2011-2012 YEAR THREE - Cardiff University

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MC3564 About Photographs (capped at 20) Autumn TUTOR: Dr. Daniel Meadows 20 Credits Aims of the Module This is a practical module. It requires you to be creative. You will learn how to tell the kind of story which emerges only when you uncover what a photograph means to the people depicted in it. You will do this by seeking out and working with the private picture archive of someone from outside the university community, someone of your own choosing from Cardiff, someone who, prior to starting this module, was a stranger to you. You will learn to listen and make connections. Your findings will be astonishing for their elegance and humanity. You will present them using multimedia tools and deliver the results as a "Digital Story" (a kind of mini-movie) on DVD. . Learning Outcomes You will acquire knowledge and understanding of the enormous potential for storytelling that is tied up in picture archives, particularly personal archives. You will learn some skills in the critical appreciation of photographs and of oral history. You will learn how to think "outside the box" of traditional media practice; to open yourself to the notion that the future of journalistic practice is likely to involve the "facilitation" of — rather than merely the "telling" of — other people's stories. You will acquire the ability to script, edit and produce a story using multimedia technology and also develop skills of interviewing, voiceover recording, audio and video editing . Methods of Teaching: In the lectures you will be shown many examples of how photographs have been used as the source material for storytelling. Relevant production tools will also be discussed and demonstrated. Each week you will attend one lecture and one practical workshop. The module is capped at 24 students and workshop numbers are restricted to 12 in order to make the most of dedicated multimedia equipment. Away from the classroom you are expected to research stories, conduct interviews, gather multimedia assets, prepare drafts of scripts, work on building your output DVD and keep a reflective log of your progress. Method of assessment: 60% of the mark will be awarded for the "Digital Story". 40% of the total mark will be awarded for the production of a reflective log. Syllabus Content: The media form. Inspirations. 14 YEAR 3
Case studies from the documentary tradition. Case study: Digital Storytelling BBC Capture Wales. Making judgements about photographs. Preparing photographs in the computer. Non-linear video editing, making a DVD. Reading and Viewing: Agee, J. and Evans, W. 1941. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. (Bute Library HN79.A5.A4) Auster, P. 2001. True Tales of American Life. London: Faber and Faber. (Arts & Social Studies Library E169.12.T7) Gillmor, D. 2004. We the Media. Sebastopol (CA): O'Reilly. (Bute Library PN4784.O6.G4) Illich, I. 1975. Tools for Conviviality. London: Fontana. (Bute Library HD6955.I5 and other libraries) Lester, P. 1999. Visual Communication: images with messages. Belmont: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. (Bute Library P93.5.L3) Meadows, D. 2001. The Bus: The Free Photographic Omnibus 1973-2001. London: Harvill. (Bute Library PN4784.P5.M3) Meadows, D. 2011. Photobus at http://www.photobus.co.uk 15 YEAR 3
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