Course Title: Photography Minor Study 1
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2007
Course Code: VART5166
Course ID: 020977
Course Title: Photography Minor Study 1
School: 340T Art
Program Code: C5048 - Diploma of Arts (Visual Arts)
Course Contact : Kellyann Geurts
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4472
Course Contact Email: kellyann.geurts@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 96
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
VART5609 - Photography Level 2
Course Description
This course provides participants with the theoretical and practical skills required to explore and apply photographic/imaging practices, materials and techniques to incorporate personal philosophy and content within photographs/images. This course focuses on a digital art practice, with camera use and lighting techniques incorporated into studio outcomes.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
VBS676 Photography Minor Study 1 |
Learning Outcomes
1. Use appropriate functions of a digital or analogue SLR camera.
3. Understand and apply a range of approaches to lighting and the use of natural light.
4. Apply a range of materials, techniques and processes used in the production of photographic digital images.
5. Analyse historical, contemporary and technological influences on photography.
Overview of Learning Activities
Details of Learning Activities
Students will receive tuition in their individual studios and in the computer lab.
Lectures, demonstrations, group discussion and individual tutorials will all feature as part of the course.
Students are expected to work on their practice in their studios and off campus.
Teaching Schedule
| WEEK | ACTIVITY |
| 1 | ORIENTATION WEEK |
| 2 | General Introduction Overview of Health, Safety and Security Conventions and Terminology Overview of Semester 1 Delivery INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT 1: Sequence, Narrative and Series |
| 3 - 8 |
PROJECT 1 Sequence, Narrative and Series Ongoing scheduled individual tutorials Technical Workshop |
| MID SEMESTER BREAK / EASTER NO CLASS Fri 6 Apr – Fri 13 Apr |
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| 9 - 16 | PROJECT 1 Sequence, Narrative and Series Ongoing scheduled individual tutorials Technical Workshop |
| 17 | STUDIO WEEK – NO CLASSES : Mon 18 Jun – Fri 22 Jun |
| 18 | ASSESSMENT WEEK : Mon 25 Jun – Fri 29 Jun |
Overview of Learning Resources
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Cotton,Charlotte. The Photograph As Contemporary Art, Thames and Hudson, 2004 |
References
Langford, Michael Basic Photography,Oxford Focal Press, 2000. |
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Bolton, R. The Contest of Meaning: Critical Histories of Photography MIT Press, 1989 |
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Janus, Elizabeth (ED) Veronica’s Revenge Contemporary Perspectives on Photography LAC Switzerland,1998 |
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Newhall, Beaumont The History of Photography: From 1839 to the Present Day, Doubleday,1964 |
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Sontag, Susan On Photography, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989 |
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Folio presentation marked by a panel, with written response.
Assessment Tasks
• Folio Work, demonstrating sustained investigation.
• Minor : 4 - 5 resolved works with backup
• Successful integration of Photoshop elements within practice.
• Participation in group tutorial on specified date.
• 1 Visual journal
• Studio practice 10%
Students are given a mark (either PX or NN) at the end of the semester 1.
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