(Neill, n.d.)

Lesson 4 - FINALISING ‘MOMENT’ PHOTOGRAPHY

Duration: 90 minutes

Learning objectives and measures for success:

For students to:

  • Purposefully reflect and annotate their final work, demonstrating their knowledge and understanding of how compositional and manual photography elements are used to create meaning

  • Develop a contact sheet and reflect upon the process of experimenting with different manual photography settings

  • Wrap up Capturing Moments task

Focus code/convention/media form/skill/technique:

  • Post-production generation of contact sheet in programs

  • Responding through the expression of ideas and product result

Resources required:

  • Computer

  • Digital display or projector

  • Folio (book or digital)

  • Pens/pencils/markers

Lesson Structure:

Curriculum links:

Develop and refine media production skills to integrate and shape the technical and symbolic elements in images, sounds and text for a specific purpose, meaning and style (ACAMAM075)

Plan and design media artworks for a range of purposes that challenge the expectations of specific audiences by particular use of production processes (ACAMAM076)

Action 1: Opening class discussion – 15 minutes 

Students will be checked in with and expected to have their final shot completed and ready to annotate and reflect upon:

 

  • What is the significant moment that this image represents? is it a moment in time, representation of culture, or captured spontaneous moment?

  • What unique elements are included that give it meaning?

  • What challenges did you encounter while producing your final work?

  • Do you believe that your final product is successful? Why/why not?

 

Students should also be prompted to reflect and annotate upon their use of compositional and manual photography elements – what worked/what didn’t?

Extender - Introduce students to and share process photos of how to create a contact sheet – students will also be instructed to annotate their contact sheet and reflect upon what manual techniques worked/didn’t work and where.

Action 2: Given time for reflection and annotation – 70 minutes

Students will be given the remainder of their lesson to reflect and respond to their final work – complete in folio

Action 3: Pack up – 5 minutes 

Wrap up task with students and have final discussion – highlight that next lesson will be open for students to catch up or finish their final work reflections – if the ‘moment’ imagery has not been completed then time between lessons should be dedicated towards that.

Home Learning:

If the final product has not been shot, then this should be a high priority to complete before next lesson

Teacher Actions:

During this time teachers should rotate the room and inquire on final products, supporting students with discovering the why/meaning of their ‘moment’ photography

Assessment strategies:

Diagnostic – class discussion, monitoring student levels of engagement in reflection

Formative –

Summative – satisfactory completion of final work, reflection, and annotations, guided by assessing engagement with

 

  • Engagement with significant ‘moment’ photography from varying artists and styles

  • Understanding of manual photography processes

  • Understanding of photography compositional rules

  • Demonstration of idea generation and planning

  • Thorough analysis of final product processes and reflection

Differentiation Strategies:

  • If students have struggled to shoot in manual settings, automatic is acceptable if they reflect and understand the meaning of their ‘moment’ clearly

  • Analysis of compositional elements and use of settings can be adjusted to better support those not advancing

  • Extend focus groups tables that intend to have advancing students support those who may be struggling

  • Leave time open next lesson for those who need it

Extender- have advancing students experiment with basic editing software to enhance the impact of their image