GoalPlan and present an honest picture about an environmental cause, and save it as a picture file with a clear name.
New words
cause · a problem or goal that people care about and work forJPEG · a common type of picture filefile name · the name that tells you what is inside a filehonest edit · an edit that does not mislead, with the change explained
Explanation
Pictures can carry a message. To make an image for a talk about an environmental cause, plan before you edit. One: choose the cause, for example saving water or keeping streets clean. Two: decide what viewers should think and feel, such as ‘I want to help’. Three: choose an image that gets this across, and sketch two or three ideas. Four: show your sketches to a partner and use the feedback to improve them. When the picture is ready, save a copy as a picture file type such as JPEG, and give it a clear name that says what it is, like save-water-poster.jpg, not just image1. Finally, present it and ask your classmates what they think it says. Be honest: tell viewers what you changed. Remember Week 17: an edited picture can mislead if people think it is real. A short note such as ‘Edited picture: two pictures combined to show an idea’ keeps everyone fairly informed.
Step
What you do
1. cause
choose what to help
2. feeling
what viewers should think and feel
3. sketch
two or three ideas
4. feedback
share and improve
5. save
picture file, clear name
6. present
say what you changed
Worked examples
Part of the plan
Marwan’s choice
cause
saving water
feeling
I should close the tap
image
a drop that grows into a puddle
A plan for a water poster. Cause: saving water. Feeling: ‘I should close the tap’. Image idea: a tap with a drop that grows into a puddle, then a closed tap with a smile.
File name
Clear?
save-water-poster.jpg
yes
image1.jpg
no
final-final-2.jpg
no
File names. Three files hold the same poster. The name save-water-poster.jpg tells you what it is. The name image1.jpg says nothing. The name final-final-2.jpg is confusing.
An honest label. Farida blends a photo of a river with a drawing of fish to show how a clean river could look one day. Under the picture she writes: ‘Edited picture: the fish were added to show an idea.’ Nobody is misled.
Class activity
Message in a picture. Choose an environmental cause (saving water, keeping streets clean, planting trees). On paper write the cause, what viewers should think and feel, and sketch two image ideas. Show them to a partner and write one change they suggest. Then write a clear file name for your finished poster and a one-line honest label that tells what was edited. Present your final sketch to the class and ask what it says.
Practice
1
Why should you plan before you edit a picture?
To know the cause and the message, and choose an image that gets it across.
2
Which is a better file name: image1.jpg or river-clean-up.jpg?
river-clean-up.jpg, because it says what the file is.
3
What does JPEG tell you about a file?
That it is a picture file of a common type.
4
How can you be honest when you show an edited picture?
Say or write what you changed, so nobody thinks it is real.
