Course Title: Portraiture 201
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Portraiture 201
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
VART1708 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
345H Media and Communication |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2006, Sem 1 2007, Sem 1 2008, Sem 1 2009, Sem 1 2010, Sem 1 2011, Sem 2 2012, Sem 2 2013, Sem 2 2014 |
Course Coordinator: Pauline Anastasiou
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 1969
Course Coordinator Email: pauline.anastasiou@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Building 36 level 2 room 3
Course Coordinator Availability: Email or phone, appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
First year BA Photography core courses or equivalent
Course Description
This course will acquaint you with the challenges of photographing people, with the chosen subject being considered the hero. This is usually a two-fold challenge for most you. One is actively embracing the technical and conceptual aspects of portraiture, and the other is working with the actual subject/s on an interpersonal and interpretive basis.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
At the end of this course you should have:
experienced good organisational practices,
developed insight into traditional & contemporary lighting techniques,
skill with analogue and tethered digital capture,
a strong conceptual approach to portrait photography.
Overview of Learning Activities
This course is comprised of :
a lecture that provides an overview of portraiture it’s photographic history and contemporary practicea one hour tutorial, where you will be able to participate in discussions on the development of the concept of the image and the analysis of imagery. It will also involve critique of work by the lecturer and your peers.
a two hour practical workshop where there will be lighting demonstrations and supervised shooting sessions per week
Overview of Learning Resources
Resources:
Course notes and specific course requirements will be posted on the Blackboard.
We will also use, in conjunction with Blackboard, a social networking blog in order to share work and to discuss issues related to the course.
The RMIT University library has an extensive collection of material, books, online journals, dvd’s and slides, that relate to this course.Overview of Assessment
- group work assignment
- Folio of completed assignments and pre-production notes