Guía Docente 2023-24 TÉCNICA FOTOGRÁFICA Y FOTOPERIODISMO |
BASIC DETAILS:
Subject: | TÉCNICA FOTOGRÁFICA Y FOTOPERIODISMO | ||
Id.: | 31944 | ||
Programme: | GRADUADO EN PERIODISMO. PLAN 2014 (BOE 15/10/2014) | ||
Module: | TECNOLOGÍA, DISEÑO Y CULTURA VISUAL | ||
Subject type: | OBLIGATORIA | ||
Year: | 4 | Teaching period: | Segundo Cuatrimestre |
Credits: | 6 | Total hours: | 150 |
Classroom activities: | 62 | Individual study: | 88 |
Main teaching language: | Inglés | Secondary teaching language: | Castellano |
Lecturer: | Email: |
PRESENTATION:
PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES ACQUIRED IN THE SUBJECT:
General programme competences | G01 | Ability to analyse and synthesise. |
G02 | Problem solving. | |
G03 | Ability to organise and plan. | |
G04 | Oral and written communication in the native language. | |
G05 | Use of Information Technologies. | |
G06 | Knowledge of a foreign language. | |
G07 | Teamwork. | |
G08 | Interpersonal skills. | |
G09 | Ethical commitment. | |
G11 | Ability to apply knowledge. | |
G12 | Ability to generate new ideas (creativity). | |
G13 | Ability to undertake research. | |
Specific programme competences | E03 | Capacity and ability to recover, organise, analyse and process information and communications for these to be disseminated, pursued or processed privately or collectively through different media and formats or in the creation of productions of one sort or another. |
E04 | Capacity and ability to seek, choose and prioritise any source or document (written, sound file, visual, etc.) of use in the creation and processing of information; likewise in the pursuit of effective communication or fictionalisation and entertainment. | |
E09 | Capacity and ability to use the information systems and resources and their interactive applications. | |
E11 | Ability to experiment and innovate through knowledge and use of techniques and methods applied to quality improvement and self-evaluation processes; likewise the skills to learn independently, adapt to change and use creativity to overcome the daily grind. | |
E12 | Ability to conceptualise, plan and execute information or communications projects, undertaken according to topic areas - applying journalistic styles and procedures. | |
E14 | Capacity and ability to design the formal and aesthetic features of written, graphic, audiovisual and digital media, as well as how to use IT techniques to present and broadcast facts and information through computer graphics systems.as informáticas para la representación y transmisión de hechos y datos mediante sistemas infográficos. | |
E20 | Ability to generate and disseminate the main media debates and events arising from the current situation, in accordance with communications strategies and interests of all sorts. | |
E25 | Ability to define research areas that may contribute to awareness, advances and debates on information and communication; likewise how to suitably present the results of research in spoken, written, audiovisual or digital forms. | |
Learning outcomes | R01 | Apply the technical, visual and conceptual resources necessary to communicate through high quality photographic images. |
R02 | Understand different visual codes when working with photographic styles governed by a reflection on the communicative power of photography in general and photojournalism in particular. | |
R03 | Understand the role of the photojournalist in the modern world. | |
R04 | Foresee the difficulties of photographic field work needed for investigative work in the profession so as to find solutions and come up with a quality visual and journalistic project. | |
R05 | Defend their photographic work using the terms in the subject, suitable order and specific development to successfully present professional work in the workplace. |
PRE-REQUISITES:
* Los alumnos pueden utilizar las cámaras SLR digitales que pertenecen a la Facultad. Los alumnos deberán solicitarlos en el Servicio Técnico Audiovisual (en la tercera planta del edificio de la Facultad de Comunicación). Para utilizar las cámaras el alumno deberá solicitar al profesor de este curso la firma de la autorización que podrá encontrar en el Servicio Técnico Audiovisual. El estudiante debe hacer esto al menos con 2 días de anticipación .
* Se aconseja a los alumnos que planifiquen con tiempo suficiente (nunca el mismo día de clase) cuando pidan prestado el equipo del Servicio Técnico Audiovisual.
SUBJECT PROGRAMME:
Subject contents:
1 - The Photojournalism profession |
1.1 - The Photojournalism profession. The importance of press photography. |
1.2 - Brief history of Photojournalism |
2 - Photography techniques |
2.1 - The photographic camera |
2.1.1 - Intro to DSLR camera |
2.1.2 - Understanding exposure and aperture |
2.1.3 - Lenses: types and uses |
3 - Field work |
3.1 - Covering the news |
3.1.1 - General news |
3.1.2 - Spot news |
3.1.3 - Features |
3.1.4 - portraits |
3.1.5 - Sports |
3.2 - Editing strategies and publication preparation |
3.2.1 - Caption writing |
3.2.2 - Digital editing |
4 - Seminar with professional photojournalists |
4.1 - Local photojournalism |
4.2 - Conflict photojournalism |
4.3 - photojournalists and their work |
5 - Ethics and Law in Photojournalism |
5.1 - Ethics |
5.2 - Law |
Subject planning could be modified due unforeseen circumstances (group performance, availability of resources, changes to academic calendar etc.) and should not, therefore, be considered to be definitive.
TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODOLOGIES AND ACTIVITIES:
Teaching and learning methodologies and activities applied:
Student work load:
Teaching mode | Teaching methods | Estimated hours |
Classroom activities | ||
Master classes | 12 | |
Other theory activities | 6 | |
Coursework presentations | 6 | |
Films, videos, documentaries etc. | 8 | |
Workshops | 4 | |
Other practical activities | 2 | |
Assessment activities | 2 | |
Extra-curricular activities (visits, conferences, etc.) | 2 | |
Trabajo sobre los reportajes obligatorios | 20 | |
Individual study | ||
Tutorials | 2 | |
Individual study | 24 | |
Project work | 25 | |
Research work | 8 | |
Compulsory reading | 10 | |
Portfolio | 15 | |
Extra-curricular activities (visits, conferences, etc.) | 2 | |
Other individual study activities | 2 | |
Total hours: | 150 |
ASSESSMENT SCHEME:
Calculation of final mark:
Written tests: | 30 | % |
Individual coursework: | 30 | % |
Final photo portfolio: | 40 | % |
TOTAL | 100 | % |
*Las observaciones específicas sobre el sistema de evaluación serán comunicadas por escrito a los alumnos al inicio de la materia.
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND DOCUMENTATION:
Basic bibliography:
KOBRE, Kenneth. Photojournalism: The Professionals Approach. Burlington: Focal Press, 2008. |
CAPUTO, Robert. People and portraits: secrets to making great pictures. Washington, D.C: National Geographic Society, 2002. |
HORTON, Brian. Associated Press guide to photojournalism. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. |
LONDON, Barbara; STONE, Jim; UPTON, John. Photography. New Jersey: Pearson, 2013. |
HORENSTEIN, Henry. Digital Photography: A Basic Manual. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2011 |
ROBERTS, Stephanie. Lens on life : documenting your world through photography. Waltham, MA: FocalPress, 2012 |
LIGHT, Ken.Witness in our time : working lives of documentary photographers. Washington: Smithsonian Books, 2010. |
IRALA, Pilar (2019). El síndrome de Barthes. La construcción retórica de la imagen fotográfica. Madrid: Editorial Fragua. |
PARRISH, Fred. Photojournalism: An Introduction. Belmont. Wadsworth, 2002. |
HORENSTEIN, Henry. Digital Photography: A Basic Manual. New York: Little, 2011. |
Recommended bibliography:
LEIBOVITZ, Annie. At work. New York: Random House New York, 2008. |
BAEZA, Pepe. Por una función crítica de la fotografía. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 2001. |
KEENE, Martín. Práctica de la fotografía de prensa. Una guía para profesionales. Barcelona: Paidós Comunicación, 1995 |
LANGFORD, Michael. La fotografía paso a paso. Madrid: Hermann Blume Ediciones, 1999. |
SOUSA, Jorge Pedro. Historia crítica del fotoperiodismo occidental. Sevilla: Comunicación Social, ediciones y publicaciones, 2003. |
PETERSON, Bryan. Learning to see creatively. New York. AMPHOTO BOOKS, 2003. |
PETERSON, Bryan. Photography and the Art of Seeing. Toronto. Key Porter, 2004. |
JEFFREY, Ian. Cómo leer la fotografía: entender y disfrutar los grandes fotógrafos, de Stieglitz a Doisneau. Barcelona: Random House Mondadori, 2009. |
FREUND, Gisele. La fotografía como documento social. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 1993. |
HOPE, Terry. Fotoperiodismo. Cómo conferir un estilo a su creatividad fotográfica. Barcelona: OMEGA,2002. |
ALONSO ERASQUIN, Manuel. Fotoperiodismo: formas y códigos. Madrid: Editorial Síntesis, 1995. |
SORIANO, Tino.Ayúdame a mirar. La biblia del reportaje gráfico. ANAYA, 2019. |
Recommended websites:
Musarium | www.musarium.com |
PHOTOESPAÑA | www.phedigital.com |
Magnum | www.magnumphotos.com |
Pulitzer Awards | www.pulitzer.org |
World Press Photo | www.worldpressphoto.org |
Vidas minadas (Gervasio Sánchez) | www.vidasminadas.com/entrada.htm |
National Press Photographers Association | www.nppa.org |
**Weekly review: Lens. Photography, video and visual journalism (The New York Times) | http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/ |
Caborian | http://www.caborian.com/ |
****Review every 2-3 days: The Big Picture | http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ |
British Journal of Photography | http://www.bjp-online.com/ |
Foto8 (The home of Photojournalism) | http://www.foto8.com/live/ |
The International Center of Photography (ICP) | http://www.icp.org/ |
**PhotoLit - data bank on photographic literature | http://www.photolit.de/ |
Exposure: to create photo stories | https://exposure.co/ |
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