Art and Design (Photography)

Course summary

This is a two-year course where you will produce two distinct projects. These are called Component 1 and Component 2. Component 1: Worth 60 % of your overall grade and takes the form of sketchbook work and outcomes where you will demonstrate your skills and understanding when recording the creative process and learning about materials, techniques and processes. This will develop into your own project where you will investigate a theme of your choice; this unit has to be accompanied by a 1000-3000 word essay. Component 2: The examination project worth 40% of the overall grade. This begins in February of Year 13. During this project, you will choose from a list of themes, create sketchbook work, and produce a project, which is completed with a 15-hour examination piece. WHY STUDY PHOTOGRAPHY? Photography is an art of observation, waiting for that perfect moment in time. Photography is all around us; saturating society. The subject alone is enjoyable and rewarding as you are constantly recording and altering life by holding it still. It enhances many of the additional A-levels and allows you to follow a hands-on-approach to learning. Studying photography encourages students to view the world in alternative means and opens up many doors within the creative industry.