Dual Hall Councils team up for ‘May the Fourth’ event

By: Isabella Cary

I began the slideshow with an extreme close-up of a cup of frozen yogurt because I wanted to convey that this was more about what the event was about. While this was a Star Wars event, there was not much Star Wars happening outside of the lightsaber-making and music, so I sought to emphasize the food, which became the main event. After that, I had a picture of Donavan Perea, the interviewee for my entire slideshow and the one speaking over 90% of it. This was to ensure that people could put a face to the voice of those actively working on this event and to describe its activities and process. Next, I cut to a picture of Anya Kraunz, another student working on the event from Nelson Hall Council, to show that there was a lot of preparation and that it took many people to arrange and set up the event that day. After, I went for a couple of photos showing the people attending (Charlotte Janney and June Nye) and helping out with the event, starting with a lightsaber that was built by Charlotte Janney. As Donavan talked about the caterers, I made sure to include a shot of the Yogurtland bag, showing the Frozen Yogurt they provided for this event. The bubble shots were included in the slideshow as a way to break up the other images, and I sought to show that people were playing with bubbles the entire time, outside of the Star Wars things and the food.

The photos of the food were added to show that everyone was having a nice time and that a steady stream of people kept coming to take the Frozen Yogurt as word spread that it was free in the Nagel Courtyard. I wanted to include the photo of Anya Kraunz eating Frozen Yogurt and speaking to someone off-screen, as I wanted to show that the people working on the event were also enjoying themselves and that it was fun for everyone. Kona Ice was also present at the event, and it seemed to attract more people than even the Frozen Yogurt, so I added a picture of the truck itself. As a fun extra, I set down my camera and took a photo of myself in character, as I was the most Star Wars-dressed person there, and I wanted to have a low depth of field image of someone there in Star Wars attire. Lightsaber battles started toward the end of the event, and I captured Charlotte Janney and Ty Anderson battling first, which eventually turned into Charlotte Janney and Dylan Morrison fighting it out, since I wanted to include some motion shots in my images. Finally, I concluded with a picture of an empty cup to signal that the slideshow was over, contrasting with the full cup at the beginning.

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By Isabella Cary

My photo slideshow is about the fun and games that are happening at the University of Denver in the evenings. This was a Hall Council event on the Nagel Lawn where they had Frisbee, Connect-4, and a Ball Toss in order to celebrate the warmer evenings we have been having. I wanted to capture the games as they were being played, and how they evidently were making students feel more relaxed as we came into the new Quarter.