It is important that you try and be as productive as possible over the Christmas break. This is particularly important as we may have an extended period of non-contact time due to Covid-19 restrictions. It may be that you need to adapt or change your original plan for your project to suit your current situation of isolation or lock down. A really good and meaning full project can be reconfigured to suit current circumstances. As always if you need help and support get in touch via email and tune into TEAMS lessons.
Our deadlines are fixed and coursework still have to be completed as per below.
PRACTICAL WORK: You have 2 weeks over Christmas and a further 6 weeks on your return in January to complete all work, including essay and photobook or film. This include all relevant blog posts demonstrating your knowledge and understanding of: RESEARCH > ANALYSIS > PLANNING > RECORDING, EXPERIMENTATION > PRESENTATION > EVALUATION.
DEADLINE: MUST complete 3-4 new photo-shoots/ moving image recordings this term that must be published on the blog by Mon 4 Jan 2020.
ESSAY: We will be spending minimum 1 lesson a week on CONTEXTUAL STUDIES where you will be learning about critical theory, photo history and contemporary practice as well as developing academic study skills to help you writing your essay. However, it is essential that you are organising your time effectively and setting aside time outside of lessons to read, study and write.
DEADLINE: Essay MUST be handed in Fri 29 Jan 2021
PHOTOBOOK / FILM: Returning after Christmas we will be spending the whole month of January designing / editing your photobook / film.
MOCK EXAM: 5 – 11 Feb 2021. 3 days controlled test (15 hours)
Groups:
FINAL DEADLINE: Completion of photobook/ film with final essay Thurs 11 Feb 2021 .
EXAM (ESA): Exam Paper and preparation begins Fri 12 Feb 2021.
EXAM (ESA): Controlled Conditions
4 – 5 – 6 May and 12 – 13 – 14 May 2021.
XMAS BREAK: 19 Dec – 4 Jan
Essay: Reading & Writing
Photography: Photo-shoots & Experimentation
Objective: Criteria from the Syllabus
- Show evidence for an on-going critical and analytical review of your investigation – both your written essay and own practical work in response to research and analysis.
ESSAY
Academic Sources
- Research and identify 3-5 literary sources from a variety of media such as books, journal/magazines, internet, Youtube/video that relates to your personal study and artists references .
- Begin to read essay, texts and interviews with your chosen artists as well as commentary from critics, historians and others.
- It’s important that you show evidence of reading and draw upon different pints of view – not only your own.
- Take notes when you’re reading…key words, concepts, passages
- Write down page number, author, year, title, publisher, place of publication so you can list source in a bibliography
Bibliography
List all the sources that you have identified above as literary sources. Where there are two or more works by one author in the same year distinguish them as 1988a, 1988b etc. Arrange literature in alphabetical order by author, or where no author is named, by the name of the museum or other organisation which produced the text. Apart from listing literature you must also list all other sources in alphabetical order e.g. websites/online sources, Youtube/ DVD/TV.
Quotation and Referencing:
- Use quotes to support or disprove your argument
- Use quotes to show evidence of reading
- Use Harvard System of Referencing…see Powerpoint: harvard system of referencing for further details on how to use it.
Essay Question
- Think of a hypothesis and list possible essay questions
- Here is a list of possible questions to investigate that may help you.
Essay Plan
Make a plan that lists what you are going to write about in each paragraph – essay structure
- Essay question:
- Opening quote
- Introduction (250-500 words): What is your area study? Which artists will you be analysing and why? How will you be responding to their work and essay question?
- Pg 1 (500 words): Historical/ theoretical context within art, photography and visual culture relevant to your area of study. Make links to art movements/ isms and some of the methods employed by critics and historian.
- Pg 2 (500 words): Analyse first artist/photographer in relation to your essay question. Present and evaluate your own images and responses.
- Pg 3 (500 words): Analyse second artist/photographer in relation to your essay question. Present and evaluate your own images and responses.
- Conclusion (250-500 words): Draw parallels, explore differences/ similarities between artists/photographers and that of your own work that you have produced
- Bibliography: List all relevant sources used
Essay Introduction
Draft an essay introduction following these steps:
- Open a new Word document > SAVE AS: Essay draft
- Copy essay question into Essay title: Hypothesis > if you don’t have one yet, make one!
- Copy your essay introduction (from Essay Plan) which will give you a framework to build upon and also copy your Statement of Intent.
- Identify 2 quotes from sources identified in an earlier task using Harvard System of Referencing.
- Use one quote as an opening quote: Choose a quote from either one of your photographers or critics. It has to be something that relates to your investigation.
- Add sources to Bibliograpphy > if by now you don’t have any sources, use S. Sontag. On Photography Ch1
- Look at an opening sentence.
- Begin to write a paragraph (250-500 words) answering the following questions:
- Think about an opening that will draw your reader in e.g. you can use an opening quote that sets the scene. Or think more philosophically about the nature of photography and and feeble relationship with reality.
- You should include in your introduction an outline of your intention of your study e.g.
- What are you going to investigate.
- How does this area/ work interest you?
- What are you trying to prove/challenge, argument/ counter-argument?
- Whose work (artists/photographers) are you analysing and why?
- What historical or theoretical context is the work situated within. Include 1 or 2 quotes for or against.
- What links are there with your previous studies?
- What have you explored so far in your Coursework or what are you going to photograph?
- How did or will your work develop.
- What camera skills, techniques or digital processes in Photoshop have or are you going to experiment with?
PHOTOBOOK
PLAN > SHOOT > EXPERIMENT > EVALUATE
PLANNING: Produce a detailed plan of at least 3-4 photoshoots that you intend on doing in the next 3-4 weeks.
RECORDING: Produce a number of photographic responses to your Personal Study
EDITING: Download InDesign at home and import images from each shoot.
• Create a new Collection from each new shoot inside Collection Set: LOVE & REBELLION.
• Select 8-12 images from each shoot.
• Experimenting: Adjust images in Develop, both as Colour and B&W images appropriate to your intentions
• Export images as JPGS (1000 pixels) and save in a folder: BLOG
• Create a Blogpost with edited images and an evaluation; explaining what you focused on in each shoot and how you intend to develop your next shoot.
• Make references to artists references, previous shoots, experiments etc.
EXPERIMENTING:
• Export same set of images from Lightroom as JPEG (4000 pixels) • Experimentation: demonstrate further creativity using Photoshop to make composite/ montage/ typology/ grids/ diptych/triptych, text/ typology etc appropriate to your intentions • Design: Begin to explore different layout options using InDesign and make a new zine/book. Set up new document as A5 page sizes. This is trying out ideas before we begin designing photobook in January.
• Make sure you annotate process and techniques used
EVALUATION: Upon completion of photoshoot and experimentation, make sure you evaluate and reflect on your next step of development. Comment on the following:
- How successful was your photoshoot and experimentation?
- What references did you make to artists references? – comment on technical, visual, contextual, conceptual?
- How are you going to develop your project from here? – comment on research, planning, recording, experimenting.
- What are you going to do next? – what, why, how, when, where?
FILM
PLAN > SHOOT > EXPERIMENT > EVALUATE
STORYBOARDING: Based on your specification and narrative produce a storyboard with details of individual scenes, action, shot sizes, camera angles and mise-en-scene (the arrangement of the scenery in front of the camera) from location, props, people, lighting, sound etc.
PLANNING: Produce a detailed plan of at least 3-4 video/audio recordings that you intend on doing in the next 3-4 weeks, incl Christmas break
RECORDING: Produce a number of photographic response to your Personal Study and bring footage from video/ audio recordings to lessons:
• Save media in folder on local V:Data Drive
• Organisation: Create a new project in Premiere
• Editing: begin editing video/ audio clips on the timeline
• Adjusting: recordings in Colour / B&W appropriate to your intentions.
EXPERIMENTING:
• Video: experimenting with sequencing using relevant transitions and effects
• Sound: consider how audio can add depth to your film, such as ambient sound, sound fx, voice-over, interview, musical score etc. • Title and credits: Consider typography/ graphics/ styles etc. For more creative possibilities make title page in Photoshop (format: 1280 x 720 pixels) and import as a Psd file into your project folder on the V-Data drive.
EVALUATION: Write an evaluation on the blog that reflects on your artistic intentions, film-editing process and collaboration. Include screen-prints from Premiere and a few ‘behind the scenes’ images of the shooting/ production for further annotation. Comment on the following:
- How successful was your photoshoot and experimentation?
- What references did you make to artists references? – comment on technical, visual, contextual, conceptual?
- How are you going to develop your project from here? – comment on research, planning, recording, experimenting.
- What are you going to do next? – what, why, how, when, where?