....Welcome back into Year 11.....
Controlled Coursework.
This is it.... So Make it Count!!
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Keeping all your photographs channeled to just one theme can really focus your mind, and with the current unknown as we have found ourselves, your idea and the work your present is even more crucial to the success of your Photography.
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There are FOUR things I would like you to get to grips with...this will help you so much. We are in un-presidented time,s things can change and our circumstances can alter from one day to another. With this in mind make sure you consider the following.
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Choose a subject that is accessible
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Consistency is crucial
The more regularly you take photos, the quicker seeing and thinking like a photographer will become part of you. It’s just like going to the gym – regular consistent work results in the biggest overall impact.
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"Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits. That’s it in a nutshell". – Twyla Tharp
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Move out of your comfort zone
Step out of your comfort zone. "Comfort zones, where your unrealized dreams are buried, are the enemies of achievement." – Roy T. Bennett
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It’s super easy to get in a rut with your photography – shooting similar subjects in similar ways. Telling yourself – this is what I’m good at shooting, or this is what I love doing. While I encourage you to really dive deep into a subject and develop your own style, make sure you are not using it to limit yourself.
Staying where you are comfortable in your photography is not where you are going to find yourself taking stunning, amazing photos. What you’ll be taking are photos that are just like the ones you took yesterday, last week, last year. Photographers need to keep developing and that often means pushing yourself out of your comfort zone.
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Now – get started!
"An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea". – Edward de Bono
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1. REFLECT, REFINE & REVIEW Yr.10 WORK BEFORE MOVING FORWARD
This Section takes you through all the work you have generated, Unfinished Edits, In-completed and Completed work during Yr.10 and Lockdown .
Visit this section first, Go back through your sketchbook in the next two weeks and ensure that you are happy with the work you are submitting before developing and moving on with your final coursework piece(s).
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.......THIS IS CRUCIAL.....
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Checklist:
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CONTINUE working in your Yr.10 Sketchbook for NOW
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ALL work during LOCK DOWN needs presented.
This must include all research, photos taken, edits and experimental work......YOU WILL NOT BE JUDGED.
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Complete Digital Form - MOVING FORWARD
(Save in Shared Area in the HIP Folder)
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KEYWORD
THE WORLD AROUND YOU -
Environment
Elements
Objects
Nature
Pollution
Landscape
Home
IDENTITY
Me Myself & I
Hobbies
Society
Personality
Gender
Culture
Feminism
Fashion
Race
Mental Health
1. Respond firstly to your chosen word.
Find a dictionary definition of the word Transform and use a online thesaurus to find as many words associated with this word as you can.
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Create a mind map of your chosen word (starting point) and elaborate with other words associated with it and present alongside images that inspire you and your starting point.
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Please produce a mind map that explores your initial response to your ideas and start to explore different artists and techniques.
Your response should be 3 Photoshoots and to begin to plan a final piece.
Be Creative, innovative and bold and really explore the concept of how your CHOSEN WORD effects you and the environment around you...........
If your stuck
Click on the
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And visit the
Now What Do
I Do? Page to
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I am Stuck!!
Many documentary projects and images that photographers capture fall under CONTROVERSIAL photography. Either because the subject is hard to look at, or the story it tells is one that doesn’t fit with our own ideas of society.
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This is your opportunity to show your skills and develop your own ideas base on a conceptual idea.
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What is your CONCEPTUAL idea to be.....?
Your influences must be clear, artists research will provide ideas and techniques. Your own photos will provide raw material and be experimented upon where you will develop your ideas into a series of final outcomes..
Finally you will present a single fully developed piece or a series of pieces that conveys your concept with success , as well as your digital photography capability.
.....GET RESEARCHING.....
Lesson Objective:
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To create 6 different artist Research pages that support your new chosen key word.
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Look through my pinterest board and link an artists work to one of your words in the brain storm. Research the artist and then create your own inspired piece......
Generate a planned Photoshoot in the studio ( Social Distancing at all times) or surrounding outside school and select the best, present.
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Edit your images that reflect the inspired artist of choice.
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Present your favorite and analysis using the annotation support page.
WORKSHOPS
2. You are asked to select SIX or more workshops from those below. Respond by present the artist and their work in your sketchbook, Respond further by planning and taking photographs in the style of the chosen artist and present your results in your sketchbook.
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USE THE WORKSHOPS BELOW TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR OWN IDEAS OF HOW TO EXPERIMENT WITH THE PHOTOS YOU ALREADY HAVE. AND PLAN EXECUTE 4 MORE SHOOTS!
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Click on the button's above and get creating!
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The Workshops above are a huge range of options giving you ideas, artists and how you could great an amazing experimental outcome
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"THE MORE PHOTOS YOU TAKE, THE MORE CHOICE YOU HAVE AND THE BETTER YOUR OUTCOMES WILL BE."
RESPOND AGAIN
3. You are asked to Respond Again....
Respond further by planning and taking photographs in the style of the chosen artist and present your results in your sketchbook.
Last term you chose a word to expand your current coursework direction which would give you the opportunity to explore your ideas in greater depth.
You are asked to response with 3 further photoshoots and to begin to plan a final piece.
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DEVELOP & REFINE
4. Now is the time to take your work and develop it with context. An image can speck a thousand words, but for it to be fully effective it has to engage with wider audience.
You are asked to translate your imagery onto
well composed Outcome. This could be one of many things, A magazine, LookBook, Poster etc.
Generate 3 different versions of your final piece, each time refining and reviewing, adding additional elements to improve the overall outcome
You are asked to refine your idea by developing your own peronal responce to the starting point. By experiementing in-depth you will refine your idea with an outcome in mind (A02 Experimentation & A04 Outcome).
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Think carefully about both of these sections and how do you plan to show your progression responding to the starting point. Your idea for your final piece must be fully developed and refined to ensure the best mark is given.
DEVELOPMENT & REFINE
YOUR OUTCOME
Refine your final piece further by taking a series of 60 digital photographs exploring your starting point further. Meet up with friends and use them as your models. Take photographs in different locations - Woods, Beach etc., always take a camera with you where ever you go....
Take 30 photographs of textured surfaces to use as layers in your future exam Photoshop work. See examples Below....aim for 10 different surfaces (capture 4 images for each surface). Present in your physical or digital sketchbook.
Extension: Create a Behance and/or Flickr portfolio upload all your good images for your Coursework and some of your best coursework images. Screen shot the pages from your online portfolio and present this in your sketchbook.