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CMM2550 - Photojournalism Spring 2020
Class Days and Time: Tuesdays/Thursdays, 11h-12h30 (Section 1) 12h30-13h45 (Section 2) 14h-15h15 (Section3) Classroom: PAH-18 Computer Lab Prerequisite(s): none. Credit(s): #3 Instructor: Luana Fischer Instructor’s Email: [email protected] Office Hours:T/TH 10h-11h and 15h15-16h15
Course Description: A practical introduction to Photography, Photojournalism and Photoshop. The course is divided into two parts: “The Camera” (students learn how to use a photo camera in manual mode, make correct exposures and deal with lighting and portrait making) and “The Photo-Story” (a practical way to learn how to create narratives and communicate using Photography).
Required Equipment: Students must have their own digital camera with manual shutter speed and diaphragm settings. They will also need a USB pendrive with at least one gigabyte of memory. If you have questions about the camera you own (or plan to buy) or USB pendrives, feel free to e-mail Professor Fischer directly at [email protected].
Course Requirements and Grading Rationale/System: Grades will be assessed on 4 assigned projects (Practice Days) 1 Midterm Assignment and 1 Final Exam (Photo Story). It is important that all assignments are completed on time and all classes attended. Unexcused absences may result in lower grades.
Assignments: 4 activities (1 Practice Day per month) based on techniques seen in class. (10% of final grade, each) 1 Midterm Portrait (20% of the final grade) A Photo Story, based on photojournalism documentary techniques and edition aspects seen. (40% of final grade)
Attendance Policy: Attendance is mandatory in this course. The schedule below contains a description of what will happen each in class. Ask me and/or your classmates to make sure you do not miss anything.
ABSENCES: Only university events and trips will be officially excused.
ABSENCES & PENALTIES: You are allowed only 2 unexcused absences. More than 2 unexcused absences will significantly lower your grade (minus 5 points per unexcused absence after the second). Missing 5 or more classes will be grounds to earn a failing grade.
LATE WORK: You will lose 10% of your score—per day—in any graded assignment submitted late without an official excuse. Submitting an assignment on time means fulfilling the required deadline. If you know that you are not going to turn in an assignment on time, let me know before it is due, in order to work out a solution.
E-mail: Campus and course announcements will often be handled by e-mail through Blackboard. Students should check their “@slu.edu” e-mail regularly.
Assessment of Student Learning: In order to maintain quality academic offerings and to conform to accreditation requirements, SLU-Madrid regularly assesses its teaching, services and programs for evidence of student learning. For this purpose, SLU-Madrid keeps representative examples of student work from all courses and programs on file, including assignments, papers, exams, portfolios and results from student surveys, focus groups and reflective exercises. Copies of your work for this course may be kept on file for institutional research, assessment and accreditation purposes. If you prefer SLU-Madrid not to retain your work for this purpose, you must communicate this decision in writing to your professor.
The full University-level Academic Integrity Policy can be found on the Provost's Office website. Additionally, SLU-Madrid has posted its academic integrity policy online. As a member of the University community, you are expected to know and abide by these policies, which detail definitions of violations, processes for reporting violations, sanctions and appeals.
The professor will review these matters during the first weeks of the term. Please direct questions about any facet of academic integrity to your faculty, the chair of the department of your academic program or the Academic Dean of the Madrid Campus.
Title IX Statement: Saint Louis University and its faculty are committed to supporting our students and seeking an environment that is free of bias, discrimination, and harassment. If you have encountered any form of sexual misconduct (e.g. sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, domestic or dating violence), we encourage you to report this to the University. If you speak with a faculty member about an incident of misconduct, that faculty member must notify SLU's Title IX deputy coordinator, Patrice Burns, whose office is located on the third floor of San Ignacio Hall, Calle Amapolas, 3 ([email protected]; 915-54-5858, ext. 241) and share the basic facts of your experience with her. The Title IX deputy coordinator will then be available to assist you in understanding all of your options and in connecting you with all possible resources on and off campus.
If you wish to speak with a confidential source, you may contact the counselors at the SLU-Madrid's Counseling Services on the third floor of San Ignacio Hall ([email protected]; 915-54-5858, ext. 230) or Sinews Multipletherapy Institute, the off-campus provider of counseling services for SLU-Madrid (www.sinews.es; 917-00-1979). To view SLU-Madrid's sexual misconduct policy and for resources, please our policy posted online. Additional information is available at the University’s website https://www.slu.edu/about/safety/sexual-assault-resources/index.php.
Disability Accommodations and Learning Resources: In recognition that people learn in a variety of ways and that learning is influenced by multiple factors (e.g., prior experience, study skills, learning disability), resources to support student success are available on campus. Students who think they might benefit from these resources can find out more about:
• Course-level support (e.g., faculty member, departmental resources, etc.) by asking your course instructor. • University-level support (e.g., tutoring/writing services, Disability Services) by visiting the Academic
Dean's Office (San Ignacio Hall) or by reviewing the Academic Resources website online.
Students with a documented disability who wish to request academic accommodations must contact Disability Services to discuss accommodation requests and eligibility requirements. Once successfully registered, the student also must notify the course instructor that they wish to access accommodations in the course. Please contact Disability Services at [email protected] or +915 54 58 58, ext. 230 for an appointment. Confidentiality will be observed in all inquiries. Once approved, information about the student's eligibility for academic accommodations will be shared with course instructors via email from Disability Services. For more information about academic accommodations, see the Disability Services webpage.
Note: Students who do not have a documented disability but who think they may have one are encouraged to contact Disability Services.
Basic Needs Security Statement: Students in personal or academic distress and/or who may be specifically experiencing challenges such as securing food or difficulty navigating campus resources, and who believe this may affect their performance in the course, are encouraged to contact Marta Maruri, SLU-Madrid’s Director of Student Life ([email protected] or 915 54 58 58, ext. 213) for support. Furthermore, please notify the instructor if you are comfortable in doing so, as this will enable them to assist you with finding the resources you may need.
Spring 2020 Course Schedule:
Thursday, January 9 First day of classes Image Values, Presentation
Friday, January 10
Saturday, January 11
Sunday, January 12
Monday, January 13
Tuesday, January 14 COURSE PART 1 - THE CAMERA Understanding and observing Light - “Baraka” and “In the Mood for Love”
Wednesday, January 15
Thursday, January 16 PLAYING WITH THE LIGHT. The photographic image needs light to be created. How does light interfere on what we see? Observing the differences between soft and hard lighting with different sources of light and objects
Friday, January 17
Saturday, January 18
Sunday, January 19 Last day to drop a class without a grade of W and/or add a class Last day to choose Audit (AU) or Pass/No Pass (P/NP) options
Monday, January 20
Tuesday, January 21 THE LIGHT AND THE CAMERA 1: Students go around Parque Santander to observe and photograph different kinds of light and register their observations.
Wednesday, January 22
Thursday, January 23 THE LIGHT AND THE CAMERA 2: In the classroom, students learn about the Camera Obscura and how light travels inside the camera. Aperture Controls.
Friday, January 24
Saturday, January 25
Sunday, January 26 Application deadline for spring semester degree candidates
Monday, January 27
Tuesday, January 28 THE LIGHT AND THE CAMERA 3: Students practice the correct exposure with their cameras on guided exercises at Parque Santander.
Wednesday, January 29
Thursday, January 30 THE LIGHT AND THE CAMERA 4. Consequences of the use of Shutter Speed or Aperture Priorities. In classroom, then at the patio, students practice and see the result of both priorities. “Playing with movement”,“How to be a human tripod”.
Friday, January 31
Saturday, February 1
Sunday, February 2
Monday, February 3
Tuesday, February 4 THE LIGHT AND THE CAMERA 5. Composition: “drawing what I see inside of a frame”. Concepts of “noise” and “choice” in Photography.
Wednesday, February 5
Thursday, February 6 PRACTICE DAY 1:Students produce their own images, looking for the correct exposure, for the effects they want to apply (using priorities) and for the best Composition (based on “choices” made at the moment of the framing). The assignment consists on turning in 4 photos: 2 using Aperture Priority (wide and shallow depth of field) and 2 using Shutter Speed Priority (high and low speeds)
Friday, February 7
Saturday, February 8
Sunday, February 9
Monday, February 10
Tuesday, February 11 COURSE PART II - PHOTOJOURNALISM Photojournalism. History, development, work.
Wednesday, February 12
Thursday, February 13 The portrait. The photojournalistic portrait. Stories told though portraits.
Friday, February 14
Saturday, February 15
Sunday, February 16
Monday, February 17
Tuesday, February 18 Portrait Experiences. Students go to the patio and around the campus to produce portraits of their classmates.
Wednesday, February 19
Thursday, February 20 Winter break (no classes)
Friday, February 21 Winter break (no classes)
Saturday, February 22
Sunday, February 23
Monday, February 24
Tuesday, February 25 PHOTOSHOP 1: Students must turn in the portraits made during the previous class in a USB device. First contact with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe BRIDGE. How to organise your photos to start working. Light in Photoshop (Levels). Crop in Photoshop (Composition)
Wednesday, February 26 Ash Wednesday
Thursday, February 27 MIDTERM: Students turn in and present to class a Photojournalistic Portrait.
Friday, February 28
Saturday, February 29
Sunday, March 1 Professors’ deadline to submit midterm grades
Monday, March 2
Tuesday, March 3 PHOTOSHOP 2. Introduction to Camera Raw.
Wednesday, March 4
Thursday, March 5 PRACTICE DAY 2: Students must built up a series, a small story focused on the action of a person. 1 photo must be turned in as an example today and 4 photos will be shown during the critique, on the following class, representing the whole story.
Friday, March 6
Saturday, March 7
Sunday, March 8
Monday, March 9
Tuesday, March 10 View and Critique of PD2. PHOTOSHOP 3. Review and Exercises with Camera Raw (Professor provides material).
Wednesday, March 11 Registration for spring semester begins
Thursday, March 12 The Farm Security Administration Photos. Photoshop 3 Continues (SYNC, BRUSHES)
Friday, March 13 Last day to submit Transfer Application for fall semester
Saturday, March 14
Sunday, March 15 Last day to drop a class and receive a grade of W
Monday, March 16
Tuesday, March 17 The Lasso Technique - how to improve lighting.
Wednesday, March 18
Thursday, March 19 PHOTOSHOP 5+PRACTICE: Students go around the Campus to photograph a person in front of a landscape in 15 minutes. Then come back to the classroom to develop and finish up the final image. Using Camera Raw+Lasso Technique.
Friday, March 20
Saturday, March 21
Sunday, March 22
Monday, March 23
Tuesday, March 24 PRACTICE DAY 3:“Discovering a Photo Story”. Calle Fuencarral. Class meets at Quevedo Station and follows the professor ́s instructions, individually, walking from Glorieta de Quevedo to Gran Via through C/ Fuencarral, taking pictures in order to make a photo story about this typical street in Madrid.
Wednesday, March 25
Thursday, March 26 THE COMPOSITION. Photoshop Exercise. Students must choose 3 photos that will tell their stories at Calle Fuencarral and compose the first page of a newspaper.
Friday, March 27
Saturday, March 28
Sunday, March 29
Monday, March 30
Tuesday, March 31 Contemporary Photojournalism. The work of Sebastiao Salgado, World Press Photo Prize, Darcy Padilla, Robert Frank. Inspiration. Jessica Dimmoc ́s “The Nineth Floor”, MediaStorm. Magnum “Access to Life” Documentaries.
Wednesday, April 1
Thursday, April 2 How to edit a photo story? How to put photos in order (beginning, development of the story and ending)? Start discussing final Photo Stories. How to find a subject, how to develop it.“Lenna” Photostory.
Friday, April 3 Academic English last day of class
Saturday, April 4 Semana Santa host family move-out date
Sunday, April 5
Monday-Sunday, April 6-12
Semana Santa (Madrid Campus closed)
Sunday, April 12 Easter Day Semana Santa host family move-in date
Monday, April 13
Tuesday, April 14 Photojournalism technique: Parts of a Whole Exercise+Edition in BRIDGE. Street Photography.
Wednesday, April 15 Registration for Fall 2020 begins
Thursday, April 16 PRACTICE DAY 4: Gran Via Street Photography.
Friday, April 17
Saturday, April 18
Sunday, April 19
Monday, April 20
Tuesday, April 21 Critique PD4 - Review Ordering Photostories/Review Photoshop
Wednesday, April 22
Thursday, April 23 Field trip to Photography Exhibit
Friday, April 24
Saturday, April 25
Sunday, April 26
Monday, April 27
Tuesday, April 28
Wednesday, April 29
Thursday, April 30 Preparation of Final Photostories
Friday, May 1 Día del Trabajador (Madrid Campus closed)
Saturday, May 2 Día de la Comunidad (Madrid Campus closed)
Sunday, May 3
Monday, May 4
Tuesday, May 5 Presentation of Final Photostories
Wednesday, May 6 Last day of classes
Thursday-Wednesday, May 7-13
Final Exams
Thursday, May 14 Commencement Host family housing move-out date
Friday, May 15 Día de San Isidro (Madrid Campus closed)
Saturday, May 16
Sunday, May 17 Professors’ deadline to submit final grades
