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SCREEN ARTS & PHOTOMEDIA
PROJECT
VISUAL ART FOUNDATION 2
WEEK 1 SCREEN ARTS
Introduction to the SCREEN ARTS PROJECT and CAVA 1002. We will start with a
general introduction to the unit, assessments, resources and expectations. We will
research examples of artists who work with video art and complete class tasks that
hone observational, collaborative, dramaturgical and conceptual skills.
Technical Workshop
Students will be introduced to creative approaches when shooting video on phones
and other mobile devices and how to get started in Premiere Pro
WEEK 1 PHOTOMEDIA
Introduction to the PHOTOMEDIA PROJECT. We will start with a general
introduction to the unit. The conceptual and material possibilities of the project will be
outlined and explored through historical and contemporary use of photo media.
Students will be introduced to examples of artists researching and working in Photo
media. Students will complete exercises that provoke consideration of the
relationship between image and narrative. Students will be introduced to creative
process and how to use creative processes as a practice led research.
Technical Workshop
Students will be introduced to creative approaches when shooting photographs on
phones, cameras and other mobile devices.
WEEK 2 SCREEN ARTS
In the second week of screen arts we will expand on the first week’s class by
exploring mise-en-scène and pro-filmic space with a focus on performance, set,
costume, lighting and sound/music. We will also create an informal group critique
process where students will engage with each other’s work in progress.
Technical Workshop
Students will be introduced to Adobe Premiere Pro. This will include setting up a
project, importing media, trimming footage, adding text/titles, using video layers and
effect controls to create split screen works or works using superimpositions and
exporting media.
WEEK 2 PHOTOMEDIA
Students will engage in a structured work in progress feedback session. We will also
explore how to reflect on an implement critical feedback and will complete generative
exercises designed to propel the students work in progress through the creative
process.
Technical Workshop
Students will be introduced to Adobe Photoshop. This will include setting up a
project, importing media, adjusting images, adding text/titles, compositing layers and
exporting media.
ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Photo Media / Screen Arts Assessment
Weighting: 20%
Due date: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:59
SUBMISSION DETAILS:
SCREEN ARTS:
2-minute “long take” video
PHOTOMEDIA:
The image must be a jpg file sized at 1280 pixels x 720 pixels with a resolution of
300 pixels per inch. You must use your photoshop skills to adjust your image- make
sure you take note of all the changes you make to the original.
You will also have a chance to speak about your process in a 10-minute interview in
week 5 (strict time limit).
MARKING CRITERIA:
Development and delivery of Photo Media concept.
Technical realisation of the Photo Media project
Realisation, clarity and integration of photo media and screen arts
Development and Delivery of Screen arts Concept
Technical realisation of Screen Arts Concept
This assignment is worth 25% of your overall subject mark.
MORE INFORMATION
SCREEN ARTS “LONG-TAKE” SCREEN WORK
For the screen arts block in this unit, you are asked to produce an experimental
dramatic or conceptual video project 2 minutes in duration with accompanying
sound. The final video must be a “long take”, with no legible cuts or transitions of any
kind. The project can use split screens and superimpositions with multiple shots –
however they must all be same the length as the overall project (2 mins) and comply
with the long take premise of the project.
Your project is to be developed by yourself in consultation with your academic
advisor.
The way you work with this idea is totally up to you. You could shoot on your smart
phone, a DSLR, work with found or stock footage, delve into a personal/family
archive of film, video, and photography, document a performance, or create a single-
take narrative. If you work with found or stock footage all sources should be credited.
Some questions you may consider when approaching this project:
● Have you made a conscious choice about everything that is in the frame? (the
colours, the composition, the performers (if you have performers), the
landscape, the camera movement, the atmosphere)
● How can camera movement be used to communicate dramatic or conceptual
meaning, subtext, and thematic intention?
● How can the movement of subjects within the frame, in relation to camera,
communicate dramatic or conceptual meaning, subtext and thematic
intention?
● When engaging with a single take what is the relationship between viewer,
image and time?
● How do artists and filmmakers challenge traditional screen-based
representations?
● If working with found footage, how can the footage be re-framed or layered to
create a new symbolic or thematic meaning?
● What role does sound play in this process and what relationship does it have
to the framed subject or object and the emotion, psychology, and concept
communicated?
PHOTOMEDIA FILM STILL
For the photo media block in this unit, you are asked to produce one digital black and
white or colour photograph that best represents the overall narrative and/or theme of
your single-take video from your screen arts project.
The image can be taken before, during or after you have completed your final video.
Either way, the final image must somehow relate to your single-take video, similar to
the way a film still gives away slight clues about what the film is about, or the
characters/objects it is exploring.
Edit the image (using photoshop) in whichever way you like, so long as it meets the
brief of the project. Your edits maybe so seamless that you need to explain them in
your assessment meeting. Please come prepared to explain your process.
This project is looking at the relationship between the moving and the still image and
the capacity they each have to carry out a narrative.
Your final image will be saved and sent as a jpg (The image must be sized at:
1280 pixels x 720 pixels with a resolution of 300 pixels per inch) and can be taken on
your phone or a camera (whatever you have access to). This image will be uploaded
onto canvas along with your video for assessment in week 5, and both will be
marked together.