Photography is an exciting and artistic subject where students are encouraged to develop creativity and express themselves through the use of a lens. Photography teaches you how to relate to and analyse the work of other photographers and to apply key techniques and styles to create some exciting and well composed photographs.
| Year 10 |
Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
| Key Topic: |
Light – mini project
Motion – mini project
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Light |
Dark |
| New Knowledge: |
- Shutter speed, Aperture and ISO.
- Importance of light and how to manipulate to change emotion within an image.
- Stop motion and long exposure.
- Introduced to how a project is meant to flow and connect.
- How to create a contact sheet
- How to annotate
- Transferring images from SD card to documents
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- How to compose portrait images
- How to direct your model
- How to refine ideas.
- How to use lighting in a studio environment.
- Developing their own photographer link choices to make project flow
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- How to create an intense atmosphere within images.
- How to develop camera skills to evoke the viewer.
- Develop./enhance refinement skills
- New tools in Photoshop to manipulate images.
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| Previous Knowledge Required: |
- Formal elements.
- Researching skills.
- PowerPoint software skills.
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- Camera skills
- Composition arrangement
- PowerPoint software skills
- Choosing and analysing relevant photographers work.
- Transferring images from SD card to documents
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- Directing a model
- Compositional skills
- PowerPoint software skills
- Choosing and analysing relevant photographers work.
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| New Skills: |
- Introduced to Photoshop software learning basic editing skills.
- DSLR camera technical skills.
- Composition arrangement.
- Choosing relevant photographer links to support project ideas.
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- Setting up a studio (lighting)
- Setting up camera
- Developing Photoshop editing skills
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- Composing images to create a certain atmosphere
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- Advancing Photoshop editing skills
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| Links to the School Curriculum: |
- IT – use of adobe software and Microsoft
- Science – connection to light.
- Art – Researching artists
- Media – Analysing
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- Media– analysing
- Art – analysing
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- Media– analysing
- Art – analysing
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| Independent Activities: |
- Applying learnt camera skills in lesson to outside of school shoots.
- Analysing photographers
- Research more photographers who have used light or motion (specifically your chosen area) as inspiration for their own work.
- Those who are aiming for the highest grades need to work independently to produce more than the minimum amount of work which is that set by the class teacher.
- They should complete more pieces of recording; more development pieces; more pieces of refinement and use more photographer links as their work develops.
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- Applying learnt camera skills in lesson to outside of school shoots.
- Analysing photographers
- Research more photographers who have used light portraiture (specifically your chosen area) as inspiration for their own work.
- Those who are aiming for the highest grades need to work independently to produce more than the minimum amount of work which is that set by the class teacher.
- They should complete more pieces of recording; more development pieces; more pieces of refinement and use more photographer links as their work develops.
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- Applying learnt camera skills in lesson to outside of school shoots.
- Analysing photographers
- Research more photographers who have used dark portraiture (specifically your chosen area) as inspiration for their own work.
- Those who are aiming for the highest grades need to work independently to produce more than the minimum amount of work which is that set by the class teacher.
- They should complete more pieces of recording; more development pieces; more pieces of refinement and use more photographer links as their work develops.
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| Web Links: |
https://ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse/art-and-design-j170-j176-from-2016/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R9ZTxoTOSk&t=3shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8cj9Lj9w-g&t=131shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YojL7UQTVhc&t=5s |
www.lightingdiagrams.com/Creator - |
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| Year 11 |
Term 1 |
Term 2 |
| Key Topic: |
Light and Dark
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GCSE Exam Prep |
| New Knowledge: |
- Students reflect on previous 2 projects of work to decide how they would like to combine the two projects into one to form the basis for this coursework project
- Students work independently to direct their own project, creating a more abstract piece of work.
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- Look at OCR criteria for Set Task and reflect upon language used for each band.
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| Previous Knowledge Required: |
- Studio set up
- Camera skills – shutter speed, aperture and ISO
- Camera techniques – main ones: leading lines, rule of thirds and depth of field.
- Model directing
- Creating chosen emotion and atmosphere.
- How lighting effects an image
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- Brainstorm ideas with use of image examples
- Recording using relevant camera techniques
- Research relevant artists to inspire and influence the development of ideas
- Refinement of ideas
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| New Skills: |
- Explore long shutter speed in more detail focused on portraiture – double exposure.
- Independent research to find photographer links and project ideas.
- How to present a final piece.
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- How to select a starting point
- Presentation of exam prep
- How time plan and manage time effectively during prep work and for the 10 hour Set Task
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| Links to the School Curriculum: |
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- Media– analysing
- Art – analysing
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| Independent Activities: |
- Visiting specific locations to carry out their photo shoots.
- Those who are aiming for the highest grades need to work independently to produce more than the minimum amount of work which is that set by the class teacher.
- They should complete more pieces of recording; more development pieces; more pieces of refinement and use more artist links as their work develops.
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- Visiting specific locations to carry out their photo shoots.
- Those who are aiming for the highest grades need to work independently to produce more than the minimum amount of work which is that set by the class teacher.
- They should complete more pieces of recording; more development pieces; more pieces of refinement and use more artist links as their work develops.
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| Web Links: |
https://ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse/art-and-design-j170-j176-from-2016/ |
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