The student plans to create three final pieces exploring the theme of "chance and the media" using different photography techniques. The pieces will include a scanography image, Harris Shutter piece, and mixed-media photograph. They will use their iPhone camera app, scanner, mixed art materials, and Photoshop. The theme of "discovery" relates to findings in news and reality TV that are sometimes by chance. The pieces have no specific audience but may interest those familiar with news and media.

1. Planning
Location:
Home and college
Date/Time:
Time not specified at home
9-4:20 (Weds, Thurs and Fri at college)
1st Feb- 8th Feb 14
Equipment:
Harris Camera App, iPhone, mixed media materials such as crepe paper and pens
(provided by myself), Photoshop (at college), scanner (at college preferably).
Experiment:
For my final three products, (which include my scanography image, my Harris Shutter piece, as well as
my mixed-media photograph) I am going to use the theme of ‘chance and the media’ to base my work
on, which is a form of ‘discovery’ that surrounds us on a daily basis, as we hear on the news about the
latest ‘discoveries’ in the world, (which may not always be scientific ore medical) where some have
been found merely by chance. This could also apply to a Reality television show, where talent is
initially ‘discovered’. I think that it is a very broad category that will initially enable me to create three
final pieces that will suit and apply to the overall main theme of ‘discovery’ and it will allow me to
explore different aspects using my three chosen photography style effects, which include the Harris
Shutter App, scanography, as well as mixed media. I think that by using these photography
techniques, my work will turn out to be the best possible standard that I can issue it at, as they all link
to my theme perfectly and I think that they are effective camera techniques, which I enjoyed
experimenting with in the previous tasks.
There is no specific target audience for my three products, however, it would apply mostly to those
who follow the news, or have an established understanding of the media itself. I will use my own
equipment to create my final three products on the most part, as my mixed media piece will be
composed of different art materials that I will provide, such as crepe paper and felt tip pens. Secondly,
my scanography image will be either taken from my own scanner at home, or possibly one that I
would have to resource from college. Thirdly, I will take my Harris Shutter image using my iPhone, due
to the ‘Harris effect’ app being already installed onto the device already. Despite this, I am going to
use Photoshop as a way of editing and altering my final three images, as it will add a professional edge
onto the images and will enable me to add certain elements onto the images that could not be
obtained otherwise, which will make them more interesting in general.