Program Overview

PHT222 Photomedia Studio

This subject encourages students to move towards developing a personal idiom in photomedia. The focus is on concept development and the expression of ideas in an articulate and appropriate manner, resulting in student projects that are each cohesive and resolved. Issues relating to critical analysis, representation and meaning in photo-imagery continue to be explored correlative to student working methodologies.

Subject Information

• Grading System: HD/FL
• Duration: One session
• School: School of Communication and Creative Industries
• Enrolment Restrictions: Not available to students who have completed MPI211
• Prerequisites: VPA104 and PHT115 or PHT114
• Incompatible Subjects: MPI211

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

• be able to demonstrate conceptual and technical skills in creative visual problem solving in a photomedia context
• be able to demonstrate basic semiotics with craft by integrating critical theory with the creation and analysis of photographic imagery
• be able to demonstrate, through the production of photographic imagery, a strong understanding of the concepts underpinning representation in photomedia
• be able to demonstrate significant skill in the interpretation of meaning in photoimages
• be able to demonstrate skills in creating a more complex and cohesive body of photoimaging work underpinned by specific conceptual intentions

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:

• Visual problem solving in image design, construction and analysis using photomedia concepts, processes and methodologies
• Critical theory relating to photomedia concepts through comparative analysis of photographic imagery
• In depth investigation into the creation and interpretation of meaning and intent in photographic imagery
• Historical and contemporary investigations into photographic representation in a variety of creative contexts
• Overview of photomedia related creative works directly relevant to set assignment tasks
• Theoretical and practical investigations into photomedia aesthetics with particular application to modern digital technologies

Availability

• Session: Session 2 (60)
• Mode: On Campus, Online
• Location: Wagga Wagga Campus