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Sunday, 23 February 2014

Photo Project wk:6 - enhancing prints

Lesson Aims:
  1. Set personal targets to improve grades, informed by knowledge of criteria
  2. Use photographic media, techniques and technology in manipulating digital media and using correct terms to list and describe them in detail
  3. Know about the characteristics and properties of photographic materials and understand own use by recording, using correct terms to list and describe, analyze and evaluate them in detail

Starter: 10mins 
SET CONTEXT FOR THIS TERM: Teacher to re-introduce project checklist.  Individual learner feedback on tasks so far – using hands on A5 sheets – to record learner feedback 1 being disagree 5 being strongly agree, on work set so far as being: SPECIFIC, MESURABLE, ACHIEVABLE, REALISTIC, TIME.  

Using the following link to help: 

Set Context of lesson: 5mins 
Darkroom v Digital: Teacher to recap on artists influence and recap objectives for recording from still life.

Main Task: 10mins 
Improving our digital prints. Leaner exhibition on prints from darkroom and digital work (slide show on smart board). Teacher to discuss in Q and A and Leaners to record on loose sheets:

What are the main differences between the prints?
What processes did we use to improve our darkroom prints?
What process could we use to improve our digital prints?

Main Task: 30mins 
Improving our digital prints: teacher demo on dodging and burning, learners to use help sheets to enhance own digital pictures and save for use later.  Then continue to do the same with your darkroom prints by scanning to your email.
EXTENSION: use help sheets to try a number of extension tasks involving enhancing and manipulating your prints
Plenary: 10mins 
Digital v Darkroom: Leaners to discuss in Q and A then record in quick notes in book the differences between to two techniques – for recording later in next lesson

HOMEWORK:  2 HOUR
Hand in: 26th Feb
Content: H/W: Contact sheets and printouts of pictures taken during holiday

LESSON:2 

Set Context of lesson: Darkroom v Digital: Teacher to recap on artists influence:
Edward Weston and Henrik Bonnevier and recap best practice for recording processes to answer brief criteria:

1.       1.      Be able to investigate photographic media, techniques and technology
2.      Be able to use photographic media, techniques and technology safely
3.      Know about the characteristics and properties of photographic materials
4.      Understand own use of photographic media, techniques and technology

Main Task: Recording. Leaners to discuss in Q and A the difference between:

Listing the characteristics and properties of photographic material
Describing the characteristics and properties of a diverse range of photographic materials
Describing in detail with correct terminology, the characteristics and properties of a comprehensive range of photographic materials

 Teacher to communicate importance of ideas and teacher to use questioning to promote higher order thinking and dicussion on gaining higher marks by describing, analising and evaluating.

Main Task: teacher to hand on terminology sheets for photography: Leaners to discuss in their groups and begin to record in detail for placing into sketchbooks:

What are the main differences between their prints?
What processes did we use to improve our darkroom prints?
What process could we use to improve our digital prints?

Plenary: Digital v Darkroom: Leaners to discuss in group feedback progress and learning – leaners to then set targets and record in backs of books – on assessment sheets targets to improve academic literacy linked to the criteria:

1.      Be able to investigate photographic media, techniques and technology
2.      Be able to use photographic media, techniques and technology safely
3.      Know about the characteristics and properties of photographic materials

 Teacher to communicate importance of ideas and teacher to use questioning to promote higher order thinking and dicussion on gaining higher marks by describing, analising and evaluating.

H/W: Contact sheets and printouts of pictures taken during holiday

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