VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS
“I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort—and disappointment and perseverance.”—Vincent van Gogh
Class Description
Visual Communications class (VisComm) is a primer to the idea that memorable visual messages have the greatest power to shape, inform, educate, and persuade a person or a group of people.
This class is an introduction to discover why some images are remembered while most are not. The class will use advanced and basic camera to collect and compose photographs as well as use a variety of computer programs such as Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and others to alter their own and other images in a variety of styles and representations. |
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Summary
Students will learn the basics of photography and print making. They will be introduced to the dark room and learn the procedures of developing a photo.
Students will then create a photogram using the enlarger and commonly found items. |
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Students will learn and each give a presentation on a different part of the camera. They will talk about the history of the device and how it relates and works with the overall function on the camera.
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Students will use their knowledge of the parts of a camera to construct a simple pin hole camera. They will use this camera to take photos in and around the school.
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Students will individually search the internet looking for high quality, well composed, images in a number of categories. Students must analyze the layout, composition, and aesthetics of the photos they select and arrange them on a contact sheet.
Students will use the class cameras and go out and take their own photos of the different categories from the assignment sheet. As with the internet search, students should keep composure and the aesthetics of their photos in mind. Students will work in groups but must produce their own individual work for this project. |
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Students will individually search the internet looking for a high quality, well composed, image as well as use an image that they have shot themselves to create two black and white images with a splash of color in it. Students will edit their photos using Photoshop.
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Students will explore the Shutter camera setting in this project. They will photograph the same motion 3-4 times at different shutter speeds and produce a contact sheet illustrating and noting the differences.
Students will use a camera set up in the dark room and an extremely long/ slow shutter speed to create their own unique light painting. |
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Students are to create a portrait picture of a famous person with text related to that person projected on the contours of their face/
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Students will use a camera to set up and shoot a scene using shallow and deep depths of field. Students should shoot the same scene with each depth of field.
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Students will use Adobe InDesign to layout a holiday card to the specific dimensions and boarders. Students are to come up with four (4) sketch ideas for their card, discuss them with the teacher, then create the one they like the best in InDesign.
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Students will use the Adobe InDesign program to create a cartoon-like illustration of a portrait. Students will be allowed to choose a high resolution portrait of a celebrity that they like and convert that into an illustration. they will then chose a portrait of themselves and create an illustration based on that image.
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MIDTERM / VISCOM FINALStudents will create a presentation using PowerPoint, website, or any other type of previously approved media. The presentation will showcase the work that they have done far in this class. These presentations will be uploaded to Gaggle at the end of Marking Period 2. Students will NOT have to present them in front of the class.
Students can use the projects listed above as a reference. Presentations should contain:
Be sure to ask / consult with the teacher in class to determine which projects are required to be on the final as this is a proposed list. |
MINIMUM PROJECT REQUIREMENTS Photogram: 1 scanned image & 1 retouched inmage Pinhole Camera: 1 scanned image, 1 retouched image, & 1 positive |