American Soldier Slide Show and Captions(Review)

Questions

A. What is the most powerful image from the slideshows? Why?

---I think the most powerful image from the slideshow is the one with a solider lays his head down for the priest and the priest puts his hand on the solider head, i think it is powerful because it shows how the solider wants to give respect for the priest

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 - Image 1 to Image 8

Set #2 At Basic Training - Image 9 to Image 42

Set #3 In Iraq - Image 43 to Image 76

Set #4 Back in Denver - Image 77 to Image 83

Which set of images was the most powerful? Why?

---I think image 5 was the most powerful because it shows a lot of emotion

c. How do the images work together to tell a story?

---Because it is in order from when he was about to go to Iraq and go back home

2. 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?

---By blurring out the stuff behind the people to focus the main thing of the subject

3. Now its 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.
First sentence:

Image 31

It shows that Ian is hugging his dad before he leaves to Iraq and they are both crying because they are going to miss each other very much

 Image 47

It shows that Ian and his friends are sad that he is going to leave them behind because he is going back home from Iraq

Image 73

It shows Ian and his girlfriend together in the car. Ian is really tired from the trip back home so he lays his head on his girlfriends shoulder to get a little bit of sleep.

5.Click on the Video tab - watch the videos.

A. How do these other features enhance the photographs?

---Because it shows more details

B. In what ways are videos better than photographs? Provide an example from the Denver Post Web site.

---Because it explains more about Ians life and why he wanted to go

C. In what ways are photos better than videos? Provide an example from the Denver Post Web site.

---It explains more than what people can say in words