Thursday, 25 September 2025

The Creative Process Task

For this task you have to produce a body of work that demonstrates that you are wholly aware of the idea that when producing Photographic work you do so within a structured framework. This is known widely as The Creative Process and has a number of components or stages that you have to show you're aware of. Furthermore, your work needs to be produced within a creative process and through this project you will be introduced to the creative process that we recommend you use on this course. 


Create a new Powerpoint and name it... Your Name - The Creative Process. 

  • Create a title page "The Creative Process" have your name on the title page too.
  • The 2nd page - Using Google images search 'The Creative Process' and use a range of these images of the different types of Creative Process fill the page. 


















The 3rd section

  • Look at some of the websites read the explanations of the creative process and write your own explanation in your own words.
  • Identify 4 components of these processes that are consistently seen and describe them. *Create a bibliography of the links you use for this work. 
The 4th section

In your own words, combining your own ideas and any further research that you do, explain what research is in conjunction with a photographic project. 

What types of details need to be included in the research?
At what stage would the research need to be done? 
What are the key components of a research project?
What's the recommended balance between text and images? 
What resources are best for research. List them in order of preference and produce descriptions of them with explanations why some are better than others. 
  • Books
  • Journals
  • Interviews with practitioners
  • Galleries
  • Exhibitions
  • Youtube videos
  • Websites
The 5th section

Write descriptions of the following types of research 

Secondary research
Primary research 
Empirical research