A. What is the most powerful image from the pictures printed in the Denver Post over the three weeks they published images from the year of coverage? Why?
The most powerful image is the one where Fisher is in the divers seat of the Humvee, because he normally doesn't sit right there so it shows courage and bravery as he has to drive through Diwaniyah.
B. How do the images work together to tell a story?
The images work together to tell a story because you can tell the emotion in the photo and the mood each person is feeling.
C. How do the captions enhance the photographs?
The captions enhance the photos because they give you more detail about what is happening and it helps you understand what the problem is or what is going throughout the process.
D. Summarize the story of Ian Fisher, based just on the captions.
Ian Fisher joins the army at age 17, right after high school. He joined the delayed entry program to help him get better prepared. Before leaving he meets with a Sargent at the Army recruiting office, also his family and friends throw him a party before leaving. He has to get a medical exam before he can officially go. A recruiter comes to pick up Fisher at his house, to go to basic training for 14 weeks. He arrives to basic training on June 22, 2007 at Fort Benning, Ga. He hurts his elbow on the second day of training and it could've disqualified him but he talked to the commander and he was allowed to stay. A group of guys had to talk to Fisher's bunkmate because he was causing trouble and had bad attitude and everyone else was punished for it. By week eight on August 16 2007 the troops are hit by an improvised explosive device, the sergeant said that it would've killed half of the troops. Ian plus four other guys are allowed to keep going. Basic training gets harder as they have field exercises and mock attacks, they also had to march ten miles will each member was carrying 65 pounds of equipment with different drills along the way. He goes home for a weekend and takes his girlfriend ring shopping. When he goes back he gets an ankle injury and has to sit out out for some of the training. He goes to his dads house on March 8, 2008, his dad talks to him about using drugs (muscle relaxations and pain medications) and how he needs to stop. Fisher gets mad and says its better than coke or ecstasy. Ian has counseling with two Sergeants and he tells them about his drug use, they were about to kick him off but they gave him another chance and they are sending him to a new platoon and dropping him in rank. Fisher and his dad bond at the PX at Fort Carson on September 1, 2008 when his family is getting ready to drop him off so he can deploy to Iraq. His dad, a Vietnam veteran told him to not go down without a fight even if something goes wrong. He deploys on September 3, 2008 for one whole year in Iraq. Ian drives the Humvee through Iraq, he says if people get in your way, you just have to keep driving and drive with violence. Him and lieutenant hang up christmas lights in the platoons operations center. He finally gets to come home and he says it was really cold back home compared to Iraq. Ian said he learned a lot of life lessons while he was in the army. He gets married to Devin on August 24, 2009.
E. For the photos in which Ian is the main subject of the photos, in what tense are the verbs usually written?
Past tense
1. How many sentences are they on average?
2-3
2. Read the first sentence of a couple of them, what information do they provide?
The five W's
3. Read the second sentences of a couple of them, what information do they provide?
More detail about whats happening
4. If there is a third sentence, what information does it provide?
More detail
5. Do any captions include a quote?
Some cations do
6. Are there any that have four sentences?
no
G. Why do you think it is possible to tell a complete story with just photos and captions?
Because it gives you just enough information and a visual to look at.
H. If you can create a story with just photos and captions, why bother writing a story at all?
A story has the complete story and more details.
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