UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN Visual Communication
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Paper IV - Basic Photography

Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Unit I

Human Eye and Camera. Basics of Camera (aperture, shutter speed, focal length, f-stop, depth of field etc.,) Camera operations. Types of Camera. Types of Lenses. Visual Perception.

Experiencing equipment - different types of cimeras, lenses, filters, bellows, converters etc.,

Unit II

Understanding lighting-indoor and outdoor, Exposing and Focusing, Types of lighting, Natural and Artificial Lights, Controlling lights, Exposure Meters, Differential focus, Filters, Flashes. Designing with light.

Unit III

Types of Film-Sensitivity, Temperature, Speed etc., Reversal Films. Manipulation of Colour and Light. Black and white and Colour photography-negatives, colour materials, processing and printing.

Unit IV

Basic Requirements, Equtpments. Developing Process. Control Factors- Fixing, Washing, Drying. Negative (ideal, identifying faults). Printing (paper, chemicals, Enlarger) etc. Special effects techniques-motion pictures etc., manipulation of image, framing & trimming.

Unit V

Some basic Principles. Aesthetics. Basics of photo-journalism, Photo-features, Photo - essays, Writing captions, Visual story telling. Photography for advertising-Consumer and industrial. Planning a shoot-studio, location, set props and casting.