For the presentation, my partner and taught a narrative photography lesson. We looked at artists who use strong narratives in their work (Cindy Sherman & Greg Crewdson) and had students make simple props. The most important part of this lesson I feel was the teaching of the angles. We taught students various angles (birds eye, low, dutch, eye level, 3/4 bust, profile, etc) to the class in order for them to be able to make successful photographs. We also had the students choose a genre and then gave the option to make a simple prop for that project.
For this particular project, I can already tell what I did wrong without reviewing the video. So I figured I'd do a critique of myself on here:
1. I was too quiet
While I usually am shy amongst my peers, I have had to work harder to become more outspoken around them. However, when it comes to a true classroom setting I find myself way more comfortable and am able to be more outspoken. And I feel another issue of me being quiet and not really speaking much for the lesson was because I had let personal and school related issues affect me from earlier that day. And while I completely understand that as a real teacher you can't let these matters effect you or your class, I also understand that I, as well as everyone else, is human and we make mistakes.
2. Our lesson ended too early
We ended our lesson too early and could have had a longer work time, a longer clean up time, and/or a longer reflection time. However, I also recognize that during timed presentations, nerves of not finishing on time can cause certain parts to be rushed and others to be drawn out. If I was to do this lesson in a true classroom setting, I feel that the lesson would not have ended early because for the age group (highschool) they would be taking more time in the making of props and deciding their overall vision. I also feel that students would be taking more than one picture, and then comparing and deciding which one is the best of them. I recongnize that for this class, we did not really ask students to take multiple shots as we were concerned for time. However, if done over I would have had students sketch more and then take multiple shots.
3. Students finished early
Well, this is unexpected and will happen in every lesson. Even when I was in high school I would finish my art projects way before the other students. Sometimes it just happens that way. And I feel that in a true art classroom setting, other projects could be offered to students who tend to finish early. Because, I feel having students do multiple tasks of the same this is too repetitive and boring. I know as a student, when a teacher would say "make another one" I'd grow bored and not want to even start. So this would be potential issue, but given other small projects the students could easily work on those or go back to previous projects to finish.
4. Props weren't as successful as they could have been
When making my teacher's sample, I had just created a simple cut out to hint that it was a magnfying glass. In my opinion, this isn't a problem really. I understand more materials could have been offered and some would be more helpful than others (tape over glue). But when searching the closet I did not find any tape, so I problem solved and grabbed glue and staplers. In an ideal situation, students would be given a longer time to create a prop or find a prop. I like the idea of props not being required because sometimes a self portrait can portray a narrative (genre) just based upon facial expression. A question of how you would be graded if you choose to not use a prop vs using a prop was brought up, and I think it's an easy solution. It's obvious to see who thought about their photographs and who simply didn't make a prop because its easy. You can judge the photographs by their use of angles and if they successful portrayed a genre.
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