Chas Bedford's OCA learning blog (BA Photography 2 • Landscape, Place and Environment)
Part of the digital assessment process is to produce a six minute reflective presentation. Mine takes the form of a video, uploaded to my Google Drive and to YouTube. https://youtu.be/gXo2miv1D_0 I had bought Adobe Premiere Elements some years ago, on a whim, and used it about once a year - having to relearn from scratch... Continue Reading →
LO5 demonstrate increasing autonomy and a developing personal voice, and exercise your communication skills confidently and interact effectively within a learning group LO5 Your learning log will likely demonstrate your developing personal voice and engagement with your learning community - this could be amongst the OCA student body through forum activity, group work sessions, study... Continue Reading →
LO4 manage learning resources, conduct self-directed contextual and visual research, and be able to appraise your progress with increasing confidence LO4 The Critical Review (2,000 word essay) in part 4 will evidence the main focal point for evidencing your awareness of the wider social and cultural contexts will likely help to show your ability to... Continue Reading →
LO3 explore and realise a range of ideas and creative starting points, and exercise judgement in the production of visual material LO3 Your range of ideas and creative starting points is likely best evidenced in your learning log entries: demonstrating initial ideas, test-shoots, edits and final workings out. These could be accompanied by some evidence... Continue Reading →
LO2 demonstrate an awareness of the wider social and cultural contexts that surround the representation of place, and be able to discuss relevant ethical perspectives in relation to your own practice LO2 It is likely that your learning log entries will evidence your emerging awareness of the wider social and cultural contexts that surround the... Continue Reading →
LO1 demonstrate detailed knowledge of visual and conceptual strategies in landscape photography, the representation of place and be able to explore your own critical photographic projects. LO1 To evidence this part you could select learning log entries and examples of assignment work that show your knowledge of visual and conceptual strategies in landscape photography and... Continue Reading →
The major part of Sonic Boom! is the collaborative project, a short soundtrack-led video piece, referencing our team name (in our case, experimental artist and performer Laurie Anderson) in some way. All of the teams are cross-discipline – ours comprised three visual artists, Hannah526911 (Drawing), Sonia510727 (Painting) and me, a musician Fionagh504701 and a writer... Continue Reading →
With a couple of hundred images from each of my graffiti locations, it is time to do some editing. My workflow for this was entirely on-screen. I know others prefer to make proof prints and manipulate them physically; sometimes I do the same, but on-screen seemed appropriate for this exercise. My process involves Adobe Bridge,... Continue Reading →
The physical manifestation of assignment 5 will be a set of three 16-page zines (one for each of my principal sites) in a slipcase. Of course, with digital-only assessment, they will never be seen and handled by the assessors, but I will get some satisfaction and I can always include an ‘unboxing’ video in the... Continue Reading →
‘Sonic Boom!’ is another two-part workshop in the ‘Keeping up Momentum’ series organised by OCA level 3 student helen416376. Part 1 was held by Zoom conference on 3 July part 2 will be on the 24th, both parts led by OCA tutor and leader of the Music pathway, Carla Rees. This is a cross-disciplinary, cross-level... Continue Reading →
Landscape Lines 