workshops#2
| THE ART OF STORYTELLING |
| Which history will Kike Calvo teach us to tell? Or, would it be how he covered the aircraft’s landing on the Hudson River in New York? Or how did he organize his article about the collapse world trade center? Or how does he go deep into the forest and captures the animals’ face? Gabriel Garcia Marquez says that the most important of film is storytelling. Kike will show up several ways how tell a story through photography as a means of do it. Essentially, useful workshop, where there is no need for any previous experience. It is splited up into teams. We will work as if we were writing of a dairy. All of us will learn from each other, it does not matter the level you are. This is the opportunity for the students in order to find the essence of how to tell a story. Through the workshop, there will be constant references about kike’s experiences which were gotten in Associated press, The New York Times, National Geographic and other periodicals around the world. Objective It will give to all of attendants a complete picture about storytelling through pictures The basis that are going to be explored are good enough, so as to relate texts or videos. We will understand the tools that will let us know how to pass on the stories to the audience such as we wish to share them. We will also review some pieces concerning the greatest historical current and past photojournalists. Course load 8 hours Topics • Introduction • The art of storytelling through pictures. • Practice session • Visual narrative models • History: the greatest photojournalists What to bring to the workshop • One reflex, digital or compact camera. • Charged batteries. •One USB flash drive with some pictures done by us. • A memory card or flash card • A laptop with charged battery plus charger. • Download equipments (cable, reader and so forth) • Notebook and pen • A smile! If we do not have laptop, do not get panic. We will be able to share it with our classmates. Who should attend to this workshop? Professionals, students of photography or amateurs.People who have awareness that an isolated image never shots from aesthetics, but if it is mixed with a serie of interrelated times, our work it will take a life of its and it will become in a powerful visual communication indeed. This is an interesting workshop which is not only to photographers but also to professionals in other careers or to marketing or to publicity. |
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