Year 09 Photography
Curriculum:
Click to Expand Autumn Content:
Content Overview:
Skills Covered:
Getting to know the DSLR camera
- The first year of GCSE is treated as a foundation year.
- The course is made up of a series of teacher led workshops covering a range of skills needed for GCSE.
- Students are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed for the Spring term where they will be introduced to the various genres used within the world of Photography e.g. portraiture.
- Getting to know the DSLR camera
- History of Photography
- Rules of Composition
- Equipment
- Adobe Photoshop
- New media e.g., photographic projections
- Physical manipulation
- Taking creative risks
- Analysis of other photographers
Artists Used for Reference:
Assessment Objectives:
- Ansel Adams
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Cindy Sherman
- AO1: Develop ideas through investigations, demonstrating critical understanding of sources.
- AO2: Refine work by exploring ideas, selecting and experimenting with appropriate media, materials, techniques and processes.
- AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions as work progresses.
- AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and demonstrates understanding of visual language.
Click to Expand Spring Content:
Content Overview:
Skills Covered:
‘Landscape & Cityscape’ and ‘Documentary Photography’
- The Spring term of Year 9, covers three genres of Photography: ‘Landscape & Cityscape’, Portraiture and ‘Documentary Photography’.
- Similarly, to previous terms, the pupils will carry out a teacher led workshop every week to demonstrate techniques, equipment and photographers that link to the set genres.
- Students will log their experimentations in a digital/paper sketchbook to demonstrate their understanding of what has been covered.
- Getting to know the DSLR camera
- History of Photography
- Rules of Composition
- Equipment
- Adobe Photoshop
- New media e.g. photographic projections
- Physical manipulation
- Adobe Photoshop Techniques
- Taking creative risks
- Analysis of other photographers
Artists Used for Reference:
Assessment Objectives:
- Ansel Adams
- Henry Vershelden
- Doug Aitkin
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Cindy Sherman
- AO1: Develop ideas through investigations, demonstrating critical understanding of sources.
- AO2: Refine work by exploring ideas, selecting and experimenting with appropriate media, materials, techniques and processes.
- AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions as work progresses.
- AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and demonstrates understanding of visual language.
Click to Expand Summer Content:
Content Overview:
Skills Covered:
Independent Creative Project
- The Summer term of Year 9 involves introducing the Year 9’s to their first independent creative project.
- Students will be provided with three project themes that they may choose from: ‘Water’, ‘The Journey’ and ‘Patterns’.
- The students will carry out a teacher led workshop every two weeks to demonstrate techniques, equipment and photographers that link to the set genres.
- Students will log their experimentations in a digital/paper sketchbook to demonstrate their understanding of what has been covered.
- Rules of Composition
- Sketchbook dynamic
- Independent research/work
- Equipment
- Adobe Photoshop
- New media e.g. photographic projections
- Physical manipulation
- Adobe Photoshop Techniques
- Taking creative risks
- Analysis of other photographers
Artists Used for Reference:
Assessment Objectives:
- Students are provided handbooks with information on suggested artists for inspiration.
- Students are provided access to art2day.co.uk which has additional artists for inspiration.
- AO1: Develop ideas through investigations, demonstrating critical understanding of sources.
- AO2: Refine work by exploring ideas, selecting and experimenting with appropriate media, materials, techniques and processes.
- AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions as work progresses.
- AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and demonstrates understanding of visual language.
Subject Overview:
Students in Year 9 have 3 Photography lessons each week.
In Year 9, students have 1 piece of homework set every week.
Assessments:
Students sit a written mock exam in the Autumn Term.
In the Summer Term, students sit a 2 hour practical mock exam.
