This document outlines the coursework requirements for a photography unit, including: 1. The unit is 60% of the AS grade, with 30% contributing to the A2 grade. 2. There are rules for students to follow regarding using provided materials, meeting deadlines, working productively in class, and helping each other. 3. When taking photos, students should focus on lighting, composition, subject, and style, as well as meaning. Themes include portrait, landscape, and documentary, with directions to choose a subtheme to explore. 4. Experimentation is encouraged, taking risks and showing skill and innovation. Grade boundaries are provided to aim for an A or B grade. Students

1. AS Coursework
UNIT 1
60% AS GRADE
30% A2 GRADE

2. THE RULES:
1.Use all the sheets I give you to inform your
work.
2.Stick to the deadlines !!
3.Do your best every time !
4.Be productive in class !
5.Be here on time !
6.Always bring in your sketchbooks!
7.Help each other out !

3. YOUR PHOTOS:
• Use skill not just ideas
• Composition
• Lighting
• Subject
• Manipulation
• Make notes on what you are doing when you do it
• Use a good camera !
• Save your images
• Back them up
• Print them big and on good quality paper
• Annotate all your enlargements make comments on your contact sheets

4. TAKING PHOTOS:
•Lighting
•Composition
•Subject
•Style
•MEANING !
A/B
visual language skills evident through
assured manipulation of the formal
elements; consistent command of
skills/technique
• research into and recording from
sources is purposeful, relevant and
consistent

5. THE THEMES:
PORTRAIT
LANDSCAPE
DOCUMENTARY
Choose wisely and play to your strengths as
well as what you have access to !
HELP EACH OTHER OUT !!

6. THE THEMES:
PORTRAIT
LANDSCAPE
DOCUMENTARY
Choose a sub theme ... What are YOU going
to investigate, what is the complex issue
you will be exploring though your project
???

7. E/F
obvious and literal ideas with little sense
of direction
• very little research into contextual
references with weak understanding and
simplistic language
D/C
appreciation of sequential
development
but short cuts sometimes taken;
original
ideas may be consolidated too
early; a
tendency to reiterate ideas
• contextual research and analysis
goes
beyond the purely technical to
begin to
consider more complex issues;
critical
vocabulary lacks breadth/depth
B/A
wide range of ideas explored with exciting
and imaginative developments producing
purposeful ideas independently with
perseverance and enthusiasm
• researches a diverse range of other’s work
to convey ideas and meaning; critical
vocabulary used to express emerging
independent judgements showing
accuracy and an understanding of the
more complex issues involved

8. EXPERIMENTATION !
•Use other materials and techniques
•Take Risks
•Show skill and innovation
•Be exciting
A/B
Explores media and processes in a
diverse range of experiments;
understands the limitations and
potential of materials through
extending and refining studies
• risks sometimes taken and used
appropriately; uses a range of
communication techniques.

9. GRADE BOUNDARIES:
76/80 – A
66/80 – B
56/80 – C
46/80 – D
36/80 – E
A2 CRITERIA IS MARKED 1.5 GRADES LOWER THAN AS
MAKE THIS YEAR COUNT !!
AIN AS IS A CIN A2 !