Sunday, 6 October 2013

CHOOSING A PATH

For the module Wall, Page, Screen; one of the 3 paths must be chosen and the module will change accordingly. Each route is different and within each you will have different workshops.

The syllabus content is as follows and depends on the chosen route:

General
• Scanning and preparation of photographic images for output.
• Image management and workflow
• Digital Compositing & Retouching

Wall
• Introduction to historical and contemporary conventions of photographic display and gallery 
installation
• Fine printing for exhibition (including archival, large scale, analogue and digital processes)
• Mounting & presentation - conventions and techniques

Page
• Introduction to conventions of magazine, book and publishing.
• Intellectual property rights, copyright laws.
• Page design and layout for print and electronic contexts.
• Introduction to fonts and basic typesetting.

Screen
• Screenings of a range of contemporary digital and video practices.
• Workshops in story boarding, editing, camera and sound recording.
• Video editing using Final Cut Pro.
• DVD authoring.

At first I was torn between Page and Screen, both teaching things that could potentially be new to me and also refresh things that I have done previously. I have no specific ideas relating to each at this current time and so the decision has to be made on the skill sets that I am most interested in learning within each route.

I have worked with books before and have had my own printed but actually the idea of book binding professionally is new to me. I'd love to be able to learn this skill along with the skills within the route of Screen. I have used Final Cut previously but it was quite a while ago and so would love to learn these skills again. But after much thinking about each potential project I have decided to opt for Screen. Although I'm not sure exactly sure what my film will consist of yet.

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