Shirleyn_project1_process

Shirley's Project 1 Process/Rational + Final Concept Map
Initially, I have no idea what topic I was going to do so I brainstormed 5 topics and tried to fit as many terms in it as possible. Finally, I decided that the topic 'Photography' was the most promising because I had the most terms without getting to broad.

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The next step I took was refining my rough concept map a bit further on paper then entered it on the computer with cmap.

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This was what I ended up with after a few more alterations I decided to use red dotted lines for lines that connect right across the concept map to lead the eye easier across the page because I had so many terms that connect to each other that I can't simply organize my map with no connecting lines that run across the page.

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Although I have solved this problem, another problem that arose is that my concept has no apparent shape, it is just a clutter of terms with no hierarchy. To solve this problem I refined my list of 90 broad terms to a half of the most key issues. Then, I sketched a few ways that I can arrange my terms to flow the eye across the page.

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For the final solution to this project, topic branches off to three main terms, communication, camera, with people to connect the two since it is the main source of interaction. It is from these three terms that branches off to other terms that interconnect with each other. Ultimately the three branches connect at the end to the term 'viewer' because it is the viewer that photography is created for. It is also from the term viewer that connects back to photography because it is the response from the viewer that leads to further development of this practice. The concept map is arranged as a roll of film visually to fit the context of photography. The three colours I used is red, green, and blue as those are the colours of light that is captured in to the camera to produce the image.

Here is the pdf version of what I has handed in.

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//References of research://

London, Barbara, et all. Photography. 2002. Pearson Education: New Jeresy. Marien, Mary Warner. Photography: A Cultural History. 2006. Laurence King: New Jeresy.