NJCCS USED: NJCCS : 1.1 (aesthetics) All students will use aesthetic knowledge in the creation of and in response to dance, music, theater, and visual art.
1.2 (Creation and Performance) All students will utilize those skills, media, methods, and technologies appropriate to each art form in the creation, performance, and presentation of dance, music, theater, and visual art.
1.3 (Elements and Principles)All students will demonstrate an understanding of the elements and principles of visual art.
1.4 (Critique)All students will develop, apply, and reflect upon knowledge of the process of critique.
1.5 (History/Culture)All students will understand and analyze the role, development, and continuing influence of the arts in relation to world cultures, history, and society.

DENNIS DALELIO

PHOTO 1 UNIT3: THE 35mm SLR CAMERA-manual control
Day: / OBJECTIVE(S): / ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS / PROCEDURES / ASSESSMENT
1 / To connect the SLR and all cameras to the basic pinhole camera.
To understand all aspects of the SLR camera.
To know who has used a 35mm camera and why it changed photography forever. / What can the SLR do?
How did the 35mm camera change photography?
How have the masters used the 35mm Camera to create art that has lasted? / 1. DOROTHEA LANGE
and her large format Graflix SLR.
2. Read Migrant mother story.
3. All cameras will be on the center of the table)
4.(Hand out ditto with all different types of cameras.)
5.Connect the pinhole basics to each of these cameras.
6. Explain the differences between the cameras.
7. WHY do we use the SLR? Discuss
8. Label and give notes on SLR parts / SLR exposure ditto
First negatives
SLR test next week
2 / Same as above / Same as above / 1. Write: HOW DOES THE SLR WORK? WHAT DOES A 35mm SLR PHOTOGRAPHER THINK ABOUT WHEN PHOTOGRAPHING?
2. Care of the SLR
3. Review Parts of the SLR(ditto given)
4. The Light meter and Exposure.
5. Focus review
6. Give me exposures for the light, the room, the dark corner…
7. Do exposure exercise.
8. How do you load film, focus, set film speed. / Same as above
3-4 / Same as above / What can the SLR do?
How did the 35mm camera change photography?
How have the masters used the 35mm Camera to create art that has lasted? / SLR exposure ditto
First negatives
SLR quiz and test (beginning of next unit)
5 / To make your first fully controlled and aware images using the SLR.
To make sure everyone understands the SLR usage basics / same / 1. SLR Parts Quiz
2. Whole class makes photos using the SLRs. Teams of 2 students per camera go out to make photographs- Get proper exposure and focus, experiment with composition . / “
6-8 / To continue practice with the SLR.
To concentrate on using the rule of thirds / 1. CRITIQUE in notebook the Robert Frank bus picture.
2. Show ROBERT FRANK and the 35mm images- Discuss his history and why his camera was important.
Show and discuss rule of thirds with Robert Frank images.
2. Split class in two.
3. Half learn to develop and half make rule of third images with SLR. / “