Materials, techniques & processes analysis of photos

[MJay1993]

Hey everyone,

this is probably directed more towards those like me who've focussed on photography this year, but insights from anyone would be sweet. Anyways, assuming that this year's exam would be somewhat similar to last year's (in terms of analysing pieces we've never seen before), I've come to the realisation that, presented with a photograph created using analogue methods, there is a ridiculous amount to talk about in terms of the things I mentioned in the subject line (ie. pre- shoot considerations, shooting the photo, developing film, resolving negatives to final prints etc.). Just wanting to know, how much detail should I go into for a question like that? Should I just use dot points, or create a proper response that focusses on fewer points? Cheers in advance!

[xdecay]

i would be doing paintings for unseen artworks and to give you an idea of how i would approach this question i would first talk about the setting up of framework and the stretching of canvas (or linen) over the skeleton, and then i would move on to talk about any primer/underlayer applied onto the material prior to drawing the sketches on. then i would put more detail on the brushworks and the paint (ie. texture etc etc). i know this isn't what you're doing but i thought maybe this would help. :|