Humanities Question

Art Creation & Reflection – Photography/Cinema

Assignment

Required Resources

READ/REVIEW THE FOLLOWING RESOURCES FOR THIS ACTIVITY:

Textbook: Chapter 11, 12

Lesson

• Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)
• Instructions
• This week you will use your readings from the past week as a point of departure to create your own artistic production and a reflection paper.

PART 1: ART CREATION
SELECT A PHOTOGRAPH OR FILM ART PIECE TO USE AS A POINT OF INSPIRATION. CREATE AN ART PIECE OF PHOTOGRAPHY OR CINEMATOGRAPHY INSPIRED BY YOUR SELECTED ART PIECE. VIDEOS SHOULD BE NO LONGER THAN 5 MINUTES AND MUST BE IN MP4 FORMAT.

Note: If your art creation requires a separate file submission, please submit in the Art Creation Submission (Recordings) area following this assignment.

Part 2: Reflection
Write a reflection about the relationship between your art production and the inspiration piece. Include the following in the reflection paper:

Introduction

Inspiration Piece

Include the inspiration photograph or cinematography within the document. Use a link in the case of cinematography.

Record the title, artist/director, year, and place of origin.

Briefly explain the background of the inspiration piece.

Your Art Piece

Include your original photograph within the document. If you selected cinematography, submit as a separate file in the Art Creation Submission (Recordings) area following this assignment.

Provide a title.

Explain the background of your piece.

Connection

• Explain the thematic connection between the two pieces.
• How are they similar and different?

Are they the same medium? How does the medium impact what the viewer experiences?

• For photography, how do the formal elements of design compare to one another?
• Original Artwork Requirements
• Methods: photo or video
• No computer-generated pieces

You are not graded on your skill as a photographer or cinematographer 

• Writing Requirements (APA format)

Length: 1.5-2 pages (not including title page, images, or references page)

• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font

Title page

• References page (minimum of 1 scholarly source)
• Grading
• This activity will be graded based on the W6 Art Creation & Reflection Rubric.
• Outcomes

CO 1: IDENTIFY THE CONTENT, FORMS, AND/OR TECHNIQUES OF WORK OF ART (E.G., ARCHITECTURE, FINE ART, LITERATURE, AND/OR DRAMA). 

CO 2: Analyze the content, forms, and/or techniques of a work of art (e.g., architecture, fine art, literature, and/or drama). 

• CO 3: Explain the historical/cultural/social context in which a work was created.
• CO 4: Classify works of art using different approaches (by discipline, genre, style, period, etc.) in order to contextualize the works and relate them to a variety of influences.
• CO 5: Create an original artistic composition as an expression of the human experience.