Goals
The use of photography as a work tool is, to this day, essential in any area of design; Either in its generative aspect or in the editing of material, photography is a fundamental resource.
The subject gives the student basic knowledge in order to understand the photographic device in all its spectrum and puts all the attention in the photographic production as well as in the historiographic approach.
The subject is divided into two blocks:
- The student learns the basic operation of the camera and the digital edition and processing program, as well as the impact of the technique on the image.
- The student is introduced to the processes of pre-production, production and post-production to a photographic project that is developed through the practical implementation in photocopy format taking into account the different phases of the photographic creation: of the planning of the idea, documentation and research, realization of the images, selection and edition.
Technical knowledge
The program is developed with the realization of a series of exercises to put into practice the different elements of the photographic language and concepts. The content of the theoretical classes is used to contextualize the exercises according to the technique and the theory of photography:
- Camera, Exposure, diaphragm, speed and sensitivity Field Depth, Focus and Motion.
- Objectives, Perspective, Framing, Composition.
- Analog / Digital. Processing and editing of the digital image
- Formats TIFF, RAW, PSD, JPEG, PNG, PDF file.
- White and Black / Color.
- Light and Abstraction. Luminosity
- Contrast Saturation Volume and Figuration.
- Space. Fiction and Documentary.
Historical knowledge
- Basic knowledge of the history of photography.
- Knowledge of the work of relevant authors.
- Introduction to the great themes of photography: Nu, landscape, still life, portrait, documentalism.
Projective competencies
- Introduction to the production and management of the personal project.
- The photographic project: Proposal, Documentation and Research,
- Production images,
- Photo narrative, sequence and structure.
- The Photobook as a narrative tool.
- Editing and design.
- Teaching methodology and training activities
Exhibition of contents
- Promotion of the debate, articulation of the class through the question-answer.
- Student / project practice.
- Public correction of the project.
- Final exam
Assessment system
Continuous Assessment
The aim of continuous assessment is for the student to be able to know their academic progress throughout their learning process to enable them to improve on it. After the second enrolment, assessment in the subject may, at the teacher’s decision, consist of a cumulative test, which allows an assessment of the learning results set out in the subject teaching guide. In this case, the mark for the subject will correspond to the cumulative test mark.
General rules regarding assessment
For a subject to be considered to have been passed, students must obtain a minimum mark of 5.0.
Once the subject has been passed, it may not be reassessed.
A “Not Assessable” (NA) mark will be given to any student who has not submitted all the learning evidence or who has not attended 80% of the classes and has not provided justification for the absences. In the case of justified absence, the student must contact the teacher when returning to determine the recuperation of the activities they did not attend.
If the student commits any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the mark of an assessment activity, that assessment activity will be awarded a 0, irrespective of any disciplinary process that may be brought. If various irregularities occur in the assessment activities of the same subject, the final mark for that subject will be 0.
After the second enrolment, assessment in the subject may, with the teaching staff’s decision, consist of a cumulative test that allows an assessment of the learning results set out in the subject teaching guide. In this case, the mark for the subject will correspond to the cumulative test mark.
Assessment criteria
Review process
A review may be requested from the corresponding teaching staff and will take place in the week stated in the teaching calendar.
Reassessment process
No reassessment systems are considered in the cases of external practical placements, final degree projects and courses / learning activities that by their practical nature do not permit this.
To take part in the reassessment, the student must have first been assessed for a series of activities whose weight is equivalent to a minimum of two-thirds of the total mark of the course or module.
Specific skills
Skill
CE3. Summarise the knowledge and skills of plastic expression, representation techniques and materials and productive technologies that enable design projects to be proposed and conducted.
Skill
CE4. Use basic plastic expression techniques (drawing, colour and volume) to represent and create shapes in two or three dimensions.
Skill
CE5. Master graphic representation techniques of spaces and volumes, plans and surfaces characteristic of design.
Skill
CE9. Show knowledge of and familiarisation with the use of the audiovisual medium, and the digital environment and its creation and production tools.
Skill
CE19. Show knowledge of the relevant research methods for the planning and theory, analysis and critique of design and art.
Skill
CE21. Possess resources and skills to relate concepts and languages of different design specialisations.