This is an example of how your weekly evaluations might be structured and worded during the production of your Unit 04 work. I've written it up using an activity I did in the 1990's
What
happened ______________________________________________________
We converted
a B&W print to a pop art image using Letraset.
How do
you feel it went? ______________________________________________
I’m happy
with it, I tried quite hard and spent extra time after the lesson to ensure I
got a decent picture from that activity/session.
What
value was there to the activity _____________________________________
I’ve now got
another technique under my belt that I can potentially work with in future
assignments or use in my portfolio. Acquisition of new skills.
Analysis _____________________________________________________________
In terms of
what I’ve done that meets the requirements of the brief…I’ve used further materials
e.g. the use of Letraset to apply the dots and we used lithographic film to
copy the original image to increase the contrast. In terms of techniques
– I now know how to make a print into a pop art image like Roy Lichtenstein
using the Letraset dry transfer techniques and I’ve learned how to increase the
contrast by using Lith film and copying an image using the flat-copying technique.
Process I now know a process in which to apply the Benday dots to a
B&W prints using an analogue process and also know how to process Lith film
using Rodinal.
Improvement/development
– As with all of
these things the most obvious aspect is if I was to repeat the work/process
again and again I’m going to learn by trial and error and through practice.
Looking back at the images – a better understanding of light would be
beneficial at the start e.g. I could have shot the images in more contrasty
light working to limit the shadows. I could have also used a much slower film
at the studio stage and improved contrast that way too. My images also have no
real context or concept as they were just used as part of a practical exercise
in class, so there’s no real connection between the subject and the concept
behind Pop Art. If I were to develop the idea further I would need to tie
together the image content/subject and the use of the Pop-Art element so that both
aspects of the image worked together to convey meaning.
Action
Plan ________________________________________________________ (1). Continue to experiment with a
range of materials, techniques and processes in order that they might be
considered as techniques to use with my final composite images. (2).
Work smart and get all of the images I shoot in the sessions into my design
sheet that same night and annotate. (3). Complete the research into the current
photographer we’re supposed to be studying and ensure I comment on how they use
MTP’s to convey meaning/message/narrative.
