Communicating
Through Image and Sound

• I can create photos incorporating concepts for composition, light, and subject.
• I can create music containing rhythm, patterns, and melody (a tune).
• I can combine the use of photos and sound to communicate theme (ideas),
  mood, and tone (feeling) to an audience.

Today's media bombards us with images and sounds that influence what we think and feel. We can better understand how images and sound affect us by learning how to create products that will influence what other people think and feel. In this project, we will create a photo slide show using photos that we have taken combined with music that we have created. What we create will affect others!

Part 1: Think.com Five Promises Project

We will select three images from the web that express one of the Crossroads Five Promises, and post them to a Think.com Projects page for class reflection.

1. Find and save 5 images from the web that express the Five Promises (1 for each promise).
2. Choose 1 of the 5 Promises & post the 1 image that express that Promise on the Think.com Project "Communicating Ideas Through Images."
3. Post a description on each of the 5 Promises pages...
   • reflecting how and why one of the images expresses the promise
   • describing the theme, mood and tone of the picture

Alternative Activity (If you do not have Think.com privilege)

1. Find and save 5 images from the web that express the Five Promises (1 for each promise).
2. Place each of the images in a PowerPoint file (1 per slide).
3. On each slide...
   • reflect how and why the image expresses the promise
   • describe the theme, mood and tone of the picture
   • title
4. Submit to Shared folder with file name: 5promises_name.ppt.

Part 2: Photography...Composition + Lighting + Subject => Meaning

We will take photos incorporating the following concepts:
• Composition (simplicity, rule of thirds, line, and framing)
• Light (Photography is from the Greek...photo=light and graph=write...so
  photography is light writing.)
• Subject (Person or object of interest in a photo.)

1. Learn & use these essential concepts for your photos...
   • Composition 1, 2
     • A photo should be Uncluttered and Simple
     • A photo should have an obvious subject (person or object of focus)
     • A photo should follow the Rule of Thirds
     • Diagonal lines are dynamic.
     • The way you choose to "frame" your subject helps you tell your story
   • Lighting 1, 2, 3
     • Light should hit your subject and reflect into your camera
     • Backlight (beind subject) may create a silhouette
     • Light and shadow can tell part of your story
   • Subject - point of interest in a photograph
2. Shoot several photos using the following themes:
   (You and your partner will share a camera and help one another).
   • Angles & Patterns
   • Portraits
   • Opposites (Example: Old & New)
3. Import your photos into your folder in the Documents folder. (read/watch tutorial)
   • Import Photos - move photos from camera to computer
   • Organize Photos into a folder in iPhoto (the folder will use your name)
4. Edit photos using iPhoto and other software, if needed. (read/watch tutorial)
   • View Photos
   • Crop Photos - adjust the framing of your photo
   • Using the Adjust Panel - adjust the look of your photo
   
   
5. Photo Assessment

Part 3: Sound

1. Explore GarageBand tutorials. (Duration: approx. 1 minute each)
   
   1. Creating Your GarageBand Project
   2. Starting Your Song with a Beat
   3. Auditioning More Musicians
   4. Building Your Song Over Time
   5. Introducing Melody
   6. Creating Drama with Call and Response
   7. Setting the Tone for Your Song with an Introduction
   8. Ending Your Song with a Fadeout
2. Explore GarageBandby creating a song using what you have learned from the tutorials.
3. Export Your Song to iTunes whenever you would like to create an mp3 of your song. ou may make multiple vrsions of the same song, or create multiple songs.
   
   Save GarageBand files in the Music/GarageBand folder.
   Remember to give each new song file a new name.
   Example: song1steve.band

Part 4: Slide Show

1. Go through the iPhoto Slide Show tutorials. Create a slide show combining your photos with your music. Remember to choose photos and music that communicate your chosen theme. Also, test your slide show to be sure it worked the way you meant it to work.
   Detailed Instructions
2. Export your slideshow to your folder, and drop a copy in the Shared folder on the server. [The export option is located in the File menu in iPhoto6, and it is located in the Share menu in iPhoto5.]
3. We will screen the slideshows as a class!