VISUAL ART – PHOTOMEDIA

Subject Outline:

Photomedia is an exciting new Visual Art subject that focuses on the development of 21st century skills, transferable to all senior subjects and careers. Communication through visual imagery is one of our main sources of information in contemporary media. Students are taught to unlock the visual language through knowledge of design principles and the history of image making.

Students learn advanced functions of the DSLR camera in association with post-production editing programs Photoshop and Lightroom to construct a portfolio of images that communicate a concept and develop their own personal aesthetic through decision making and observation. Excursions to places of visual interest such as fish markets, wrecking yards, construction sites, will provide new sources of creative inspiration for building intentional narratives.

This subject is term based and works towards the study of Visual Art in Years 11 and 12.

Assessment:

Making - Shoot and edit a portfolio of narrative photographs and display and promote the image series Responding - Concept justification based on your photographic folio

Skills used in and developed by studying this subject:

• Critical thinking – analysis, problem-solving, decision-making, reasoning - intellectual flexibility.

• Communication skills – understanding symbols and text, and communicating with diverse audiences.

• Personal and social skills – time management, emotional intelligence, mindfulness, cultural awareness and ethics.

• Creative thinking – innovation, curiosity, making links, identifying alternatives, generating new ideas.

• Collaboration and teamwork – recognising diverse perspectives, tolerance, participation and contribution, relating to others.

• ICT – accessing and analysing information, productively using technology, digital citizenship and intellectual property.

Future Pathways: At School Beyond School Photomedia prepares you to study:

• Visual Art and/or

• Visual Arts in Practice and/or

• Design in Year 11 and 12.

Visual Art Photomedia can lead students to any career that requires creativity, including but not limited to:

• Advertising: art director, brand specialist, content marketer, photographer, graphic artist

• Arts administration and management: agent, art project manager, events/festivals manager

• Communication: writer, journalist, editor, blogger/vlogger, web content producer

• Creative industries: visual artist, illustrator, photographer

• Design: architect, designer: fashion, product, environmental, graphic, industrial, interior, stage, textiles, fashion marketer

• Education: specialist classroom teacher

• Galleries and museums: exhibition designer, curator, director, public programs officer

• Film and television: animator, storyboard artist, post-production specialist, art director, concept artist, costume designer, camera operator, producer

• Science and technology: visual translator, medical illustrator, computer game developer/programmer, digital communication specialist, digital content producer, multimedia, forensic photographer

• Designer, web designer, computer graphics modeller