American Soldier
1. The most powerful picture in my opinion was the "Down and Dirty" photograph. It shows the struggle Ian was holding in, and the pain he was facing. It has the gun, the flag, and he is in his uniform surrounded by his gear making it a very self explanatory photo, but a great one.
2. The photos are taken at different points in Ian's life over the course of a year. The photos from the beginning of it all show Ian saying goodbye to all his friends and family and his efforts to try and fit in the Army. As the photos go on, you can see the hardships he goes through, and the kind of experiences he faces and has to decide on. These factors all help put a story together with just photos.
3.The captions for all photos were really detailed and descriptive, which really helped the reader see what the photo was about. Each caption had what all captions should have, present tense, action verbs, date and, the 5 W's. These factors really described what was happening in the photos.
4. Ian Fisher is a man who made the decision at age 17, to join the Army. He faced many struggles including injuries, and drug use. These injuries were bad enough to possibly kick him out, but they let him stay. Ian turned him self in for using drugs so he wouldn't have to face a greater penalty later. The army caused some problems between Ian and his girlfriend, causing them to split. He then found someone new and got married. After two years of the army, Ian came home from Iraq, and knew "he was done."
5.In the photos where Ian is the main subject, the photos are in present tense. As if it were happening right at that moment.
6.
-Each caption is usually about 3-5 Sentences
-The first sentence of each caption describes the "who, what, when, where, and why" for the photograph.
-The second sentences of each captions give a bit of background information that you would not be able to know fro just looking at the photo. But the background info given is not anywhere near off topic, but continues to follow the route the first sentence started.
-The third sentence is yet another sentence giving background info, making the caption juicy.
-Yes, few of the captions contain a quote within them.
-Yes, there are many of the captions that contain 4 sentences, and even more.
A series of captions don't make up a story. A story has a plot, has characters, conflict, and much more than any caption could create. Plus a caption goes with photographs, describing the photo. It shouldn't describe too much other than that.
2. The photos are taken at different points in Ian's life over the course of a year. The photos from the beginning of it all show Ian saying goodbye to all his friends and family and his efforts to try and fit in the Army. As the photos go on, you can see the hardships he goes through, and the kind of experiences he faces and has to decide on. These factors all help put a story together with just photos.
3.The captions for all photos were really detailed and descriptive, which really helped the reader see what the photo was about. Each caption had what all captions should have, present tense, action verbs, date and, the 5 W's. These factors really described what was happening in the photos.
4. Ian Fisher is a man who made the decision at age 17, to join the Army. He faced many struggles including injuries, and drug use. These injuries were bad enough to possibly kick him out, but they let him stay. Ian turned him self in for using drugs so he wouldn't have to face a greater penalty later. The army caused some problems between Ian and his girlfriend, causing them to split. He then found someone new and got married. After two years of the army, Ian came home from Iraq, and knew "he was done."
5.In the photos where Ian is the main subject, the photos are in present tense. As if it were happening right at that moment.
6.
-Each caption is usually about 3-5 Sentences
-The first sentence of each caption describes the "who, what, when, where, and why" for the photograph.
-The second sentences of each captions give a bit of background information that you would not be able to know fro just looking at the photo. But the background info given is not anywhere near off topic, but continues to follow the route the first sentence started.
-The third sentence is yet another sentence giving background info, making the caption juicy.
-Yes, few of the captions contain a quote within them.
-Yes, there are many of the captions that contain 4 sentences, and even more.
A series of captions don't make up a story. A story has a plot, has characters, conflict, and much more than any caption could create. Plus a caption goes with photographs, describing the photo. It shouldn't describe too much other than that.
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