Arts Media Enterprise
CROSS COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT BRIEF –PART 1
COURSE
BTEC Level 3 Photography
AWB QUALICATION TITLE
BTEC Level 3 90 Credit Diploma in Art and Design, Photography
UNIT - NAME & NO
Unit 2; Materials, Techniques and Processes in
Art and Design
LEVEL
3
Unit 23; Photographic Media Techniques and
Technology
ASSIGNMENT TITLE
Project 3 – Hidden Being
LECTURER/ASSESSOR
Andrew Wiskowski
ISSUE DATE
07 December 2015
FINAL SUBMISSION DATE
Student declaration
14 March 2016 (check task deadlines for internal due dates)
I declare that this assignment is all my own work and the sources of information and material I have used (including
the internet) have been fully identified and properly acknowledged as required.
I understand that plagiarism of any kind will not be tolerated, and may result in grades being revoked and that I
may be subject to disciplinary action
STUDENT NAME
SIGNATURE
ASSESSMENT DETAILS & GRADING CRITERIA
(NB: Tasks, criteria & evidence should be aimed to give the learner the maximum grade available within their qualification
(i.e. A, Pass, Distinction)
VOCATIONAL CONTEXT/SCENARIO FOR ASSIGNMENT (See specification guidance)
What does it mean to be small?
What does being “hidden” mean?
Is there a world on the super-small scale that we can’t even see?
What would it be like to be able to enter that world and actually see what is there?
These questions dominate our next project which considers HIDDEN BEING – things that are hidden from normal
view simply because they cannot be seen (or seen well) with the naked eye. Macrophotography is a huge area
within photographic work that is often overlooked; however, if we learn this process and technique of photo
capture you can begin to explore deep issues of the hidden and small world. Some of the things you might learn
from that world, in turn, you will find to be very important and influential to the human scale world or the
extremely big world (the cosmic world). Grains of sand and galaxies, for instance, mirror each other’s shape; the
cells of the nervous system become like the electrical grid for a city; the internet and the mind, if we imagine their
shapes, seem to be similar.
Through this project you will work as a scientist. You will explore the limits of optics in lenses and learn how to
manipulate them to explore this deep, hidden world. You will also be exploring the application of macro (and
sometimes it is called micro) photography in biology and medicine. Your work will undoubtedly also become
what we tend to call “art”.
The exhibitions we will attend push you to consider the limits of seeing, what you don’t see, and the feelings that
emerge as you explore the unseen and unseeable.
SUBMISSION NOTES:
Task 11
1. Table of lighting points TURNITIN
2. Production process chart TURNITIN
Task 12
1. Template safety tick list TURNITIN
2. 3 completed safety tick lists HARDCOPY
3. Contact sheets TURNITIN
Task 13
1. Contact Sheet TURNITIN
2. Podcast EMAIL
Task 14
1. Macrophotography Gallery WEEBLY
2. 200 word evaluation TURNITIN
TASK – Please provide listed details of the
exact requirements of the task – The bullet
number here should inform the ref no below
GRADING CRITERIA –
Please detail exact
criteria as found in the
Specification
EVIDENCE - Please detail the format
evidence to be provided in
TASK 11
You must begin to understand and be
comfortable manipulating light in your
photographs. You will be taught in a
studio the different elements of light, the
different lighting points, and be taught the
production process for studio work. To
achieve you must:
1. Create a table of the different
lighting point set-ups
2. Capture example images of lighting
points that you will add to the table
3. Annotate the table entries
describing, detailing and evaluating
the use of each set-up
4. Make a chart on the production
process for photography – including
the ideas, planning, experiments,
capture, edit, and evaluation and
submission stages
Unit 2, GC 3
P (no M or D in spec)
Task 11
 Prepare a lighting points table
 Produce example images (at
least 1 per set-up) of different
lighting points for the table
 Annotate the different lighting
points table with descriptions,
detail, evaluation of use
 Create a production process
chart for photographing in
studio
Due 14 December 2015
TASK 12
You will be exploring macrophotography
and the related equipment needed. You
must show that you understand how to
conduct yourself and use the equipment
and materials for photography safely in the
studio. You will need to produce a few
different materials in order to demonstrate
achievement:
1. Generate a safety tick list to follow
during all experimental work
2. Conduct 3 out of 5 macro
experiments in class, completing a
safety tick list for each one
3. Produce 3 out 5 contact sheets for
your macro experiments
Unit 23, GC 2
PMD
Due 15 December 2015
TASK 13
You will need to conduct your own planned
macro shoot and generate intended
outcomes. You will also need to show that
you understand the different methods used
for capturing macro work. In order to
achieve you must:
1. Produce plans for a macro shoot
with a planned intention and clear
expectations of outcomes for a DoF
stacked image
TASK 12
 Produce an accompanying
safety crib sheet/tick list
 Explore macro studio work 3
times, filling your tick list for
each experiment
 contact sheets (3) to
accompany each
Unit 2, GC 2
PM (no D in spec)
TASK 13
 Contact sheet of planned
stacked macro intentions
 Photoshop 5+ outcomes to
high standard
 Produce 1 stacked image out
of those 5+
 Produce a 2 minute podcast
on macro techniques and
processes
Due 18 January 2016
2. Conduct your macro shoot and
capture a variety of potential
images to use.
3. Produce a contact sheet of your
planned macro work
4. Use photoshop to enhance 5 of your
intended outcomes as final
outcomes
5. Produce a 2 minute podcast that
explains what macro is, how it is
captured, and what
techniques/equipment are needed
in order to achieve it.
TASK 14
You must show that you understand your
processes, materials, and equipment used
in the macro work. You will do this mainly
through annotating your work and
evaluation. You should place your 5 finest
images (one of which is the stacked image)
on a gallery on your website titled
MACROPHOTOGRAPHY. In order to
achieve you must:
1. Create 5 annotation captions for
your 5 final outcomes – each should
be about 30-50 words long and
explain composition and capture
methods: focal length, depth of
field, equipment etc..
2. Write an evaluation of all of your
macro work, particularly focusing on
the processes (200 words)
3. Present your outcomes to the cohort
in a live presentation
Unit 23, GC 4
PMD
TASK 14
 Macrophotography gallery
 5 annotations captions for 5
macro images
 Written evaluation 200 words
on macro photography and
processes
 Present macro outcomes
Due 25 January 2016
NB: Please note when marking learners feedback all assessors should indicate on the work where grading criteria
has been met by indicating the grading criteria on the sheet.
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Unit 2 Grading criteria
Unit 23 Grading Criteria