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The Photographic and Digital Media Stage 5 course builds on the Stage 4 Visual Arts mandatory course. It allows opportunities for students to investigate photographic and digital media in greater depth and breadth than through the Visual Arts elective course.
Course Description
Course Description
Photographic and Digital Media provides opportunities for students to enjoy making and studying a range of photographic and digital media works. It enables students to represent their ideas and interests about the world, to engage in contemporary forms of communication and understand and write about their contemporary world. Photographic and Digital Media enables students to investigate new technologies, cultural identity and the evolution of photography and digital media into the 21st century. Students are provided with opportunities to make and study photographic and digital media works in greater depth and breadth than through the Visual Arts elective course.
What will I learn about?
What will I learn about?
Students learn about the pleasure and enjoyment of making different kinds of photographic and digital media works in still, interactive and moving forms. They learn to represent their ideas and interests with reference to contemporary trends and how photographers, videographers, film-makers, computer/digital and performance artists make photographic and digital media works.
Students learn to make photographic and digital media works using a range of materials and techniques in still, interactive and moving forms, including ICT, to build a Photographic and Digital Media portfolio over time. They learn to develop their research skills, approaches to experimentation and how to make informed personal choices and judgements. They learn to record procedures and activities about their making practice in their Photographic and Digital Media journal. Students learn to investigate and respond to a wide range of photographic and digital media artists and works in making, critical and historical studies.
Students learn to interpret and explain the function of and relationships in the artworld between the artist – artwork – world – audience to make and study photographic and digital media artworks.
What types of work will I do?
What types of work will I do?
You will likely learn some traditional photographic techniques and create a shoebox camera and develop some images in a wet darkroom environment. You will learn camera craft and key camera aspects in a manual mode related to aperture, shutter speed, depth of field, and composition. You will look at examples of work from photographers to inform your work and understanding. You will also explore particular genres such as portraiture and still life. You will learn how to use a light meter and how to create synced shots using a studio photography lighting kit. You will be introduced to the Adobe Suite and programs such as Photoshop, Lightroom and Premiere and learn how to adjust and improve photographic and video work. You will also be introduced to video and time-based forms and be informed by the work of practitioners to storyboard and create and edit video sequence shots. You will learn how to present and showcase work that you produce in the course.
What are some of the other opportunities that may be available outside of school for Photographic and Digital Media?
What are some of the other opportunities that may be available outside of school for Photographic and Digital Media?
There are often outside opportunities to enhance your understanding of Photographic and Digital Media. Students have been successful in the past in applying for the ‘Tennies’ program at Campbelltown Arts Centre which has opportunities for Photographic and Digital Media students to engage with others in the arts and develop their own making practice. Students are encourage to enter school based competitions such as the Natural Photographic Competition and Portraits Competition, and also external photographic and video competitions.
How much time should I expect to put into this subject outside of school?
How much time should I expect to put into this subject outside of school?
Like your other subjects, you will need to set time aside to prepare for assessment task submission. You may also need to commit to time outside of the classroom for making preparation for assessment tasks.
Like your other subjects, you will need to set time aside to prepare for assessment task submission. You may also need to commit to time outside of the classroom for making preparation for assessment tasks.
What equipment do I need for this course?
What equipment do I need for this course?
You will use your device to install school provided Adobe programs such as Photoshop, Lightroom and Premiere. You can choose to bring your camera to use for practical lessons or use cameras provided by the school.
Who should I contact if I have further questions?
Who should I contact if I have further questions?
You can contact Miss Fenton (Head of CAPA) or Mrs White for more information.
You can contact Miss Fenton (Head of CAPA) or Mrs White for more information.
Course Requirements
Course Requirements
Photographic and Digital Media is an elective course that can be studied for 100 or 200 hours at any time after the completion of the Visual Arts 100-hour mandatory course.
Students are required to produce a Photographic and Digital Media portfolio and keep a Photographic and Digital Media journal.
Record of School Achievement
Record of School Achievement
Satisfactory completion of 100 or 200 hours of study in Photographic and Digital Media during Stage 5 (Years 9 and 10) will be recorded with a grade on the student’s Record of School Achievement (RoSA).
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