Undergraduate Course: Colour Darkroom Photography (intensive) (LLLA07125)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Lifelong Learning (ECA) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course provides an introduction to both camera handling skills and colour darkroom techniques and will cover camera operation, principles of exposure, film development and colour printing. In the darkrooms, students will learn how to enlarge colour negatives and how to correct and manipulate colour and exposure, to produce traditional c-type prints. The practical part of this course would be devoted to working with negatives in individual darkrooms to build up printing techniques. Students will also learn some colour knowledge which can be transferred to digital photography. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. On completion of this course through class hours, directed and independent study, students will be able to;
RESEARCH
demonstrate an awareness of contemporary photography and a sound understanding of analogue photography methods needed to produce high quality, exhibition standard c-type colour prints.
2. PRACTICE
show confidence and skill in experimenting with analogue film photographic processes including (35mm and medium format colour film, different film types, studio lighting), to create a range of ambitious and coherent photographs.
3. PRESENT
show an enhanced knowledge of colour darkroom printing skills in the presentation of both a resolved series of photographs.
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Assessment Information
The course will be assessed by the submission of a portfolio of visual art works and supporting materials within the discipline studied. This will include a selection of resolved art works, preparatory studies, visual research and evidence of a contextual awareness through a completed sketchbook and/or visual journal. The work must be presented in a clear and professional manner appropriate to the discipline. The submission should include work undertaken within the class as well as directed and independent study out with the class.
Typically, this will comprise:
Class Contact hours: 27.5 (work students do during the class)
Directed hours: 27.5 (work the tutor has set students to do before and after the class teaching)
Independent Study Hours: 45 (work students set themselves to do, relevant to the discipline studied)
The combined submission will be assessed against the three learning outcomes for this course. These are equally weighted and each will be given a percentage grade. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 30% in each learning outcome and an overall combined mark of 40% minimum.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
Understand manual camera controls for 35mm SLR and medium format cameras, experiment with 2 different film types.
Appreciate photography within an art context - look at the work of fine art photographers who specialise in colour photography.
Experimentation with studio lighting for portraiture (including using an electronic flash).
Learn colour darkroom printing skills including; enlarging 35mm/120 film, colour balancing, printing with different paper types, and ¿dodging¿ and ¿burning¿ techniques in colour.
Demonstrate an ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of photography within visual culture.
Know how to window mount prints to an exhibition standard.
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| Reading list |
Essential
Charlotte Cotton, The Photograph as Contemporary Art, Thames & Hudson, New York
Robin Gillanders, The photographic portrait: techniques, strategies and thoughts on making portraits with meaning, Devon: David & Charles
Susan Sontag, On Photography, McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., Toronto
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
Tel:
Email: r.bushe@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Sherrey Landles
Tel: (0131 6)50 4400
Email: s.landles@ed.ac.uk |
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