Black+and+White+Film+Assignments

=__Project Approach to Learning__= This class is a student centered class with a project approach to learning. That means students are to work on projects as active learners. Use this page as a resource. These are the assignments and description of expectations that lead to the final portfolio list. They do not need to be done in order. The final portfolio is your notebook due with all assignments complete. This portfolio is due June 1st. Students must manage their time and stay focused in and out of class to complete all of the course work.

=__Photography Final Portfolio - Due June 5th__=  1. Photogram 1print 2. Digital Shot 1 print 3. Digital – Enhanced 1 print 4. Shadows Assignment 1 print 5. Motion Assignment 2 prints 6. Recording Sound 1 print 7. Portrait 2 prints __8. Core strength print one__ (you haven't printed yet) 10 prints total


 * The final portfolio is your organized notebook with these images above sleeved. Hand in each image as it is completed with the appropriate self-evaluation forms completed for film and prints.


 * __Print grade requirements__: a double-sided evaluation sheet (at least two sentences for each box), darkroom data sheet, contact sheet, and a sleeved and well-made print.


 * __Negative grade requirements__: negative critique sheet, camera data sheet, contact sheet, and negatives. The negative packet should be submitted for critique and a grade first, before printing. Hand this in well in advance to discuss your images with the teacher (yes, not always easy to do).


 * Remember, once you are printing a black and white image well, print more than one for shows and/or the final exam, etc.


 * A final exam print will be submitted to the teacher for a permanent archive which is visible on the Internet teacher site.

=__**Assignments**__=

Objective:
To create a series of high contrast images where shadows are a dominant subject and communication of a metaphor is made.

Equipment:
Film: 100-400 ASA Tri-x or T-Max Film 12 exposures (per student) 35mm SLR Camera Darkroom Equipment and Multigrade RC photo paper Film Equipment and chemistry Negative sleeves Print sleeves Shadows as Subjects

Directions:
Correctly expose one roll of black and white film, minimum 24 exposures (two people as a team). Photograph a series of images with shadows. You must pay attention to use of light to capture the image, exposure meter, and film data sheet. All exposures must be recorded on a data sheet. Be aware of the need to bracket for correct exposure. Find the poetry in imagery through a visual metaphor.

Grading Criteria:

 * 24 correctly exposed negatives, cut properly, in a plastic sheet
 * A completed camera shooting data sheet.
 * A completed darkroom data sheet.
 * A contact sheet.
 * A completed negative critique sheet.
 * A completed print critique sheet.
 * Creative use of composition and visual language to communicate a message in an 8”x10” print

• Think about the image you are composing and framing before clicking the shutter.

• Use Vertical and Horizontal Framing (challenge yourself and turn the camera to the vertical)

• Use different locations.

• Bracket each exposure and observe the difference in contrast and density to your negatives..

• A compassionate and caring approach to your subject is required.

Motion Assignment
Dynamic Motion = Blurred Motion

Static Motion = Motion Frozen

Objective:
To make a series of images that show two types of motion through manipulation of shutter speeds.

Equipment:
Film: 100-400 ASA Tri-x or T-Max Film 12 exposures 35mm SLR Camera Darkroom Equipment and Multigrade RC photo paper Film Equipment and chemistry Negative sleeves Print sleeves Moving Subjects

Directions:
Read Chapter 10 from The Photographic Eye. Capture a moving subject to show motion in both a static form and dynamic form. Be aware of the background. Decide if inclusion of the background, using a wide depth of field (small number, large hole), would make the composition better. Or isolate your subject with a narrow depth of field (large number, small hole). If mergers are visible and distract from the composition, be certain to narrow the depth of field or move your angle of view to eliminate them. Experiment with slow shutter speeds and adjust the aperture accordingly. Stabilize your camera with a tripod or by resting it on a stable surface, such as a tabletop, to make the exposure with a slow shutter speed. Record all information on your data sheet as you shoot each image. Reflect on how the film was exposed on the negative critique sheet and how the print was exposed on the print critique sheet. Be sure to record data in the darkroom on the darkroom data sheet, in case you want to go back and and reprint or learn from the experience.

Grading Criteria:

 * In your 12 exposures, you need to show use of 6 static compositions and the other half will be dynamic
 * It will be most interesting to see the same subject in two prints with: static and dynamic motion
 * 2 accurately exposed prints showing static and dynamic motion
 * 2 double sided print critique sheets
 * 1 accurately exposed contact sheet
 * 1 completed negative critique sheet
 * Honest critical thinking apparent on self-evaluations

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Sabian By Eric Kuhs

Screeching Tires By Gabrielle Sexton

Objective:
To create a black and white print that expresses a sense of noise or sound.

Equipment:
Film: 100-400 ASA Tri-x or T-Max Film 12 exposures 35mm SLR Camera Darkroom Equipment and Multigrade RC photo paper Film Equipment and chemistry Negative sleeves Print sleeves Subjects that appear to make noise

Directions:
Correctly expose one roll of film. Photograph as many scenarios as desired of the same or different subjects. Chose a subject that interests you. Pay attention to and be conscious of your light meter. Recognize that wherever you point your camera meter, that area at a correct exposure will translate into 18% gray or the middle tone gray, like that on a gray card. So you have to decide where you want that middle tone to be in each image. All exposures must be recorded on a data sheet and written down where you metered in your notes. You will print one image. The data sheet will be collected with the final print and a print critique sheet. You are responsible to resolve camera function questions before the due dates.

Grading Criteria:
Rule of Thirds Symmetrical Asymmetrical Diagonal Vertical as opposed to horizontal
 * Creative approach to the fulfillment of the assignment.
 * Apparent premeditation in treatment through a dominant element of composition such as:
 * __A__ __print packet submitted with a paper clip__:
 * 1 plastic sleeve and print
 * Exposure data guide (that you fill in as you shoot)
 * A completed print critique sheet
 * __A negative packet submitted with a paper clip:__
 * 1 plastic negative sleeve with negatives
 * 1 contact sheet
 * 1 negative critique sheet
 * Honest critical thinking apparent on self-evaluations

Portrait
a portrait without a face You Think You Know Me by Samantha Pennell

a close-up portrait of a face Katie by Adam Hudson

a portrait at a distance in an environment Beyond by Justine Thompson

Objective:
To create three different types of black and white portrait prints.

Equipment:
Film: 100-400 ASA Tri-x or T-Max Film 12 exposures 35mm SLR Camera Darkroom Equipment and Multigrade RC photo paper Film Equipment and chemistry Negative sleeves Print sleeves Subjects that appear to make noise

Directions:
Correctly expose one roll of film. Photograph three different styles of the same subject. Create a portrait without a face, a close-up portrait of a face, and a portrait at a distance in an environment. Shoot one third of your roll on each of these types of portraits. Chose a subject that interests you. Pay attention to and be conscious of your light meter. Recognize that where ever you point your camera meter, that area at a correct exposure will translate into 18% gray or the middle tone gray, like that on a gray card. So you have to decide where you want that middle tone to be in each portrait. All exposures must be recorded on a data sheet and write down where you metered. Bring all film to class to be processed unless it is Kodak TCN or Elite because these get processed in C-41 chemistry at a retail photo finisher. You will print three images, one of each type of portrait. The data sheet will be collected with the final three prints. You are responsible to resolve camera function questions before the due date.

Criteria:
Rule of Thirds Symmetrical Asymmetrical Diagonal
 * Apparent premeditation in treatment by making compositions with three types of portraits identified.
 * Dominant element of composition utilized:
 * __A__ __print packet submitted with a paper clip__:
 * 1 plastic sleeve and 1 properly exposed print
 * Exposure data guide (that you fill in as you shoot)
 * A completed print critique sheet
 * __A negative packet submitted with a paper clip:__
 * 1 plastic negative sleeve with negatives
 * 1 contact sheet
 * 1 negative critique sheet
 * Honest critical thinking apparent on self-evaluations

Self-Portrait
by Brett Fincham by Christel Woods

Objective:
To create a black and white portrait print of ones-self.

Equipment:
Film: 100-400 ASA Tri-x or T-Max Film at least 12 exposures 35mm SLR Camera Darkroom Equipment and Multigrade RC photo paper Film Equipment and chemistry Negative sleeves Print sleeves Subjects that appear to make noise

Directions:
Correctly expose and process one roll of black and white film. Photograph yourself as the subject. To stay in control of the image being made this can be accomplished one of two ways, accept you being in front of and behind the camera at the same time. Utilize a tripod and long shutter release cable to photograph yourself. Or direct the image being made by using someone else in the scene to plan the image. Select the controls, meter the light yourself, and then switch places with the person who is helping you. Pay attention to: your exposure meter to control depth of field and recording the selection of the creative controls on the film data sheet. All exposures must be recorded on a data sheet. Keep all negatives in the darkroom box, labeled, in a plastic sheet protector. The data sheet will be collected with the print critique sheet. Print in the darkroom and record all work done there.

Criteria:
Rule of Thirds Symmetrical Asymmetrical Diagonal
 * Apparent premeditation in treatment.
 * Dominant element of composition utilized:
 * __A__ __print packet submitted with a paper clip__:
 * 1 plastic sleeve and 1 properly exposed print
 * Exposure data guide (that you fill in as you shoot)
 * A completed print critique sheet
 * __A negative packet submitted with a paper clip:__
 * 1 plastic negative sleeve with negatives
 * 1 contact sheet
 * 1 negative critique sheet
 * Honest critical thinking apparent on self-evaluations