Mgr. et MgA. Veronika Lukášová, Ph.D.
Photo by Seb Duthy
VV034
PHOTOGRAPHY
Special Effects /
Summary of
module
requirements
PREREQUISITE:
1. UPLOAD ALL IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS YOU’VE
BEEN PRESENT FOR
2. COMPLETION AND SUBMISSION OF 3
PHOTOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENTS accompanied by your
text with your choice of fonts and layout as a pdf
1 of these can be assignments completed during the class, at least 2
have to be an independent assignments - either selected from the list
or an individual assignment. Please consult the independent and
individual assignment prior to starting the work.
3. MAXIMUM OF TWO ABSENCES
Project consultation in person on Tues, Weds and Thur.
Pls email me to arrange
18968@mail.muni.cz
ASSIGNMENTS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Each assignment will be submitted as a pdf with a
considered vertical layout including clear titling, photos
and accompanying text.
Header must include: name of the photographer, name
of the assignment, name of the module, year
Accompanying text will describe your creative process,
research, references.
Think of it as your own picture story in a magazine!
Don’t forget to include page numbering. Please also
submit individual jpgs used in the pdf titled: Last name_First
name_assignment_name_VV045_date_number of the photo in the sequence.
* Have fun with it! Description can be: haiku, image
captions, a piece of a novel that has inspired
you…surprise us!
DEADLINE:
q Three assignments as a pdf
layout with text
q All in-class assignments
Have to be submitted
/uploaded to IS by
June 5
Economy of
taste ‒ who
decides?
In the contemporary art world, forces of ̈tastëare very
different from 300, 100 or even 50 years ago. It used to
be the national museums and galleries.
Now it is collectors with money. Who should decide?
This question is open. We live in a society where
individuals voice their opinion and it is difficult to get a
consensus.
I propose to embody this discussion through an
intervention in a museum ‒ with your own object of art or
design.
Independent project is where you can apply the skills we've
been learning in the class and explore your own interest within
the medium. The independent project is intended to be a
photographic series underpinned by a unifying formal solution
that expresses a particular idea.
This means you will first have to think about the general idea
(f.e. exploration of long exposure, exploration of a special effect
such as painting with light) and then about how it can be
executed (planning for particular part of the day, schedule of
individual shoots for the series, securing the location etc).
YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTED
ASSIGNMENTS OR CONSULT ON A SPECIFIC PROJECT NOT
COVERED IN THE LIST
Independent
project
ideas
1. SHORT EXPOSURE / STUDIO PROJECT EXPLORING NOTION
OF TIME IN PHOTOGRAPHY
(f.e. Portrait series, selfie series, objects/ still life)
2. LONG EXPOSURE / STUDIO PROJECT EXPLORING NOTION
OF TIME IN PHOTOGRAPHY
(f.e. Portrait series, selfie series, objects/ still life)
3. SHORT EXPOSURE /ON LOCATION PROJECT EXPLORING
NOTION OF TIME IN PHOTOGRAPHY
(f.e. Portrait series, selfie series, objects/ still life, environment,
water)
4. LONG EXPOSURE / ON LOCATION PROJECT EXPLORING
NOTION OF TIME IN PHOTOGRAPHY
(f.e. Portrait series, selfie series, objects/ still life, plants, trees,
environment, water, materials)
Independent
project
ideas
5. MOTION BLUR / STUDIO OR ON LOCATION PROJECT
EXPLORING MOTION BLUR
Coherent series on a chosen theme utilizing the method of
motion blur - street setting, nature setting, depiction of city's
energy. TRIPOD IS A MUST!
6. PANNING with CAMERA / STUDIO OR ON LOCATION
PROJECT EXPLORING PANNING
Coherent series on a chosen theme utilizing the method of
panning with the camera - street setting, nature setting,
depiction of city's energy. YOU CAN DEPLOY A DIY DOLLY /
moving camera on an object with wheels such as skateboard
etc.
7. PERSONAL NARRATIVE UTILIZING DIY FILTERS, MIRRORS,
OPTICAL EFFECTS
This personal narrative will convey moods and mystique rather
than providing information. It maybe a playful depiction of your
day using a variety of DIY filters or a humorous guide to your
house/room.
Independent
project
ideas
Independent
project
ideas
8. IT'S SMALL WORLD / ADVENTURES IN A FICTIONAL WORLD
Using a small-scale tiny figurines and home made props you can create a
world unseen by our eyes - unless you are looking! You are a discoverer in a
footsteps of Gulliver's travels. You will work effectively with a perspective,
foreshortening and foreground/background of the image plane. This could be
an alternative guide to Brno's most revered sights or a everyday encounters
around FIMU.
9. PAINTING OR ILLUMINATING WITH LIGHT
Photo series using a combination of long exposure and a moving light source.
Painting with light requires tripod so the camera is held steady. The light
source can be a phone, flashlight, glow light stick etc. Illumination with light
requires a long exposure and single or a multiple light source illuminating and
object, building, an individual, place etc in order to lift it out of darkness in
more organic way then using a strobe.
10. SERIES OF DIGITAL OR MATERIAL COLLAGES UTILIZING YOUR OWN
PHOTOS
Series of collages with a unifying theme using predominantly your own
photos but can also contain other visual sources. They can be conducted as
digital collages but you can choose to work with the physical medium of
printed photograph and magazine-newspaper images.
Thank you,
You ve been
fantastic group to
work with!