Throughout Year 12 you will be introduced to different techniques and processes: — pinhole photography — photograms — film photography — digital photography Through a series of mini-projects you will have the chance to experiment with these techniques, learning how to use the darkroom and work with programs like Photoshop and Lightroom as you go. Towards the end of the year, you will start to develop a Personal Investigation, this may grow out of an area or technique that you enjoyed working with previously, or an area you want to look at in greater detail. This Personal Investigation will continue until Christmas in Year 13, when you will be asked to put forward your selected images in an engaging final presentation – this could be a book, a display, a projection, an installation or whatever you feel is the most appropriate way for your work to be viewed. The Personal Investigation is totally driven by your own interests and decisions. Alongside this you will be asked to write a short 1000 word essay about a photographer, artist or movement that relates to your chosen area of study. This subject will appeal to — visual thinkers — people who enjoy communication — creative individuals who want to experiment with new (and old!) techniques — students looking to go on to study in the creative sector generally or specifically the fashion, filmmaking, fine art or marketing worlds. In January of Year 13 you will start the externally set task. You will receive a paper with a range of different starting points on it and be asked to develop one of these into a project and final outcome, which will be resolved in a 15-hour controlled assessment in early May (during the assessment you will work with photoshop and/or process previously taken photos in the darkroom, to produce a final presentation). There is no final written exam. For this qualification we follow the OCR syllabus. Throughout the course you will be asked to think critically about the photographs you are taking and will be reminded of, and measured against the 4 Assessment Objectives: how you Develop, Explore, Record and Present your work. You don’t have to have any experience of darkroom photography, film cameras or the workings of a digital camera, you will learn how to use all of the technology you work with. However, it is always advantageous to have some prior experience. People studying Photography A-Level will be expected to be brave, thoughtful, creative and self-motivated, to enable them to capture the best images they can. Walter Benjamin said “The illiterate of the future will not be the person that cannot read the alphabet but the one who cannot take a photograph”. This course will require you to develop your critical thinking and research skills and start to understand how to use programs such as Photoshop which are industry standards in the creative sector and for jobs such as marketing. Photography A-Level can lead onto university courses from Filmmaking and Photography to Media and Visual Communications. In taking Photography A-Level you are taking steps to becoming a person that asks deeper questions, communicates more succinctly and opens up richer connections for everyone.
If you are not already a student of Royal High School Bath, and are considering joining the Sixth Form, the first step should be an informal visit to see our Sixth Form facilities. You will also meet the Head, Head of Sixth Form and other members of staff, as well as being able to talk to some of our current Sixth Form students. Entry is dependent on a minimum of six GCSEs at grades 9-6. Candidates are also expected to achieve grades 9-6 in the subjects they wish to study at A Level or at Higher Level in the International Baccalaureate Diploma. In addition, students are required to achieve at least a grade 4 in Maths and English Language GCSE. For some subjects, a grade 6 or above in a related discipline is recommended. For example, Psychology would require grade 6 or above in English, Mathematics and Science. In some subjects, we would recommend continuing to study them only if a grade 7 or higher is achieved at GCSE. More advice will be given about this following results. Students wishing to take Music A Level also need to have Associated Board Grade 4 or above in an instrument or singing.
A-Level Photography consists of a Coursework element and an Externally set task each equating to 60% and 40% of the final grade respectively.
About Education Provider
| Region | South West |
| Local Authority | Bath and North East Somerset |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Girls |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | £34,344 - £40,374 |
| Sixth Form Fee | Day £16,917 - £17,658 |
| Address | Royal High School Bath GDST, Lansdown Road, BA1 5SZ |
Throughout Year 12 you will be introduced to different techniques and processes: — pinhole photography — photograms — film photography — digital photography Through a series of mini-projects you will have the chance to experiment with these techniques, learning how to use the darkroom and work with programs like Photoshop and Lightroom as you go. Towards the end of the year, you will start to develop a Personal Investigation, this may grow out of an area or technique that you enjoyed working with previously, or an area you want to look at in greater detail. This Personal Investigation will continue until Christmas in Year 13, when you will be asked to put forward your selected images in an engaging final presentation – this could be a book, a display, a projection, an installation or whatever you feel is the most appropriate way for your work to be viewed. The Personal Investigation is totally driven by your own interests and decisions. Alongside this you will be asked to write a short 1000 word essay about a photographer, artist or movement that relates to your chosen area of study. This subject will appeal to — visual thinkers — people who enjoy communication — creative individuals who want to experiment with new (and old!) techniques — students looking to go on to study in the creative sector generally or specifically the fashion, filmmaking, fine art or marketing worlds. In January of Year 13 you will start the externally set task. You will receive a paper with a range of different starting points on it and be asked to develop one of these into a project and final outcome, which will be resolved in a 15-hour controlled assessment in early May (during the assessment you will work with photoshop and/or process previously taken photos in the darkroom, to produce a final presentation). There is no final written exam. For this qualification we follow the OCR syllabus. Throughout the course you will be asked to think critically about the photographs you are taking and will be reminded of, and measured against the 4 Assessment Objectives: how you Develop, Explore, Record and Present your work. You don’t have to have any experience of darkroom photography, film cameras or the workings of a digital camera, you will learn how to use all of the technology you work with. However, it is always advantageous to have some prior experience. People studying Photography A-Level will be expected to be brave, thoughtful, creative and self-motivated, to enable them to capture the best images they can. Walter Benjamin said “The illiterate of the future will not be the person that cannot read the alphabet but the one who cannot take a photograph”. This course will require you to develop your critical thinking and research skills and start to understand how to use programs such as Photoshop which are industry standards in the creative sector and for jobs such as marketing. Photography A-Level can lead onto university courses from Filmmaking and Photography to Media and Visual Communications. In taking Photography A-Level you are taking steps to becoming a person that asks deeper questions, communicates more succinctly and opens up richer connections for everyone.
If you are not already a student of Royal High School Bath, and are considering joining the Sixth Form, the first step should be an informal visit to see our Sixth Form facilities. You will also meet the Head, Head of Sixth Form and other members of staff, as well as being able to talk to some of our current Sixth Form students. Entry is dependent on a minimum of six GCSEs at grades 9-6. Candidates are also expected to achieve grades 9-6 in the subjects they wish to study at A Level or at Higher Level in the International Baccalaureate Diploma. In addition, students are required to achieve at least a grade 4 in Maths and English Language GCSE. For some subjects, a grade 6 or above in a related discipline is recommended. For example, Psychology would require grade 6 or above in English, Mathematics and Science. In some subjects, we would recommend continuing to study them only if a grade 7 or higher is achieved at GCSE. More advice will be given about this following results. Students wishing to take Music A Level also need to have Associated Board Grade 4 or above in an instrument or singing.
A-Level Photography consists of a Coursework element and an Externally set task each equating to 60% and 40% of the final grade respectively.