Creating a body of work

Achievement Standard 91317 v2 Photography (2.3 - 4 credits, Internal)

Develop ideas in a related series of drawings appropriate to established photography practice

Achievement Standard 91322 v2 Photography (2.4 - 12 credits, External)

Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within photography

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

In this assignment you will need to choose whether you are going to use a narrative or

documentary approach for a body of work you will create to provide evidence for 2.3 & 2.4. Your workbook will demonstrate your understanding of the photographic conventions, methods and ideas of your artist models as you analyse their work and create your own photographic drawings in response, this will provide evidence towards 2.3 and 2.4.

YOUR OUTCOME:

A4/Google slides VISUAL DIARY SHOWING ARTIST MODELS & PHOTOSHOOTS

PORTFOLIO BOARDS

Genre: A style or category of Art, Music, or Literature.

Still Life / documentary / Landscape / Narrative etc

Theme: In Art, theme is usually about life, society or human nature, but can be any other subject. Themes are fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a work. Themes are usually implied rather than explicitly stated.

Subject Matter: The subject matter is the main idea presented in a piece of art. Usually, an idea that was taken from the mind of the artist and translated into a visual representation of a thought, feeling, emotion, etc. Subject matter is what you are taking photos of.

TASK 1: MIND MAP

On a google slide, create a mind map that explores ideas, questions, current events, subject matter. It can include anything! Do not limit your mind map at this stage. We will do one in class together to get underway and will more deeply into Narrative and Documentary photography.

Once you have got a full page of mind mapping, begin to circle different parts that stand out to you as having potential.

1x A4 page in your Visual Diary/ 1x Google slide in your online Visual Diary

The two most common ways to approach a developing series of work is to work within either a Narrative or Documentary setting. Take a look at each one below to see what approach you would like to take.

NARRATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY

Narrative photography is the idea that an image or a series of images can be used to tell a story or create a narrative. A narrative is an account of an event or a moment in time, which makes photography the perfect medium for constructing narratives.

KIRSTY MITCHELL - WONDERLAND

DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY

Documentary photography describes any photos that attempt to record the world as it is. From wide-angle photographs of war to close-up snapshots of people on the street, these images can inform an audience about the hidden corners of contemporary life and even become part of the historical record.

STEVE McCURRY - CHILDERN

Task 2

Proposal

You are to describe what your theme is going to be for the rest of the year, why you have chosen this and what your subject matter is. At this stage you can begin to think about genre too. You are expected to be constantly researching your theme. To begin with, write what your theme means to you, or find articles that talk about your theme. Basically this will be information that will help you to focus on your investigation into your theme.

This should be a small paragraph to go in your book/google slides (can go on the same page/slide as task 3)

Task 3

Mood Board

Most mood boards are a visual collection of different images and phrases - but you can also expand it to include colour palettes, fabric, textures, and even small objects you find from around the house! This mood board will help inform your photo shoots and develop your theme.

Create an 2x A4 mood board in your visual diary / 1x slide in your online Visual Diary

TASK 4: RESEARCH, ANALYSIS AND PLAN

1. Research and find an artist model that is relevant to your chosen theme and complete a small analysis on the artist model and what convention/technique of theirs you would like to use in you own images.

2. Plan your photo shoot based on your chosen theme (for each new photoshoot you should be thinking about how to extend your ideas further)

(Bullet point answers)

What time of day do you need to shoot?
What will you be photographing?
Do you need any props?
Are you using a model?
What technique/convention are you using from your artist model?

3. Complete an evaluation on how your shoot went, use some the questions below to help you: (this does not need to be a paragraph just a simple bullet point or short sentence to answer each question)

What went well? (ex. Good lighting, shows short depth of field well)

What didn't go well? (ex. in some images nothing was in focus)

What did you learn? (ex. Use a tripod if my shutter speed is to low)

Did you follow your shoot plan? If not, why? (ex. Yes)(ex. No, my model was unavailable)

What will you take from this into your next shoot?(ex. my use of the lights and slow shutter speed)

How well did this shoot link to your previous shoot? (ex. In my last photo shoot I focused on just the objects and this time I brought model and objects together.)

How well did this shoot link to your theme? (ex. My theme is.......... and I feel the dark and moody lighting helps show this.)

Repeat task 4 until you have collected enough work to finish your photography boards - in class we will go over setting up your boards in photoshop when you are ready.

YOUR WORKBOOK PAGES / GOOGLE SLIDE WILL INCLUDE:

x2 A4 Pages / 1x Google slides

Analysis of Artist Model
What influence you are taking from their work
Photoshoot plan

x2-3 A4 Pages / x1+ Google slides

Contact sheets - (click here to see how)

x2-3 A4 Pages / x1-2 Google slides

Larger prints of 3-9 successful images
An evaluation of the images.

Achievement Criteria AS 91317 v2 - 4 Credits - Internal

Develop ideas in a related series of drawings appropriate to established photography practice

Achievement Criteria AS 91322 v2 - 12 Credits - External

Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within photography

Explanatory notes: AS 91317 v2

Develop ideas involves responding to and building on a concept, subject matter, problem, or situation, in drawings appropriate to established practice.

Clarify ideas involves analysing, reflecting on, and further developing a concept, subject matter, problem or situation, in drawings appropriate to established practice.

Extend ideas involves critically analysing, evaluating, and further developing a concept, subject matter, problem or situation, in drawings appropriate to established practice.

Related series refers to a set of drawings that demonstrate a connection.

Drawings refer to ongoing thinking, working and decision-making, which may involve different processes, procedures, materials and techniques.

Appropriate to established photography practice refers to the use of particular characteristics and constraints within the drawings, from established practice within the field.

Established practice refers to works by artists that are recognised as belonging to a particular genre, style, convention, or way of working. The investigation of solutions found in established practice involves past and contemporary artworks.

Explanatory notes: AS 91322 v2

Produce a systematic body of work involves making individual, related works that form a series or sequence to show generation and development within the art making process. This involves editing, selecting and ordering of work.

Produce a purposeful body of work involves making individual, related works that are selected to form a series or sequence to show generation, development and extension of ideas within the art making process.

Produce a fluent body of work involves making individual, related works that are critically selected to form a series or sequence in the generation, development, clarification and regeneration of ideas within the art making process.

Conventions within photography refer to the appropriate use of characteristics and constraints applicable and fitting to the field.

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