My idea of photo story sequence I have presented in class is:
Based on a real story.
I found a real story of a man with a dream, talking with a lot of people during my research, asking everyone to tell me the most motivational story that happened in their life, One of my colleagues at work was happy to tell me his story, from when he was a kid who always had a dream and wanted to be a pilot, but somehow he has a sickness and once presenting the idea in class, everyone was laughing at him. His teacher told him he never going to be a pilot as he had Dyslexia, he told him to forget about that and start thinking about something realistic. The kid never gave up on his idea, and with the support of his family somehow went forward and moved on, with his dream of success and becoming a pilot, and he graduated as a pilot.
I plan about 15 shots on camera using different techniques that work well with the narrative.
- starting with the dream
- showing the stress the boy has after he discovers he doesn’t have his teacher’s support
- not giving up – keeping with the dream.
- support he received
- Dream come true.
It will require a lot of shooting outdoors, and maybe some shots in something like a classroom. I believe more important in my photo story sequence will be showing the right emotions the boy has at different parts of the story. Showing his motivation, and his will to succeed.
I plan to use a maximum of 3 photo collages that work well with the narrative, some photos may be black and white to show different parts of his emotions.
picture 1: created the idea of showing up the dream the man have , its from a car light behind and a paper plane. the background is blurred as its still a dream
2. close up of the teacher – showing his emotion wants to say something to the young man. (BW photo showing the negativity)
3. showing up what exactly the teacher is doing , tear his paper plane saying that he never going to be a pilot because of his dyslexia. (BW photo showing the negativity)
4. broken dream on the floor , after the young boy found out what the teacher said to him (BW photo showing the negativity)
5. Here I show the young boy , (BW photo showing the negativity) , Its created behind a rainy window , its blurred because the boy don’t know what to do , feeling hopeless
6. his writing book showing what dyslexia is , Dyslexia is a lifelong learning difficulty that affects reading, writing and spelling. Learn about the signs, causes, diagnosis and management of dyslexia, and how to get help from schools, employers and support groups. (BW photo showing the negativity)
I had to create this book on my imagination as reading information what possibly will look like , also on the edge of the paper plane we see a light , showing that there is a door open , always is a door open in life , and exactly what happened next.
7. The young man , receive the support from his family , we see that where the light in previous photo came in its the open door. (BW photo showing the negativity)
8. We have a positive energy on this one , as the boy start to believe again , the light is representing his blessing, and the vision of a open window shown on the next photo.
9. His view from the window he see where the light comes from , its a airplane flying back to his mind.
10. With the help of his family he starts pushing himself to read and learns , he manage to learn how to live with dyslexia and to win his dream.
11. close up of his reading that shows he reads about airplanes , something he couldn’t do before.
12. Going forwards he starts build on his body.
13. Following the path , with the sport and the books he believed that he going to win on his dream and one day he will become a pilot. This is a collage with 4 photos , same location , BW is showing the struggle he had during this time.
14. We got the same young man here , on this photo showing that he reached to his dream , he is with a pilot glasses, proud looking emotion, its with Brazilian flag as this is where the story happened , this is where he got his pilot diploma.
15. taken at Heathrow airport, a close shot of a flying plane over the fence , its showing that everything is possible if you believe in it , no fences can stop you from winning on your dream if you work hard on it and being consistent.
WHO CAN STOP A MAN WITH A DREAM ?
(based on real live story and real person )