a symphony - orchestra . The overall shot . sets the scene , and the three close - ups of the young con ductor clearly depict his com plete absorption in his task .
Courtesy of Chicago Today , Photos by Howard Borvig .
A good picture story can be built about a dramatic night shot of the emergency entrance of a large hospital .
Courtesy of Xerox Corporation .
nature of the story , even though it shows some specific element . This element must be carefully chosen so that the sum of all the separate elements adds up to the general idea without duplication of pictures and without omission of any important part of the story .
To be successful , your picture story must carry conviction , and the only way this can be accomplished is for you to become convinced of its validity first . This means honest , sympathetic treatment of the subject .
Stopping a bullet in flight and other studies of high speed motion make good picture studies for the specialist in this field Courtesy of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
A good picture story should have a key shot . This key shot symbolizes or sums up the key idea of the story , and it is by far the most important picture in it . When the story appears in print , it will be given much more space and a dominant position in the layout . It must , therefore , be a better picture technically and compositionally , so that it can easily support the full weight of the story .
This is the key shot in a picture story of the laser .
Courtesy of General Electric Co.
When you go out on an assignment , you should have a pretty good idea of what you expect the key picture to be in general terms . You may arrive at your decision yourself , or you may be given some more or less specific instructions on this point by the editor or the client , but regardless of how it was arrived at , it must be ever present in your mind when you go about the actual business of taking pictures . If a particular picture looks as if it might fill the bill , treat it with pecial care and give it everything you have . The key picture must be sharp , dynamic , beautifully composed with a great deal of impact , and it must truly represent the main idea of the story .
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