MASTER FIRST AND SECOND LIVEL

First module

1-General introduction
Short History of photography

2-Light and film
composition and characteristics
film speed
grain dimension
to choose the film
spectrum and wavelength
lighting phenomena

3- Laboratory
exercise on light sensible materials
practical exercises about lighting

4-Photographic lens
lens functions
lens characteristics
focal length
f-stops and diaphragms
depth

5-Shutter
central shutter (different kind of shutters)
exposure time

6-Shot/exposure
portrait in studio

7-Examinations of students works
introduction to the picture composition

8-Picture composition
Psychology elements of visual perception
Composition: to choose the subject, the complements, the point of view, of the horizon line;
the tones in relationship with the shapes

9-The light
artificial light

10-Picture analysis
meeting with different authors

11-Photographic systems
Different cameras and their specific use.

12- Shot
Reportage

13-Shot
Vogue in studio

14-Examinations and analysis of students works

Second module

1-Colour
theory and technique (outdoor shot)

2-Silhouette
theory and technique (shot)

3-Movement
theory and technique (shot)

4-Portrait
theory and technique (shot)

5-Analysis and critic of students works

6-Reportage
theory and technique (shot)

7-Nude
theory and technique (shot)

8-Arquitecture
theory and technique (shot)

9-Sill Life
theory and technique (shot)

10- Analysis and critic of students works




Third Module

1- Photography languagge
social history of photography

2-Lens and accessories
hyperfocal
f-stop and shutter speed
Photografic accessories and their use; maintenance.

3- Different kinds of films (black and white, colour,reversal)
Film characteristics and compositions
Film sensibility
Grain dimension
Negative contrast
Resolving power
Acutance
Film reaction to exposure and development
Colour theory
Colour film reactions
To choose the film
Different kinds of filters: characteristics and specififcs

4-Film exposure: advanced phase
light meter, light measurement
18% Grey (kodak paper and grey card)
Defaults with reflex light measurement
Zone system
Physic theories about light studies
Sensinometry, characteristic curve, use modality
Film density and print tones
Print tones and light meter
To use a referement tone different from 18% grey
Print tones and light meter use
Lights typology and the different effects
Low reflection power subjects
high reflection power subjects
film pre-exposure

5-Light schemes
full light
sidelight
rembrant light
butterfly light
bounce light
diffused light
silhouette
back light
flash light
mixed light

6-Visual: the art of watching a picture
Psychological elements of visual perception and the perceptive hierarchy
Composition (second part): to choose a subject, to choose complements, to choose the point of view, the horizon line, the relationship between far and closer, the tones and the shapes.

7-Photographic language
essential points to analyse a figurative picture.
Communication: signs, minimal units of communication
Short notices about semiology

8-Big format
optic bench
professional lens for the big format
distances
motions in camera: direct and indirect shifts, tilt and swing

9-Exercizes
test:sensitometer
test:zhone system
photosequences
exercizes with optical bench
analyse and critics about students works

10-Shooting
portrait shooting
nude shooting
still-life shooting
dance shooting
mixed light shooting
out door shooting
out door porttrait shooting
nighty shooting
reportage in different towns

Fourth Module

1-Dark room
enlarger,tank and other instruments

2-Film development
chimical development, components and characteristics
development method
time-temperature
stop-bath
fixer
chimical agents
valutation of negative
3-Print
print instruments and their uses
photographic papers: characteristics and typologies
contrast shades
variable contrast paper
chimical products to printing: developer, fixing bath, fixer, bathing agents.
To make a contact sheet
Analyse of a valutation contact sheet
Working print
Dodging and burning-in areas
Selected tones
Print
Toning

Fifth module

1-Digitale immage
Short history of digitale immage and informatic
The digitale immage
Practical difference between analogic and digitale photography
Digitale glossary

2-The shooting
Digital cameras (analogies and differences)
The sernsor
The converter
Memory support
Digitale and chemical (analogies and differences)

3-Scanner
general scanner
plane scanner
transparent plane

4-Computer
the computer
the immage passage from scanner to pc/mac
monitor

5-Printer
printers
papers
inks
digital slides

6-Saving process
saving process methods
digital extension files.

7-Softwares
Photoshop
Elaborations and creative solutions
To apply light effects
Cuttying and splicing
To apply artistic filters
To modify  prospectives
To modify coloured picture into black and withe picture
Editing a text in a picture
Colour deepness improvement
To add shadows
To create a panoramic picture
To modify errors
Red eyes
Old photographies
To modify out of focus errors
To add sky in a picture
To improve sharpness
To delete reflexes
Composition
To straighten pictures
To correct exposure

Length of course: 400 hours

Frequency: five days a week
(four teaching hours, one hour of integration module)

Length of single lesson: four hours