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Module Title |
Photograph and Print Design 1
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Module Code |
CM206
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School |
School of Communications
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Online Module Resources
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| Module Co-ordinator | Mr Karl Grimes | Office Number | C171 |
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Level |
2
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Credit Rating |
10
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None
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Module Aims
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To provide skills and knowledge in advanced aesthetic and compositional image making. To further explore and expand mastery of advanced production techniques, language, styles and uses of the photographic image in print and digital media. Students continue to investigate exposure/development relationships in the processing and print photo dark room laboratories. Post-production exercises in presentation, publishing, exhibitions, and multimedia are undertaken. An introduction to flash and the use of artificial light in the photographic discipline defines project perimeters. To establish an understanding of project concept building and content Students are exposed to contemporary image-makers , critical concerns and issues of representation In photography, visual culture and various forms of multimedia product. Slide presentations, lectures, and video documentaries on such subjects as advertising, graphics, typography, photo-journalism, censorship, new technology, art and media representation are included. Students are involved with a variety of image making processes, including photograms, drawings, photo-montage, and 3-D photographic constructions. An interdisciplinary vocabulary in all image making mediums is defined. Emphasis on new media and its relationship to the lens-based image is stressed. The digital camera and basic digital precepts introduced.
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Learning Outcomes
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Indicative Time Allowances
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Hours
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Lectures |
24
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Tutorials |
0
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Laboratories |
24
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Seminars |
0
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Independent Learning Time |
102
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Total |
150
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NOTE
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Assume that a 10 credit module load represents approximately 150 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module.
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Indicative Syllabus
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| Assessment | | Continuous Assessment | 100% | Examination Weight | 0% |
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Indicative Reading List
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Warren, B Photography West Publishing Company, NYC, 1993Mirzoeff, N Visual Culture Reader Routledge, NY, 1998Tolsen, A Mediations Arnold, London, 1996Rush, M New Media in Late 20th Century Art, Thames & Hudson, London, 1999Lister, Martin The Photographic Image in Digital Culture Routledge, London, 1998
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Programme or List of Programmes
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| CS | BA in Communication Studies |
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