Edward Muybridge Photo Assignment

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Ms. San Agustin

After seeing examples of Muybridge's photo

series; select a subject in which you can
document a change.
Suggestions include but are not limited to; a
piece of food consumed, a balloon deflating,
ice cream melting, something in motion,
sunlight moving across a room.
Procedures:
1. Sketch and plan the changes you intend to document, these sketches will act as your
storyboard. Plan carefully.

D1

D2

D3

D4

D5

2. Take images with your camera. You are only required to submit 5 finished photos in
your sequence. However, you will probably take 15 or more photos to complete the
series. Save all of these photos, they will be required when you submit your work,
and assessed as part of your process.
3. Focus on the composition of your photographs, this will take planning and patience,
be sure to leave yourself enough time to work on getting things the way you want to
have them.
4. After you have your photos taken, you will need to enlarge the five images in the
darkroom. Scan the images and save the files.
5. Using your copied files you may start cropping and adjusting your photos to suit your
needs. Adjustment to be made include: size, cropping, adjustment to colour,
channels, saturation, highlights and shadows.
6. Once all the changes have been made, you will put your photos together as an
animated GIF.
7. See powerpoint on Edmodo for instructions on how to make the GIF.
8. Answer Reflection Questions:
Reflection Questions:
a) What was the most challenging part of this assignment for you? Why?
b) Did you successfully document a change or evolution?
c) How did you do this, or why do you think you did not succeed at this?
d) Do you think that the black and white aspect of the images, added or detracted from
the effectiveness of the assignment? Explain.

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RUBRIC

Edward Muybridge Photo Assignment

R
>50

Assignment
Specifications
(T)
/15

Composition
(A)
/10

Level 1
50-59%

Questions were
Questions were answered
unanswered, only one was in a vague manner
answered properly
Student sketch is limited
Student sketch has some
and ineffective towards the effectiveness towards the
assignment
assignment
Images are poor and are
barely suitable in quality
and composition. Images
are unclear and difficult to
understand.
Topic for the photo is
missing, images are
incomplete

Image Quality
(A)
/20

Concept
(C)
/15

Level 2
60-69%

The images are shot in a

plain manner and create a
boring image.
Backgrounds are too busy
and distracting from the
rest of the image
Placement is not planned
and is positioned messily

Level 3
70-79%

Ms. San Agustin

Learning
Skills

Level 4
80-100%

Task
Some of the questions All questions were
Commitment:
were answered
answered to and
N
exceeded expectations
S
Student sketch shows
G
considerable
Student sketch surpasses
E
connection to
the expectation and
Muybridge assignment shows effectiveness

Image and
composition has
potential, but better
angles and positioning
of the subjects would
improve the image
Placement is rushed
and does not provide
unity to the image

Time
Strong composition,
Management:
images are strong
N
because of the layout and
S
placement of the camera
G
in relation to the subject
E

Placement is well thought

out and image surpasses
the expectations

Images are of a low quality, Quality of the images are

overall image and idea are distracting, one or two
not present due to poor
images are out of focus
quality
More effort and time would
Images are out of focus
have improved the overall
images

Images are good but

retouching could
improve the quality
and effectiveness of
the images

High quality images,

properly focused,
effectively retouched
without being distracting

Organization:

More development of the

ideas is needed. Most
obvious or clich answer is
used. Poor interpretation or
understanding of the
assignment is evident

Ideas for images and

satisfying qualities of
the assignment are
there, but the
execution needs
improvement.

Strong and effective

concept, ideas are well
communicated without
giving more than is
needed

Risk Taking:

Student needs to further

polish project idea in order
to avoid the obvious
interpretation of the
assignment. Further
development is
recommended

Teacher
Evaluation

N
S
G
E

N
S
G
E

Great execution

TOTAL
/60

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