ACI203 - Darkroom Practices

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne)
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Sean Loughrey
Trimester 2: Sean Loughrey
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 3-hour seminar per week

Content

Students will work with medium format cameras, handheld exposure meters, black and white film processing, and printing techniques. Topics are designed to develop advanced exposure experience and sophisticated image sequencing. Media output will include silver-based photographic prints and digital scans. Emphasis is placed equally on technical refinement coupled with conceptual and editing skills. Students will also conduct critical and analytical research into the work of an established/significant photographic practitioner. This research will be presented in class and as a seminar paper.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Respond reflectively and critically to location and field work through photographic practice

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO6: Self-management

ULO2

To demonstrate and communicate a critical and analytical response to the specific research topics

GLO5: Problem solving

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Demonstrate an ability to creatively develop a theme or a group of ideas and to present these as a resolved set of images 

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO6: Self-management

ULO4

Apply appropriate practices to the use of a medium format camera, a light meter, film processing, printing and associated darkroom practices including OHS standards. 

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO6: Self-management

ULO5
 
Plan, experiment, research and resolve technical and aesthetic issues towards the resolution of a self-devised creative folio

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO5: Problem solving

GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Formalism and Field work - Darkroom prints, written statement 1200 words
or equivalent
30% Week 6
Assessment 2: Research Presentation and Essay 800 words
or equivalent
20% Week 8
Assessment 3: Folio - Thematic series prints, written statement 2000 words or equivalent 50% Week 11

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: ACI203 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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