Film Exposure Test

Assignment #3: Film Exposure Test and Contact Sheet (10 pts)

Welcome to film! In this assignment, you will be learning how to use a manual film camera. We will also be using the in camera meter to bracket exposures. There’s not metadata stored on our film cameras! So, we need to take good notes.  The log sheet attached must be turned in with your assignment for full credit.

Next week, we will be processing this film and creating a contact sheet. Shooting assignment:

REMEMBER: -Use create photographs NOT snapshots.

-Look for good light.

-This may seem like a technical assignment, but that doesn’t mean your pictures need to be boring!  Make something you will be proud to print.

·       Go to a normally lit, outdoor scene. Make sure your camera is in Manual Mode. Determine a normal exposure for the lighting condition.

·       Using the normal exposure calculate 5 exposures beginning from 2 stops under to 2 stops over in one-stop increments using the shutter speed. Write the exposures on the exposure log. Remember, keep the aperture the SAME when bracketing. Only change the shutter speed.

·       Shoot all 5 exposures in the order that you have written on the exposure log.

·       Repeat the sequence in another outdoor scene.

·       Repeat the sequence indoors, adjusting for the light condition.

·       Repeat the sequence in a challenging light condition (one where you are inside and a light is shining in from outside), adjusting for the light condition.

(Use the remaining film to shoot whatever you want.)

Use the film base to determine the contact sheet exposure. Using a silver sharpie, mark -2, -1, N, +1, +2 on the appropriate frames on the contact sheet for each exposure test.

Due:

·       exposure notes

·       properly processed and sleeved film

·       contact sheet with each exposure test labeled properly

·       8.5x11 plastic sheet protector

Grading Criteria for Film Exposure Test and Contact Sheet:  (10 points)      Name:

On time?                              Number of weeks late:      Late work loses 10% for each week is it turned in late.

Category	A (2 pts)	C (1 pts)	F (0 pts)
Contact Sheet- Exposure	Contact sheet has proper exposure based on the sprocket holes.	Contact sheet is a little too dark or too light based on the sprocket holes.	Contact sheet is much too light or much too dark.
Contact Sheet- Organization	Film is organized top to bottom by exposure number.  No frames are backwards.	1 or 2 rows of film are either backwards or out of order.	More than 2 rows of film are either backwards or out of order.
Processing	Processing was successful. No frames lost due to frames touching during development. Not over or underdeveloped.	Processing was mostly successful. 5 or more frames are lost due to processing errors.	More than 5 frames were lost due to processing errors.  Or, film is extremely under or over developed.
Category		A (1 pts)	F (0 pts)
Neatness		All materials provided are neat and orderly	Not neat or orderly

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