VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te Ika a Maui
School of Design
Te Kura Hoahoa
DSDN144: Digital Photographics TRIMESTER 1/2010
Project 3 – Merge Digital technology has revolutionised photography. It has given us the capability to radically change the way that the world is represented. Pixels can be warped and repositioned to create not only a simulation of a photograph but also an alternative “reality". In this assignment you will create your own alternative realities through the merging of elements to ask “what if?” Your choice of contexts is immense: cultural, social, political, environmental, historical, scientific, literary, etc. As in the first assignment, you must produce a coherent series, in this instance comprising of at least four images. During this project advanced digital manipulation skills will be introduced along with more sophisticated shooting and exposure techniques. Attention will shift from existing situations to constructing photographic images and meanings completely of your own making. Whilst you may incorporate some appropriated imagery into your work, the most significant amount must be your own. Final presentation format must be considered to relate to your concept and must be confirmed with your tutor well in advance to the in-class review. For example, you may choose to present printed work or show your images as part of a website. By the second studio session of the project you need to submit a proposal outlining your concept and how you are planning on approaching it. The proposal should consist of a referenced paragraph (200 - 300 words) and include some precedent images and either a storyboard or mock up shots. Save the document with the text + images as a word file or a PDF in your R:/drive Pro3 folder. Don’t forget to include your name in the document. KEYWORDS: manipulation, superimposition, simulation, speculation, deception, interpretation, modification, transformation, fabrication, distortion, adaptation, artifice, narrative, fiction(s), intangibility, morph, montage, engineering, digital/virtual space, context, questioning READINGS: Clarke, Graham. The Photograph Manipulated. Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp 187 – 205.
Project 3 intro: Wed 28th April Project proposal: Wed 5th May Interim presentation of work in progress: Wed 19th May Test 2 – Digital Darkroom: Wed 26th May Final hand-in and review: Wed 2nd June– yay one paper down!
N.B. it is mandatory to attend the review, students who do not will fail the project Grade: This assignment is worth 30% of your final course grade. The interim presentation of work in progress is worth 20% of that 30%. Minimum Submission Requirements • project proposal in R:drive • work in progress images on Flickr for interim grade • series of at least four digital images submitted for review in a relevant format and uploaded to Flickr, R:drive • short statement reviewing your project’s development and final outcome with references to theoretical ideas from class readings • answers to the required reading documented in your workbook • workbook documenting your research and the development of ideas Assessment criteria: • ability to imaginatively explore photographic vision • quality and coherence in your concepts • effective and appropriate presentation technique • effective technical control • evidence of research and successful understanding of visual precedents • evidence of documentation of and reflection upon project's progress REFERENCES: Alam, Shahidul. Blink: 100 Photographers. Berg, Stephan. Gregory Crewdson.
TR654 B648 TR654 G822 Caujolle, Christine. Joan Fontcuberta. TR654 F681 A4 J Crewdson, Gregory. Twilight. TR64 C927 Duve, Thierry de. et al. Jeff Wall. TR654 D985 Evans, Duncan. Comprehensive Guide to Digital Image Output. TR267 E92 C Freeman, Michael. Digital Photography Special Effects. TR267 F853 D Kemp, Cornelia et al. Camera The Other Face. TR680 Z97 Krauss, Rosalind & J Livingston. Amour fou: photography & surrealism TR646 U5 W3 K91 A Lipkin, Jonathan. Photography Reborn. TR267 L764 P Lister, Martin The photographic image in digital culture TR183 P575 Lütgens, A & G van Tuyl. The Chinese: photography & video from China TR101 C539 Sanders, Mike, et al (eds). The impossible image: TR679 I31 Savage, Paula. Tracey Moffatt. TR647 M695 T7 Wall, Jeff. Jeff Wall Photographs TR654 W187 J Wheeler, Tom. Phototruth or Photofiction TR820 W564 P
SCHEDULE OF PRO 3 SESSIONS AND HAND-IN DATES
week 18
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Week 19
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Lecture1 Pro3, review
LT2, VS3.22
10:30-11:20 + tutorial
Pro2 review (25%)
Lecture2 Pro3, tutorial
LT2, VS3.22
10:30-11:20 + tutorial
Lecture3 Pro3, tutorial
LT2, VS3.22
10:30-11:20 + tutorial
Lecture4 Pro3, tutorial
LT2, VS3.22
10:30-11:20 + tutorial
Pro3 Interim submission
Lecture, tutorial
LT2, VS3.22
10:30-11:20 + tutorial
Test2 (10%)
Lecture, review
LT2, VS3.22
10:30-11:20 + tutorial
Pro3 review (30%)
Project proposal
DSDN144 PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL IMAGING PRO 03 – MERGE –
[ 3 0 % OF FINAL COURSE GRADE]
STUDENT SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS In this assignment you will create your own alternative realities through the merging of opposites; the real and unreal, the true and the false, the prosaic and the extraordinary, the hideous and the beautiful, etc. As in the first assignment, you must produce a coherent series, in this instance comprising of at least four images. During this project advanced digital manipulation skills will be introduced along with more sophisticated shooting and exposure techniques. Attention will shift from existing situations to constructing photographic images and meaning completely of your own making. Whilst you may incorporate some appropriated imagery into your work, the most significant proportion must be your own. .
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA_ NOTE- FIVE is better than FOUR – these numbers are indicative only.
Ability to imaginatively explore photographic vision 1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
3
4
5
3
4
5
Quality and coherence in your concepts Effective technical control
Evidence of research and successful understanding of visual precedents 1
2
Evidence of documentation of and reflection upon project’s progress 1
2
REMEMBER THE FINAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS • • • • • • •
project proposal work in progress images on Flickr for interim grade series of at least four digital images submitted for review in a relevant format series of at least four digital images uploaded to Flickr, R:drive short statement reviewing your project’s development and final outcome with references to theoretical ideas from class readings answers to the required reading documented in your workbook workbook documenting your research and the development of ideas
PLACE THIS MARKING SHEET IN YOUR WORKBOOK
DSDN144 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHICS PRO 03 – MERGE –
[ 30% OF FINAL COURSE GRADE]
STUDENT SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Y N Project proposal work in progress images uploaded to Flickr for interim grade series of at least four digital images submitted for review in a relevant format series of at least four digital images to be uploaded to Flickr and the R:drive Short statement reviewing your project’s development and final outcome with references to theoretical ideas from class readings Answers to the required reading documented in your workbook Workbook documenting your research and the development of your ideas In this assignment you will create your own alternative realities through the merging of opposites; the real and unreal, the true and the false, the prosaic and the extraordinary, the hideous and the beautiful, etc. As in the first assignment, you must produce a coherent series, in this instance comprising of at least four images. During this project advanced digital manipulation skills will be introduced along with more sophisticated shooting and exposure techniques. Attention will shift from existing situations to constructing photographic images and meaning completely of your own making. Whilst you may incorporate some appropriated imagery into your work, the most significant proportion must be your own.
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA_ NOTE- FIVE is better than FOUR – these numbers are indicative only.
Ability to imaginatively explore photographic vision 1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
3
4
5
Quality and coherence in your concepts Effective technical control
Evidence of research and successful understanding of visual precedents 1
2
Evidence of documentation of and reflection upon project’s progress 1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
High level of craft and attention to detail
Comments
Interim Presentation
?
?? A+ 85+
A 80 - 84
A75 -79
B+ 70 - 74
B 65 - 69
B60 – 64
C+ 55 - 59
C 50 - 54
D 40 - 49
E 0 -39