Introduction to Photo Journalism
Vocational qualification
Online
Description
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Type
Vocational qualification
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Methodology
Online
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Class hours
90h
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Duration
6 Months
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Start date
Different dates available
Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism that uses images to tell a news story - What is photojournalism? We all see the results of photojournalism daily with our newspapers, news magazines, and Internet searches. However, a defining photojournalism is difficult for many people. Photojournalism is not just "taking news pictures." Photojournalism doesn't mean you are employed by a specific newspaper or working in a war zone. Photojournalism, put simply, is about capturing verbs.
It can be argued that photojournalism is the most universal form of mass communication. Writing and speaking both require the knowledge of a specific language, but the visual image can in many instances be understood by anyone. Facial expressions, emotions, movement and body posture as well as composition, light and shadow can tell a story in the same way that words can.
In our media orientated world, more often than not the pictures tell the story - a lot of the time this is instantly or from the scene.
Technology advances such as the internet have enabled us to see these pictures as they happen, no longer do we have to wait until tomorrows newspaper for grainy images. With the help of this course you could go on to record your own piece of history.
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About this course
On this course you will:
Be introduced to journalistic techniques and how they relate to photography
Be helped to become a Storyteller. Learn the principles of narrative, and how to tell a visual story
Be armed with the knowledge and skills to produce professional standard photo journalistic articles
You don't need any prior skills in the subject area to start this course.
At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement by ABC Awards and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the details all of the units you have completed as part of your course).
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Subjects
- Internet
- IT
- Composition
- Freelance Journalism
- Writing
- Skills and Training
- Photo Journalism
- Photography
- Interviewing
- Photographs
- Publication
- Journalistic techniques
Course programme
Part A Introduction to Freelance Journalism
This gives you an overview of the basic skills needed to be a freelance journalist.
This section of the course will cover the following topics:
Unit 1: Introduction to Freelance Journalism
- What is news?
- The elements of news
- News in the community
- Community newspapers
- What makes a good Freelance Journalist?
- The function of a Freelance Journalist
- The beat system
- Sources and tools
- Preparing mechanically for interviews
- Developing note -taking skills
- Picking the interview location
- Conduct pre -interview research
- Conduct the interview
- Conduct the post -interview
This gives you again the basic skills to needed to combine photography and writing together into a
good combined package of skills.
Unit 5: Understanding Photo Journalism
- Taking photographs for publication
- Two visual considerations
- Depth of field
- Isolating a subject
- Lenses and perspectives
- Composition
- The principles of composition
- Action in still photographs
- Stopping action.
- Who gathers cutline information?
- How to record the information
- What to record
- Match up the information with the photograph
- When to record the information
- Sports photography hints
- Filing cutline information
- Introduction
- The four-part cutline
- Equipment available
Each unit is followed by a written tutor marked assignment (TMA), which is submitted and then marked by your tutor. You will not be required to take an external exam.
Introduction to Photo Journalism