WHY STUDY PHOTOGRAPHY? As a result of camera-phones, more photographs will be taken this year alone than have been taken in all of history. But what makes a good photo? And do you have what it takes to be a good photographer? This creative course introduces you to the theory and history of photography, and allows you to develop your skills as a photographer. This course will make you a great creative thinker and you will be able to construct your photographic images so that they contain high visual appeal and visual communication. In this way you will be able to carve out your desired career in photography. The course is directed by Edexcel and assessment criteria make this course as much about project management as it is about photography. In this way the skills and academic requirement will enable you to build projects of your own. The creative potential stimulated in this course will enable you to apply creative, analytical and critical thinking and problem solving, in order to visually communicate ideas through photography. If you are innovative, creative and motivated with an open mind, and are prepared to explore and experiment within a structured yet flexible course, then this is the right course for you. WHAT’S COVERED? Our projects have been carefully evolved so that students practice and learn about a variety of photographic media, techniques and processes including hands-on experimentation with traditional techniques in our dedicated darkrooms, lighting in our studio and use computers for Photoshop and digital media, utilising these techniques and equipment, to achieve visual communication through photography through exciting themes that often link with learning in other subjects. Introducing and developing a range of media, skills, techniques, processes and concepts that enable students to develop their ideas, express themselves and confidence. Students will develop critical analyses of artists’ work helping to develop their own ideas through reaction, practical application and written reflections FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES Photography is an exciting medium that can be used in many different ways. Progression from this course can lead on into Higher Education, in specialised areas such as; Fine Art, Photography, Graphic Design, Computer and Traditional Animation, Multimedia Design, 3D Design and Website Design. Careers in photography include: Art careers, Advertising, Commercial work, Editorial, Fashion, Film, Food, Forensic, Industrial, Architectural, Portraiture and Wedding photography, Sports and Travel etc. Photographs are visible everywhere because we love the photographic representation of our world and ourselves and therefore there is a huge market for photographic work. Magazines and Newspapers show Advertising and Editorial photographic work. Billboards and hoardings show mainly Fashion and Advertising photography. In the film industry the ‘Director of Photography’ may operate Lighting or Camera and they have control over the aesthetic or ‘look of the film’. Photographers are employed to take ‘Stills’ in films and also photographic documentation for ‘Continuity’. Artists use photography in vast ways to show conceptual thinking, these photographs are found in galleries, books, magazines and on the internet. Photographs can be used on the web or as beautiful printed objects.
5 GCSE grades at 9-5 including English.
ASSESSMENT Incorporates three major elements: supporting studies, practical work, and a personal study. Practical Work & Supporting Studies : 72 marks (80% of component 1) work will comprise a portfolio of development work and outcomes based on themes and ideas developed from personal starting points. Personal Study (Essay) : 18 marks (20% of component 1) will be evidenced through critical written communication showing contextual research and understanding in a minimum 1000 words of continuous prose (max 3000), which may contain integrated images. The personal study comprises 12% of the total A Level qualification. Component 2 – Externally Set Assignment 40% of the qualification 72 marks (18 marks for each of the four Assessment Objectives) Content overview Students must continue to work to the same criteria as they did for the Personal Portfolio. The ESA is split into 2 sections Preparatory Studies : Will comprise a portfolio of development work based on the ESA broad-based thematic starting point. These studies will form the basis of most of the students marks. Timed Exam : 15-hour Sustained Focus Period (3 days) : Under examination conditions, students will work unaided to produce personal response(s), with reference to their preparatory studies, in response to the ESA broad-based thematic starting point.
About Education Provider
| Region | London |
| Local Authority | Enfield |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Windmill Road, Enfield, London, N18 1NB |
WHY STUDY PHOTOGRAPHY? As a result of camera-phones, more photographs will be taken this year alone than have been taken in all of history. But what makes a good photo? And do you have what it takes to be a good photographer? This creative course introduces you to the theory and history of photography, and allows you to develop your skills as a photographer. This course will make you a great creative thinker and you will be able to construct your photographic images so that they contain high visual appeal and visual communication. In this way you will be able to carve out your desired career in photography. The course is directed by Edexcel and assessment criteria make this course as much about project management as it is about photography. In this way the skills and academic requirement will enable you to build projects of your own. The creative potential stimulated in this course will enable you to apply creative, analytical and critical thinking and problem solving, in order to visually communicate ideas through photography. If you are innovative, creative and motivated with an open mind, and are prepared to explore and experiment within a structured yet flexible course, then this is the right course for you. WHAT’S COVERED? Our projects have been carefully evolved so that students practice and learn about a variety of photographic media, techniques and processes including hands-on experimentation with traditional techniques in our dedicated darkrooms, lighting in our studio and use computers for Photoshop and digital media, utilising these techniques and equipment, to achieve visual communication through photography through exciting themes that often link with learning in other subjects. Introducing and developing a range of media, skills, techniques, processes and concepts that enable students to develop their ideas, express themselves and confidence. Students will develop critical analyses of artists’ work helping to develop their own ideas through reaction, practical application and written reflections FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES Photography is an exciting medium that can be used in many different ways. Progression from this course can lead on into Higher Education, in specialised areas such as; Fine Art, Photography, Graphic Design, Computer and Traditional Animation, Multimedia Design, 3D Design and Website Design. Careers in photography include: Art careers, Advertising, Commercial work, Editorial, Fashion, Film, Food, Forensic, Industrial, Architectural, Portraiture and Wedding photography, Sports and Travel etc. Photographs are visible everywhere because we love the photographic representation of our world and ourselves and therefore there is a huge market for photographic work. Magazines and Newspapers show Advertising and Editorial photographic work. Billboards and hoardings show mainly Fashion and Advertising photography. In the film industry the ‘Director of Photography’ may operate Lighting or Camera and they have control over the aesthetic or ‘look of the film’. Photographers are employed to take ‘Stills’ in films and also photographic documentation for ‘Continuity’. Artists use photography in vast ways to show conceptual thinking, these photographs are found in galleries, books, magazines and on the internet. Photographs can be used on the web or as beautiful printed objects.
5 GCSE grades at 9-5 including English.
ASSESSMENT Incorporates three major elements: supporting studies, practical work, and a personal study. Practical Work & Supporting Studies : 72 marks (80% of component 1) work will comprise a portfolio of development work and outcomes based on themes and ideas developed from personal starting points. Personal Study (Essay) : 18 marks (20% of component 1) will be evidenced through critical written communication showing contextual research and understanding in a minimum 1000 words of continuous prose (max 3000), which may contain integrated images. The personal study comprises 12% of the total A Level qualification. Component 2 – Externally Set Assignment 40% of the qualification 72 marks (18 marks for each of the four Assessment Objectives) Content overview Students must continue to work to the same criteria as they did for the Personal Portfolio. The ESA is split into 2 sections Preparatory Studies : Will comprise a portfolio of development work based on the ESA broad-based thematic starting point. These studies will form the basis of most of the students marks. Timed Exam : 15-hour Sustained Focus Period (3 days) : Under examination conditions, students will work unaided to produce personal response(s), with reference to their preparatory studies, in response to the ESA broad-based thematic starting point.