Course Name | Advanced Photography |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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MMD 303 | Fall/Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
Course Coordinator | - | |||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This practical studio-based course aims at the production, editing, compilation and digital presentation of a series of photographs in an interactive environment. The course is specifically designed to enhance students’ use of digital media, and who are expected to develop and execute comprehensive concepts for term projects based upon photographic means of communication. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | The students are expected to produce and process photographic images based on themes of their choice within and beyond established photographic methods. Rephotography, joiners, experimenting, editing, remixing, staging, and animated gifs are among the processes to be covered. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
| Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses | X | |
Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction & Visual Literacy Exercise | |
2 | Screening & Quiz | The Genius of Photography, Ep. 6 |
3 | Lightroom Workshop | Bring your laptops, Adobe Lightroom is needed |
4 | Discussion Session | “What is a Photograph?” by Graham Clarke |
5 | Mini Project | Bring your cameras |
6 | Project I | Bring your cameras |
7 | Discussion Session | “The Photographer’s Eye” by John Szarkowski |
8 | Project II | Bring your cameras |
9 | Discussion Session | “Fire and Ice” by Peter Wollen |
10 | Project III | Bring your cameras |
11 | Interim Review | |
12 | Project IV Discussions | |
13 | Project IV Discussions | |
14 | Project IV Discussions | Submit the prints of Project IV |
15 | Guest Lecturer | |
16 | Semester Review |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Photography: A Cultural History Mary Warner Marien (ISBN 978-0205988945) |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Suggested readings will be supplied to the students. |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | ||
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 10 |
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | 5 | 90 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | - | - |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 100 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 4 | 64 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 0 | ||
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 4 | |
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | |||
Project | 5 | 8 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | |||
Final Exams | - | - | |
Total | 108 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to apply the fundamental principles of design in creating visual narratives and messages, using physical and digital media, | X | ||||
2 | To attain complex problem-solving skills, using various design methods, | X | ||||
3 | To have a clear understanding of creative/art direction, | X | ||||
4 | To be able to use the advanced theoretical and applied knowledge attained in the areas of Visual Communication Design, | X | ||||
5 | To act with social and ethical awareness and to take responsibility, both individually and collectively, for developing aesthetic and effective design solutions, | X | ||||
6 | To be able to investigate, interpret and evaluate the developments on Visual Communication Design in the world and in Turkey, | X | ||||
7 | To have an advanced level of knowledge and experience in producing/editing still and moving images, | X | ||||
8 | To attain proficiency in using related software, media, and communication technologies, | X | ||||
9 | To gain reflexive and critical thinking abilities, | X | ||||
10 | To undertake self-directed and continuous education in the discipline, to develop a lifelong learning attitude, | X | ||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Visual Communication Design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1), | X | ||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently, | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | X |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest