Pallas University of Applied Sciences
Pallas University of Applied Sciences
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Curriculum subjectElements of Photographic Expression. Composition in Photography
| Subject |
| Subject code |
FE.40.04 |
| Subject name |
Elements of Photographic Expression. Composition in Photography |
| Credit points |
3 ECTS |
| Grading method |
Distinctive |
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| Curriculum subject |
| Curriculum |
2015 2271 |
| Study year |
1 |
| Semester |
Spring semester |
| Subject type |
Mandatory |
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| General description |
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• photographic composition as a means to bind different expressive elements and create meaning;
• the main concepts of photographic composition (abstract-concrete, real-unreal, symmetric-asymmetric, balanced-unbalanced, dynamic-static) and their use;
• connecting composition and photo-technical elements of expression/photo-technical possibilities
• connecting the emotional and the social as general expressive modes to the end result/photograph
• solving practical tasks by combining compositional elements and previously studied elements of expression;
• the social and aesthetic dimensions of communication
• critical assessment and analysis of the work
• seminars |
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| Study outcome |
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On successful completion of this course the students should be able to:
• understand the specificity and the rules of composition in photography and can use this in the process of creating meaning;
• use the methods of photo composition to achieve expressive results;
• perceive different approaches to achieve a compositionally holistic end result;
• construct a well composed photographic space;
• reach an end result where the author, the photograph and the viewer are all part of a comprehensible communicative whole;
• critically assess the conditional-meaningful, compositionally expressed photographic space. |
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| Current rounds |
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| Elements of Photographic Expression. Composition in Photography F-19 |
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