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Demonstrate basic black and white photography procedures and
processes
Level
2
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate basic film
exposure, composition and processing; and demonstrate basic black and
white photographic printing procedures.
Subfield
Visual Arts
Domain
Practical Art
Status
Registered
Status date
25 March 2002
Date version published
14 December 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2010
Entry information
Open
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZQA Art (General Education)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0226
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special Notes
1
It is intended that performance outcomes identified in this unit standard are for
learners who wish to achieve competence in a range of basic black and white
photography skills and procedures.
2
This unit standard is intended to provide a useful foundation for Unit 9055, Produce
photographic drawings to generate ideas, and for the use of photography in art
achievement standards.
3
For the purposes of assessing this unit standard, evidence for assessment may be
selected from practical demonstrations, photographs, contact sheets, negatives,
workbooks, diagrams, practical tests. Work may include but is not limited to drawings, contact sheets, photographs, sketches, studies of photographers’ work,
notes, plans. Practical evidence for this unit standard must be demonstrated through
the exposure, processing and printing of at least two films.
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Definitions
procedure is used to mean the order and nature of steps taken in getting from the
beginning to the end of the problem, for example in making a contact sheet or set of
photographs;
process is used to mean the use of particular techniques with tools, technologies and
materials, for example using dodging and burning techniques to emphasise and
enhance tonal values.
5
A programme of study should take account of cultural practice and protocols.
6
Evidence presented for credit for this unit standard should not compromise the
requirements of the Copyright Act 1994, and/or intellectual or cultural ownership.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate basic film exposure, composition and processing.
Performance criteria
1.1
Exposures show use of correct metering, shutter speeds and appropriate depth
of field to ensure the best results for the light conditions.
1.2
Exposures show consideration for framing, basic compositional principles, and
viewpoint.
1.3
Film is processed using accurate photochemistry processes to achieve
negatives with a clear tonal range.
Element 2
Demonstrate basic black and white photographic printing procedures.
Performance criteria
2.1
Test strips and contact sheets show analysis of suitable exposure times for
printing.
2.2
Contact sheets evidence accurate photochemistry and correct exposure.
2.3
Contact sheets show all images exposed on the film.
2.4
Photographic material is filed for storage according to type.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
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Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The AMAP
also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the NZQA National Qualifications Services nqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish
to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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