BY KYLE BOTEN

Photo Essay Evaluation

Characteristics of the Genre

The characteristics I focused on were to make the audience feel uplifting and joyous. I also wanted the audience to feel as though they were traveling the globe at sporting events.

My audience for the piece was my GT class and teacher of the class and (possibly in the future) parents.

Some mentor texts that inspired me to create this were biographies of famous sport players and books of different cultures studies.

Writing Process

The idea for this piece started when I was looking at photo essays online when I saw one for food people eat across the globe. I thought an around the world type essay would be a great idea. I also read and article about Brazil winning a soccer tournament when the two articles combined into my photo essay.

I had to research sports from corners of the globe and learn how they were played by using Google. I found my images by figuring out the name of sports and Google-ing the sport name. I also searched for uplifting music to fit my genre.

TechnologyTechnology skills I applied during this project were learning how to use PhotoStory 3 and learning what kinds of music fit moods. For example, when I wanted my slides to feel uplifting, I didn’t want to make it sound like the commercials for abused animals. I had to learn what was best fitting by searching uplifting on FreePlayMusic.com. When I was learning how to use PhotoStory 3, I had to think of it as something other than a new program, but one that I know how to work.

Affective DevelopmentI learned that I like sports more than I really thought. For example, I would only play tag and think that football was a sport for jocks. Know I know that sports are actually one of my core values. I have now realized that I enjoy photos more than I used to. For example, when I looked at photos, I saw them as pictures and not moments.

Evaluation

I think my work was very amazing and that the effort I put it paid off at the end of it all. In 1 to 10 scale I’d say 8.5.

I am proud of my musical choices because they were very happy and enjoyable. I am proud of these because it took a lot of time to find the music needed

Some of the challenges I faced were narrating while many others were too. I had to wait my turn even when others didn’t notice I was working.

For my next project, I’d like to use PhotoStory again but to summarize a book (just an idea) with pictures and narration. I would like this because while PhotoStory 3 is fresh in my mind, and I’m interested in pictures and reading novels.