Lesson Plans

WEEK 1: Thursday, July 11, 2013

Lecture: Introduction to the class and to each other.
Lab: 1. Watch HBO's documentary Witness: Juarez on photojournalist Eros Hoagland.
        2. Answer questionnaire.

WEEK 2: Thursday, July 18, 2013

Lecture: Los Angeles City Hall North Hollywood
Lab: Figure out potential shooting subjects for next week's field trip to LA City Hall. North Hollywood shoot next week.

WEEK 3: Thursday, July 26, 2013

FIELD TRIP TO L.A. CITY HALL IN DOWNTOWN L.A.

Lecture/Lab: Shoot North Hollywood assignment

WEEK 4: Thursday, August 2, 2013

Lecture: Sports Action / Sports Feature and Nature
Lab: 1. Look over everyone's images from the Noho City Hall shoot.
        2. Discuss/workshop possible subject matter for Sports / Nature assignment.

WEEK 5: Thursday, August 9, 2013

Lecture: Observed Portraits and Staged Portraits Nature (download pdf)

Photographers we looked at: Henry William Jackson, Ansel Adams, Eliot Porter, Galen Rowell, David Muench, and Robert Glenn Ketchum.

Lab: 1. Look over everyone's images from Sports / Nature assignment
        2. Discuss / workshop possible subject matter for Observed Portraits / Staged Portraits Nature shooting  assignment.

WEEK 6: Thursday, August 16, 2013

FIELD TRIP #2 - TBA
Lecture: Observed Portraits aka Environmental Portraits  and Staged Portraits

Photographers to be inspired by: Gideon Mendel , David Chancellor , Lauren Greenfield , our very own Mark Edward Harris (!) , Thomas Struth, Diane Arbus

Lab: 1. Look over everyone's images from the Nature assignment
        2. Discuss / workshop possible subject matter for Environmental Portraits / Staged Portraits
shooting assignment.

WEEK 7: Thursday, August 23, 2013

Lecture: GUIDELINES FOR FINAL PROJECTS INTRODUCED - Multimedia photojournalism projects.
Lab: 1. Quick and dirty 'how to' shoot video and record audio.
        2. Workshop ideas for final multimedia projects.
        3. Create timelines for project completion.

WEEK 8: Thursday, August 30, 2013

Lecture/Lab: Quick and dirty video/image/audio editing

WEEK 9: Thursday, September 6, 2013

NO CLASS AT SCHOOL. Students work independently (or in their groups) in the field on their final multimedia projects.

WEEK 10: Thursday, September 13, 2013

Lecture/Lab: In class preparation and brush up of final multimedia projects.

WEEK 11: Thursday, September 20, 2013 1pm sharp!!

FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS.