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Photography and Design
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:52
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_181 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Communication Sciences | Target Audience: | Information and Communication Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Alnis Stakle | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | None. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide students with theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the use of photography in design and the role of design in the use of photography media in advertising, art, media. To create in students understanding and captivating knowledge of interactions between photography and design, related social, technological, economic and other aspects, when constructing messages in the internet, digital and printed media. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Design and photography. Introduction. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Design and photography. History/evolution/link. | Lectures | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Photography and advertising. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Presentation and discussion, analysis of previously prepared design/photo projects, planning of a personal project (individual and group work). | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Photography and illustration (web, magazines, newspapers), book design. Design elements in photo projects, their presentation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Photography in design management. Three design methods in work with photography. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Creation and clarification of a personal project “layout” (individual and group work). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Design and photography. Introduction. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Design and photography. History/evolution/link. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Photography and advertising. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Presentation and discussion, analysis of previously prepared design/photo projects, planning of a personal project (individual and group work). | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Photography and illustration (web, magazines, newspapers), book design. Design elements in photo projects, their presentation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Photography in design management. Three design methods in work with photography. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Creation and clarification of a personal project “layout” (individual and group work). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | To approbate the knowledge provided during lectures and seminars by creating different short-term projects in student groups during workshops/seminars, and as a final work to independently implement own design-photo project in a professional way certifying own understanding of contemporary trends in the field of design. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • Participation in lectures. • Participation and activity in seminars. • Creative project – design-photo project, its compliance with the course content, performance conditions and quality criteria. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | To recognise, know, compare different types of design, the link between design and photography over time. To define, discuss, analyse design tasks in the process of creating, presenting photo projects, as well as on the meaning of photography in design management, advertising, graphic design, illustration. To know, justify the use of photography and design when constructing messages in the internet, digital and printed media, personal projects. To recognise, explain, compare design techniques in displaying photo projects. To know, compare, use, justify design methods using photography and creating projects and messages in printed and digital media. | ||||||||
| Skills: | To independently devise, plan and implement a design-photography project. To collect, select, understand and present information on interactions between design and photography, existing design methods in the use of photography in design. To create messages/independent projects using photography and design techniques in accordance with labour market requirements, needs and quality. To create new techniques in the use of design and photography by developing projects and messages in printed and digital media. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | To evaluate design analogues using information for the creation of photo-design works. Responsibility for the quality of information collected and provided, value and compliance of sources of information, as well as against its eventual effects. Critical attitude to content and form of the methods used in design. Self-critical attitude to the value and compliance with the needs of users of the information included in design projects. Responsible, knowledge-based use of technologies and methods in the process of creation of projects. Ability to autonomously and responsibly produce design and photography projects (photo books, websites). | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | David. B.Berman, Do good design. How Designers Can Change the World, New Riders, Berkley, California, 2009 | ||||||||
| 2 | Volijs Olinss, Par zīmolu, Neputns, 2003 | ||||||||
| 3 | Paul Harris & Gavin Ambrose, The Fundamentals of Graphic Design, AVA Publishing, United Kingdom, 2009 | ||||||||
| 4 | Timothy Samara, Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop, Rockport Publishers, New York, 2005 | ||||||||
| 5 | Victor Burgin, The Camera: Essence and Apparatus, MACK, 2018 | ||||||||
| 6 | Paul McNeil, The Visual History of Type,Laurence King Publishing, 2017 | ||||||||
| 7 | Henrik Kubel & Scott Williams, Type: New Perspectives in Typography, Laurence King Publishing, 2015 | ||||||||
| 8 | Caroline Roberts, Graphic Design Visionaries, Laurence King Publishing, 2015 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Jon Krasner (2008), Motion Graphic Design: Applied History and Aesthetics, 2nd Edition, Focal Press, | ||||||||
| 2 | Steven Heller (2004), Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design, Allworth Press, New York | ||||||||
| 3 | Bryony Gomez-Palacio & Armin Vit (2011), Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design, Rockport Publishers, New York | ||||||||
| 4 | Michael Beirut, William Drenttel, Steven Heller (2007), Looking Closer 5: Critical Writings on Graphic Design (Bk. 5), Allworth Press, United Kingdom | ||||||||
| 5 | Robin Landa (2010), Graphic Design Solutions, Wadsworth Publishing, United Kingdom practical skills in and knowledge of photographic processes and equipment and the safe handling of people and equipment in photographic environments such as studios and location settings; | ||||||||
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