Units

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Sample subject outline - Semester 2 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

Changing digital technologies have resulted in increased demands and expectations for journalism, media and communications professionals to have appropriate digital visual skills. They are increasingly expected to understand and apply digital visual principles and possess the ability to employ and include visual elements in their work such as photo-essays, and photojournalism projects. In this unit students will advance their fundamental digital photography proficiency and analyse styles of visual communication and the photographic medium.

Aims

The aim of this unit is to provide you with knowledge and skills of digital photography principles and techniques. These skills will include composition, story-telling and editing, plus strategies to react and adapt your expertise to location and contextual conditions. You will also apply and implement associated professional communication skills.

Objectives

On completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1. Use digital photography skills to produce photographic images for photojournalism and photo essays;
2. Analyse photographic work using an appropriate theoretical approach;
3. Use digital photography software at a prefatory level;
4. Communicate professionally in the context of digital media.

Content

This unit addresses content such as:
1. Employ digital camera skills
2. Produce photojournalism, press and documentary photography using available light techniques
3. Use visual editing software
4. Analyse visual communication and the photographic medium
5. Implement professional communication skills for digital media environments

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

This unit is delivered in intensive mode by a combination of seminars and tutorials/workshops. These learning activities will provide an introduction to essential practical skills and design concepts required for the production of quality digital images and their composition for photojournalism and documentary projects

Assessment

LATE ASSIGNMENTS
An assignment submitted after the due date without an approved extension will not be marked. If you are unable to complete your assignment on time, you should submit on time whatever work you have done.

Faculty Assessment Information
To access complete Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information please refer to the Blackboard site for this unit.Students will receive formative and summative feedback on all assessment throughout semester.

Assessment name: Analysis of photographic works
Description: (Formative and Summative) You will analyse photographic works within one of the three forms of photography: photojournalism; press photography or documentary; utilising an appropriate theoretical approach. Length 1800 words plus images.
Relates to objectives: 2,4
Weight: 40%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Early Semester

Assessment name: Creative Portfolio
Description: Each student will produce an individual portfolio of work that they have developed over the course of the unit.
Relates to objectives: 1,3
Weight: 60%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Mid Semester

Academic Honesty

QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

Resource materials

Highly Recommended Texts

Cohen, Sandee.(2011). InDesign CS5 for Windows and Macintosh. Berkley, CA: Peachpit Press

Recommended References

Farkas, D., & Farkas, J. (2001). Principles of web design. London/New York: Longman.

Garrand, T., (2001). Writing for multimedia and the web (2nd ed). Boston, MA: Focal Press.

Johnson, M. (2002). Problem solved: A primer in design and communication. London: Phaidon.

Nielsen, J. (2000). Designing Web usability. Indianapolis, IN: New Riders Press.

Rosenfeld, L., & Morville, P. (1998). Information architecture for the World Wide Web. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly.

Schriver, K. (1997). Dynamics in document design: Creating text for readers. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Technical Communication. (2000). Special issue on information design. 47(2).

Tufte, E. (1997). Visual explanations: Images and quantities, evidence and narrative. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press.

Risk assessment statement

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.

Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Last modified: 25-Mar-2013