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JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY
COURSE CODE: "AS 220"
COURSE NAME: "Street Photography"
SEMESTER & YEAR:
Summer Session I 2019
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SYLLABUS
INSTRUCTOR:
Paolo Soriani
EMAIL: [email protected]
HOURS:
MW 9:00-12:45 PM
TOTAL NO. OF CONTACT HOURS:
45
CREDITS:
3
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OFFICE HOURS:
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Street photography is an informal genre of photography using natural light, usually outdoors, that takes advantage of spontaneous discoveries. Street photography is a branch of both fine art photography and journalistic photography. The work of significant photographers in this genre, like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Helen Levitt, and Robert Frank, will serve as examples. Since it often involves candid shots of people going about their business in the bustle of urban life, one aim of this course is to give students more confidence in photographing and approaching people with a camera.
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SUMMARY OF COURSE CONTENT:
This is a course in basic digital photography, composed of 8 sessions (each being 3:45 hours long) dedicated to STREET PHOTOGRAPHY, and divided in two parts:
The first being theoretical, including sessions showing the basic functions of the camera, the use of lights, elements of composition, interaction between colours, visions of architectures and interiors, Adobe Lightroom CC2018, and other software elements.
The second being practical including fieldworks where you will be applying what you've learned in the previous lessons.
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LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The main target of the course is to prepare students to learn the use of the NEW CAMERAS, their settings, and the new perspectives in photography given by the use of specific SOFTWARE.
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TEXTBOOK:
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REQUIRED RESERVED READING:
RECOMMENDED RESERVED READING:
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GRADING POLICY
-ASSESSMENT METHODS:
| Assignment | Guidelines | Weight |
| photography portfolio | | 10 |
| Attendance and practice | | 50 |
| final | | 40 |
-ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
AWork of this quality shows excellent mastery of the course content along with exceptional levels of technical skill, artistic awareness, originality, resourcefulness, commitment, quantity of work and improvement. There has been excellent collaboration and leadership in group projects, and there have been no attendance problems. Student demonstrates passion and willing to extend knowledge and realized an excellent final proje
BThis is highly competent level of performance and directly addresses the question or problem raised.There is a demonstration of some ability to critically evaluatetheory and concepts and relate them to practice. Discussions reflect the student’s own arguments and are not simply a repetition of standard lecture andreference material. The work does not suffer from any major errors or omissions and provides evidence of reading beyond the required assignments.A highly competent level of performance with work that directly addresses the content of the course, with a good quantity of work produced. Student had some lack of interest and the final project was good but not so rich of contents and artistic qualities
CAn acceptable level of performance: the work shows awareness of the course content, but is very limited in quantity, quality, commitment and skill. The Final project is correct but poor in terms of creativity and technique . Student didn't attend more than Four classes.
DThe student lacks a coherent grasp of the course material and has failed to produce much work. Student didn't attend more than Five classes.
F Negligent in attendance, academic honesty, engagement with the course content, or production of work. Too many missing classes.
-ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS:
PARTICIPATION AND ATTENDANCE POLICY Students are supposed to come prepared to class and participate in all activities. Active participation is crucial, since the learning process requires considerable practice. Regular attendance is an essential component of class participation. Students are allowed three (3) absences. Additional absences will lower the participation portion of the grade considerably. Make sure your travel plans do not interfere with the class schedule. MAKE-UPS Individual arrangements for make-ups will be done only for students with medical emergencies or any other valid reasons. The Midterm and Final Exam can only be made up with approval from the Dean of Academic Affairs (Please see the John Cabot University Catalogue and Student Handbook). Please refer to the university catalog for the attendance and absence policy.
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ACADEMIC HONESTY
As stated in the university catalog, any student who commits an act of academic
dishonesty will receive a failing grade on the work in which the dishonesty occurred.
In addition, acts of academic dishonesty, irrespective of the weight of the assignment,
may result in the student receiving a failing grade in the course. Instances of
academic dishonesty will be reported to the Dean of Academic Affairs. A student
who is reported twice for academic dishonesty is subject to summary dismissal from
the University. In such a case, the Academic Council will then make a recommendation
to the President, who will make the final decision.
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STUDENTS WITH LEARNING OR OTHER DISABILITIES
John Cabot University does not discriminate on the basis of disability or handicap.
Students with approved accommodations must inform their professors at the beginning
of the term. Please see the website for the complete policy.
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SCHEDULE
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Masters of STREET photography The style, the techniques, the images of the masters of STREET PHOTOGRAPHY Reportage through their websites or Photo-galleries. How to define your own style in photography.
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The STREET PHOTOGRAPHY : Fieldwork on site :THE PERFECT MOMENT |
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| Session3 |
The STREET PHOTOGRAPHY : Fieldwork on site : THE STREET MARKET
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The STREET PHOTOGRAPHY : Fieldwork on site : THE STREET WORKERS AND ARTISTS |
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The STREET PHOTOGRAPHY : Fieldwork on site : THE STREET LIFE OF TRAVELERS
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The STREET Photography: How to combine visual elements for communicate your feelings and emotional experience. Analysis and screening of students’ photos
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Planning a photographic project/ how to use software to organize your archive The choice of the theme, color or B/W?, style and creativity, relationship between the picture series, skills and troubles. The choice, the topics, the formats, the quality saving, the size, the storage, photo sharing and presentation. The slide show: how to realize a multimedia presentation for final exhibition
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Assignment: You will be required to realize a PORTFOLIO to document all of your work completed throughout this course. |
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Discuss your chosen theme and the images realized Presentation of your photos selected, which will be critiqued and analyzed by the instructors of the course, ISU jury, your fellow classmates according the established criteria. Realization of the Portfolio and General review of the arguments presented.
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