What really happened?

I don't mean to pick on WKYC in Cleveland. I love the station. I watch them and WJW channel 8 the most for news. I read channel 3's website the most.

Now that that's out of the way...

Tonight on WKYC's website, the following story is posted. Read the story and then scroll down and check the picture that accompanies the story on the website.

Akron man injured in fireworks incident
AKRON - An Akron man is recovering after a firework exploded in his hand early Friday morning.

The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. in the parking lot of Georgie's pub on Brittain Road.

Police say that 23-year-old, Justin Dalrymple picked up a lit firework which was thrown into a group of people.

Dalrymple suffered a serious hand injury and underwent surgery Friday.



Based on the photo that is shown, what can be implied about Mr. Dalrymple's fireworks accident? You got it. Justin might have had a Heineken (or maybe more than one) although the news story doesn't say it. Also, note the angle of the shot. The camera is tilted. This is referred to as a "Dutch angle" mostly because Dutch films way back when were the first to tilt the camera to signify mental instability, craziness, insanity, or just an overall feeling of something being not quite right. (Watch the Maury show for this when he does his DNA testing...which happens almost every other show.) Finally, what's the biggest object in the picture in terms of size? Yep, the beer bottle again. In the visual medium, things that take up the most space in the frame of the shot often are an indication of their importance. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...