ADV4625 Advertising PhotographyBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs FILM AND TELEVISIONGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
FILM AND TELEVISION
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
ADV4625 Advertising Photography Spring 3 0 3 5
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Prof. Dr. HASAN KEMAL SUHER
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: Students will engage in a technical study of photographic illustration in a studio setting. Photo illustration is based on a language whose vocabulary consists of sets, still lives and models; a grammar of cameras, films and lighting systems; and a photographer who creates totally controlled images directed toward fine art, editorial and commercial application.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Understand advertising photography within its historical practices
II. Identify various applications in the genre
III. Gain ability to practice advertising photography in studio and on location
IV. Show dexterity in the use of practical issues of Advertising Photography
V. Demonstrate ability to operate post-production softwares related to advertising purposes.

Course Content

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Understanding the advertising characteristics of advertising photography, location, tools and techniques.
2) CRITICS OF THE STUDENT WORK
3) Rules of studio photography. Tools used in advertising photography. Creating a mood through lighting.
4) CRITICS OF THE STUDENT WORK
5) Composition Rules I
6) CRITICS OF THE STUDENT WORK
7) Composition rules II. point of view and shooting plans. Creating a classic campaign.
8) Mid-term presentations
9) Guest Photographer
12) CRITICS OF THE STUDENT WORK
13) CRITICS OF THE STUDENT WORK
14) Final Study

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Marshall, Hugh (1989) Art-directing photography. Oxford : Phaidon.

Salomon, Allyn (1982) Advertising photography. New York: American Photographic Book Pub.

Creative options (1996) New York:American Showcase.

www.ilford.com

www.sinar.com

www.ar-studio.com/Portfolios/

www.jimappleton.com/Ads-01.htm

www.ericmeola.com

www.the-lightbox.com/Marketing/

www.grafixoncall.com/Photography.html

www.studiohl.gr/

meta4sapporo.com/english/top.html

www.bga-photo.co.uk/index2.html

www.photographe-de-mode.com/photos-de-mode-couleur.html

www.5thfloorstudios.com/commercial.html

www.mira.com

www.picturesque.com

freestockphotos.com

www.photosource.com
References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments 1 % 20
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 50
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 14 5 70
Homework Assignments 1 7 7
Midterms 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
Total Workload 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society 4
2) Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art 3
3) Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area 1
4) Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey 1
5) Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product 2
6) Being able to write a script ready to be shot 2
7) Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment
8) Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations
9) Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages
10) Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage
11) Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white 3
12) Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility 5