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enable students to understand and appreciate artistic expression and study the impact of multimedia on our society from a social and economic viewpoints. Students will reflect, discuss, evaluate, and write with discrimination about the media and careers studied. Art history, graphic design, and higher level graphical concepts will be studied and applied. This course offers intensive hands on production through project based assignments and strives to nurture individual talents and skills. Students will meet Visual Art, Common Core State Writing Standards, and Art, Media, and Entertainment standards while encouraging students to become creative and thoughtful
practitioners in the world of computer media.
SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES AGOURA ONLY CLASS MATERIALS COST $100
Class Materials costs are used for many areas of photography. It is very expensive to operate a photography lab/class. The $100 material cost used for printer ink, photographic paper, darkroom chemicals and film, seamless for the studio, studio light bulbs, brushes, mount board, dry mount tissue, spotone, blades, and miscellaneous lab needs. All of these items are needed in order to produce student results that allow the student to perform as a photographer. Students would need to provide their own flash stick.
Note: Computers access outside of school is strongly advised so the students can work on their projects at home as well as school. Our school library and the public library have the same computers used at Agoura. Please see http://www.ahsphoto.com for additional information on cameras, equipment, course descriptions, additional supplies and class work/examples.
PATHWAY: PHOTOGRAPHIC LABORATORY AND DARKROOM (INTRODUCTORY)
COURSE: PHOTOGRAPHY I COURSE CODE: BPA1 PREREQUISITE: None AGOURA ONLY
YEAR COURSE: 10 CREDITS GRADES: 9, 10, 11, 12 UC/CSU: Subject F
Class Materials Cost: $120
SUPPLY LIST: Students MUST HAVE a digital camera. The camera needs manual operations as well as automatic. It is strongly preferred that this camera is a single lens reflex digital camera. (Please see http://www.ahsphoto.com for additional information on cameras.) Although basic point & shoot cameras are discouraged, the Photo I student may use this type camera for their basic photography training. Basic computer skills are important & helpful, but not required. This course will give the student a strong foundation in the area of photography. Students are introduced to Digital Photography and Adobe Photoshop as their primary tool. Students will explore the photographic process as a means of creative visual communication. The course will incorporate art elements as well as digital processes of photography. Students will learn camera skills, digital computer manipulations, exploring many areas of this discipline, which may include any of the following: depth of field, night photography, special effects, studio portraiture, portraiture, and studio illustration. Reading, writing, & research in the field of photography will also be included. The class requires weekly homework & daily class participation.
PATHWAY: PHOTOGRAPHIC LABORATORY AND DARKROOM (CONCENTRATOR)
COURSE: PHOTOGRAPHY II
COURSE CODE: BPP2
PREREQUISITE: Photo I and Teacher Approval
AGOURA ONLY Class Materials Cost: $100
YEAR COURSE: 10 CREDITS GRADES: 9, 10, 11, 12
UC/CSU: Subject F