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Commission Unit: Presentation Guidelines
Commission Unit: Final Presentation, Monday 21st May 2012, Room 806 Please read these guidance notes carefully. The structure of your Assessment on the 21st May 2012, largely builds upon your experience at the earlier stages of the First Year (for example your January Assessment). This is a point where you present for assessment, to your Unit [...]
Fashion Unit: Presentation Guidelines
FASHION CONSTRUCTED IMAGE: FINAL PRESENTATION: 22nd MAY Location: Studio 2 Time: 10.00am – 1.00pm: Presentations & Peer Review 2.00pm – 2.30pm: Time-Lapse Production Screening GUIDELINES FOR THE PRESENTATION For the final presentation of the Unit you are asked to produce a group presentation using PowerPoint, in the spirit of the Peecha Kucha session you made [...]
Commission Unit: Publishing Tasks
Following on from the publishing selection process and your design workshop with Bruno Ceschel. Please select from one of the 3 following tasks relevant to your teams chosen publishing output. Please read the tasks carefully. Any questions that arise can be raised at the forthcoming tutorials with Steffi Klenz. Please also note the Commission Unit [...]
Commission: Publishing Selection Presentation
Please see the presentation to support the editorial decision process of the Output Selection process. All groups need to be published on the noticeboard by 9.00am Wednesday 28th March. Group sizes are restricted 6 in number and you need to clearly indicate, whether the initial choice is Newspaper, Exhibition or Fashion Magazine. Commission Publishing Selection
Casting Task / Characterisation & Costume
Paolo Roversi, (Another Magazine, 2012) Following on from last week’s Pitch & Proposals, it was apparent that there is much work to be done in the critical area of Casting / Characterisation & Costume. After 8 weeks, Casting is at a formative stage and must as a matter of urgency be addressed. It is vital that [...]
Preparation for Pinhole Workshop
Please study the attached pdf file carefully in that it will provide you with the context of the pinhole as a technique of creating images in an alternative style. Please also read carefully the instructions at the end of the file in how you have to prepare for the workshop. Pinhole Workshop Preparation
Commission Unit: Pinhole Photo. – Task 2 Extension
To support the submission of Task 2, the project deadline is extended from 16th April, to FRIDAY 20th April. Please hand-in your final image, to the Faculty Office, Rm 401 on the ground floor, between 11am and 1pm. Please ensure the work is handed in either a print-box, or hard backed envelope. Do clearly labelled [...]
Time Machine Schedule & Lecture Notes
Ref: W. Eugene Smith, Tomoko Uemura in her bath, Minamata, Japan, 1972 – Next Monday 12th March, there will be a revision to the Time Machine schedule, a new session supporting your essay & contextual development, Starting your research – seminars, is now scheduled. Please bring a visual reference (2 if you canʼt decide yet) to the work you [...]
This Week: Photoshop & B&W Printing Workshops
Ref: Andreas Gursky, Bahrain, 2007 – For this week’s B&W Printing Workshops, please arrive 30mins before the start of the session, so that you can pick up your enlarger lens and any materials you will need prior to the start of the workshop. So please be at the Resource centre at either 9.30am or 1.30pm, depending [...]
Understanding RAW & H1D Capture
By now, you’ve probably heard some talk about digital raw capture, but finding a coher- ent explanation of just what a digital raw capture actually is can be a bit more challeng- ing. Part of the challenge is that raw isn’t one single thing. Rather, it’s a general term for a variety of proprietary file [...]
Commission Unit: Deadline Extension & Guidelines
To support the submission of Task 1, the project deadline is extended from 14th March, to MONDAY 26th MARCH. Please hand-in the following, to the Faculty Office, Rm 401 on the ground floor, between 11am and 1pm. The deliverables are as follows: Your set of IMAGES, a minimum of 3 Prints. Please ensure the work is handed in [...]
Time Machine Essay/Research Brief
The Time Machine Unit brief is now published. There are 2 components to the assessment, taking the form of a research PowerPoint and an Essay. Both must be submitted to pass the Unit. The hand-in date is on Friday 20th April. Please submit to Jackie Andrew, in the faculty office from 11am to 1pm. Time [...]