WEEK 1 - DAY 4 - Field Trip

WEEK 1 - DAY 4 - Field Trip

FIELD TRIP - The subject focus for today's field trip is Easter. The photographic focus for today's field trip is colour.

PHOTOS - You will be taking at least 5 good quality photos you can use in next weeks lessons and assignments on colour.

WEEK 1 - DAY 3 - CREATIVE PROCESS

WEEK 1 – DAY 3 – CREATIVE PROCESS

 

CREATIVE PROCESS: Creativity can be a difficult thing to define. There is no denying it. Part of the reason is that it is easier to learn not to be creative than it is to learn how to be creative. Creativity like anything else is learned – it is NOT a case of either “you have it or you don’t”. You can have it, if you want it.

Part of the challenge is that how people are creative is individual. Everyone is creative in different ways, and use different processes for developing and exploring and making their ideas happen. The following presentations will explain the key characteristics of creativity that will be developed as you move from grade 9 through grade 12, and how you can demonstrate your creative process.

 

In the following video produced by the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD), students have investigated what creativity is capable of, and what it can do. As you watch the video, don’t just focus on the end product, but think about the steps, the stages, the process of developing what we see in this video. The creative process is a strategy that someone uses for moving from a problem to an idea to a solution.

 

PROBLEM      ->    IDEA    ->    SOLUTION

 

Source (http://leichnitz.org/makingart/creative-process/) OCAD

 

ACTIVITY 1: Watch video on Creativity

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdlBJ-q-4JE

 

List the 15 points made in this short video on what creativity can do:

1
2
3
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15

 

ACTIVITY 2: Access Google Slides

1.       Access the home.hwdsb.on.ca web site and access your OFFICE 365 Mail

2.       Make certain you have received an email from your instructor indicating that the AWQ4M course folder has been shared with you.

3.       Go back to the main home page and access the GOOGLE Apps and access GOOGLE SLIDES as per instruction sheet.

4.        Follow in class instructions on creating a slide presentation on the creative process.

WEEK 1 - DAY 2 - CREATIVE PROCESS and BRAIN FUNCTION

WEEK 1 - DAY 2 -  CREATIVE PROCESS and BRAIN FUNCTION

This Ted Talk video describes how the left and right brain functions. The talk is given by a Harvard brain scientist who experienced a stroke in the prime of her life and learned, first hand, what happens when your left brain shuts down.

http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html

ACTIVITY 1.1 Answer the following questions:

1.       Summarize the normal functioning of the left and the right brain, what side of the brain is responsible for what functions.

LEFT:

RIGHT:

2.       She explains experiencing “Nirvana” when her left brain was no longer functioning. How does she explain experiencing Nirvana.

in the Right Hemisphere

In the Left Hemisphere

3.       Explain in your own words what side of the brain would be most active during the creative process and explain why.

ACTIVITY 1.2

Make certain you can log onto the home.hwdsb.on.ca site and access the GOOGLE APPS tab. Download Google Drive on your phone and Google Slides(Presentation).

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: Will need to do a screen capture with your phone or laptop [Alt] + [PrtSc]

WEEK 1 - DAY 1 - Course Overview

WEEK 1 - DAY 1

Course Title: Visual Arts – Digital Photography

Course Code: AWQ3M
Credit Value: 1.00
Teacher: Jill Charbonneau

Date: March 2015 – June 2015

Course Description: This course introduces students to the principles of digital photography through the exploration of the creative process and the elements and principles that government photo composition, colour theory and elements of design.

Course BLOG:  hwdsbdigital.blogspot.ca

Course Outline: The following units will be covered in this course:
• Digital Course Basics – Google Drive, Google Docs
• Examining the Creative Process through Left and Right Brain Function
• Capturing light using digital tools
• Digital Image Overload – A Picture Paints a Thousand Words
• Elements of Design
• Colour Model – Hue, Value, Chroma
• Light spectrum, human vs digital eye
• Light Value, light vs. dark
• Basic Photographic Composition
• PEOPLE: Self Portrait – Examining the digital selfie
• PEOPLE: Self Portrait – the 4 division of self
• Perspective - Line of Sight
• OBJECTS: Staging an Image – foreground, mid-ground, background
• OBJECTS: Undisturbed still life
• Images of Social Media – Disposable or Treasures
• MOVING OBJECTS: Capturing objects in motion

Course Evaluation: Ongoing Assessment and Evaluation during semester, including tests, lab work, assignments, quizzes, homework, and projects
 25% Knowledge and Understanding (knowledge of facts and terms, understanding concepts, principles, and relationships between concepts)
 15% Thinking and Inquiry (critical, inquiry, and creative thinking skills)
 10% Communication (communication of information and ideas in various forms)
 25% Application (application of concepts, skills, and procedures, use of equipment, technology)
 25% Portfolio / Project

Class format: A daily lesson will be presented and time given to research new information introduced in class, most projects will be completed in class.

A mind that is stretched by new experiences can never go back to its old dimensions (Oliver Wendell Homes Jr.)

 

ACTIVITY 1: Using the handout provided, sign into the HWDSB hub and click the Google Apps option. Make certain you can log in.

 

ACTIVITY 2

 

Watch this TED talk speaker, Erik Johansson talk about his photographic composition techniques.

http://www.ted.com/talks/erik_johansson_impossible_photography?language=en

 

Simple Photo	▲ Locate subject - Press a Button – Take a Photo
	▲ ▲ ▲     light        contrast
	▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲            colour     brightness     perspective
Complex Photo	▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ composition    capturing an idea vs a moment
Combined Reality Photos	▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲▲ ▲ ▲             Build an image from various images

Answer the following questions:
 

1. What are your first impressions of Erik's photos?

 

2. How does he describe the process he uses to create an image?

 

3. Where do you think Erik draws his inspiration from when he takes his images?

 

Answer these questions in your note book.