Creativity Connecting
through Photography
Yr.11
COURSEWORK
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Welcome back to year 11.....
You have one term left to complete your controlled coursework.
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DEADLINE FOR COURSEWORK DECEMBER 2021
This is worth 60% of your final grade for Photography... so make it count....
ACHIEVING
A
TOP
GRADE
Remember
As you know you are mark across for areas:
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AO1- Develop (Research)
AO2- Refine (Experiment)
AO3- Record (Photos)
AO4- Present (Final Pieces)
So today I am asking you to think carefully and pause for a second!! You have 10 weeks in total to complete your coursework for marking...... Think about your work for a moment and it is time to make a decision as to what direction you're going to take in the coming weeks to secure either the level your predicted or the level you wish to achieve.
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DEADLINE FOR COURSEWORK
10th DECEMBER 2021
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Assessment Objective:
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AO4: PRESENT
Final Piece based on your research and experimentation (25marks)
Present a personal, informed and meaningful response, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding, realising intentions and making visual and written connections, linking all of your ideas together.
Remember to refer to the NEW SWAY - for additional support and help
What do I need to produce in each lesson?
A Photo shoot & detailed edit presented in sketchbook or a detailed research page & photo shoot all presented in your sketchbook.
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Choose one example to examine in more depth and identify the strengths and weaknesses of the work.
Give it a grade from 9-1
AO1- Develop (Research)
AO2- Refine (Experiment)
AO3- Record (Photos)
AO4- Present (Final Pieces)
Use the assessment grid here
Learning Objective:
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To complete stage 4 of your Coursework by planning your final piece, developing 3 or more different ideas into possible outcomes and then, creating your final Outcome and present with analytical reflection.
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Expectations from September to Christmas.
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(tick these off as you complete them)
Checklist:
Research 6-8 more artists of your choice
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Respond to your artists by taking at least 5 different photoshoots
Experiment with techniques inspired by the artists you have researched, at least 2 for each artist researched
Present ideas for a final piece, drawing on the ideas and experiments you have already done.
A plan of what your final pieces will be, with mock ups of them.
A final photoshoot (you need to re-shoot to improve on the images you already have)
Refine and present your final pieces with an evaluation.
You have TWO choices to pick from.
Some of you will want to continue developing your current idea and for others you may have hit a rut and are feeling a little uninspired?
Choice of Direction ONE:
NEW DIRECTION
"Choose the Brief"
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You are asked to choose a brief is and connect to a community that gives a damn. You are the next generation, the influential person whose actions and opinions that make a real tangible change for good, I am encouraging you to get creative and become the change makers of the worlds needs.
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These briefs give an opportunity to push your curiosity and create the change you want to see in the World.
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Click below for the Briefs by
clicking on one of the images below.
Choice of Direction TWO:
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DEVELOP FURTHER
"Coursework to Date"
Your work needs to have context. An image can speck a thousand words, but for it to be fully effective it has to engage with a wider audience.
You are asked to translate your imagery onto well composed series of Outcome. This could be one of many things:
A Magazine Cover & Pages
Lookbook
Moving Image - Gif
Poster
Zine
Web Page
Awareness Campaign Poster
Album Cover & Insert
Book Jacket
Instillation
Movie, Events or Festival Posters
Branding & T'shirt Design
Social Media Layouts
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...Collaborative Time...
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Over the next three weeks the opportunity to take photos using different approaches
is offered to you... alongside the set tasks started.
If you haven't taken any images during Lockdown or you would like to expand on what you have, here is your golden opportunity to work with others or independently to really secure your photography Level/Grade.
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Grab a Camera and the Equipment supplied and start clicking.
keep in mind the following:
What are the qualities of a good photo?
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The Characteristics Of A Good Photo
Composition Of A Photo.
Tell Story Of A Good Photograph.
Evoke Emotions in Photography.
Lighting is Important.
Leave Something for Imagination.
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WEEK ONE:
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Identify what your planned outcome(s) is to be. Create a page in your sketchbook of inspiration taken from initial Investigation.
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Create a Pinterest board called Final Piece Ideas and pin at least 30 different ideas for your possible final pieces. Present all inspiration found across 2 pages in your sketchbook. Identify and annotate your reasoning, how you plan to do something similar and more importantly..... What is the context and narrative behind your considered outcome(s)?
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Choose 3 of your favourite images and respond by doing a photoshoot.
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....Your Next Step....
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Do you need to take photos?...plan and get clicking.
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I have images already.....get designing!
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Create Lens Flares
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Make Your Photos Hazy With a Sandwich Bag
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Soft-Focus Lens Effects
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Make Your Own Coloured Lens Filters
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Create a Rainbow Lens Flare Effect
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Create and Mimic Film Burn With A Matchstick
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Turn Your Smartphone Into A Pinhole Using Cardboard
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Create a Coloured filter
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Shadow Effects With a Tea / Colander Strainer
Everyday Objects as Props
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THE LIST GOES ON!
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Choose a hack, grab the resources available to you and start shooting.
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ALTERNATIVELY
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Grab the following Objects and Equipment that links to your idea and get capturing. You could capture the detail and quality of the form or alternatively use people and props to add another dimension.
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NATURAL FORMS
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OIL & WATER
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INK & PLASTIC
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PRISIM
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GLASS OF WATER
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LIGHTS
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SCANNER
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PROJECTOR
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PLASTIC & SRAY (WATER)
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FABRIC
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WEEK TWO:
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For some of you, you may need to expand on your current work. Here are some further experimental ideas to help you get to the end..
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With an idea in mind, it is time to get designing. Using the images taken in your latest shoot or images you have taken already, create at least 3 or more different Mock Ups of your Final Pieces. Experiment with the new ideas you have found....
Experiment with your photographs to create solutions to your chosen brief ....Start composing. Aim to complete one final piece over two lessons.
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..Check out Emily Pipets initial final composed pieces..
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RESPOND:
Its time to Collaborate and Move Forward......
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WEEK THREE, FOUR, FIVE
& SIX:
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Respond once more and create two further possible final pieces as shown below. Each time, change the Layout, Pallet of colours used and consider Composition and Text in your design , but ensure there is a uniform design that connects all three designs.
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Click on the links belows to find new and interesting fonts to help develop your designs further
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Explore or Revisit different Techniques
such as Double Exposure, Glitching, Overlay, College to name a few. Click on the links below to discover even more technique ideas.
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At this point you should all have
at least THREE individual possible Final Outcomes presented in your sketchbook
with analytical reflection.
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STUCK:
Get Inspired Further with Design Layout
REFLECT & REVIEW
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Today you asked to PAUSE... Formative assessments have been made to all those who submitted.
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I am therefore asking you to PAUSE and identify in your sketchbook what you have done to date, ticking the sheet provided, this will identify further areas that need addressing and future tasks to be worked through such as photo shoots this half term and the following weeks leading to Christmas.
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HALF TERM
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Please make the most of the opportunity this half term to take as many photos and if you can. Plan two shoots to support your developing coursework to date, and on your return you will have the chance of develop a hugely successful body of work with this new and fresh imagery.
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....Please no excuses, I hear this so many times.....
...... I WANT TO SEE RESULTS from my talented Yr.11's...
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WEEK SEVEN & EIGHT:
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To show a fully Develop Outcome
that is personal, informed and meaningful in your response, but above all links all of your ideas together. You are asked to work your way through the 3 options listed below:
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What does your neighbour in class think of what you have done?
Get Peer Assessing and take on board they considerations and implement these into a new designed piece.
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You are asked to select two of your favourite pieces and combine elements to create a new considered final piece. Repeat this process again and again to generate another series of works.
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Get inspired further, seek out some further images or artists work to give your work another dimension. Revisit your Pinterest board and identify elements that can be used in your idea.
Create a forth Outcome that brings in another twist and takes your work beyond your initial response.
WEEK TEN to TWELEVE:
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Its time to put your Final Piece Design Outcomes into
CONTEXT.
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Where is your work to be seen?
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Billboard, Street, Underground, Retail,
Online, Social Media Platform etc.
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Find some images or get pinning identifying where your work would be best seen and connect your designs with context.
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Check out the examples of previous students work that have successfully done this.
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Holly:
Mental Health
&
Dementia
Information Booklet & Campaign
Daisy:
Mental Health:
Zine
Bruna:
Mental Health:
Poster Campaign
Amy:
Conscious Consumer:
Illustration, Pattern & Fashion Dress
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Ben:
Climate Crisis:
Poster, T'Shirt Design & Website
Nikita:
Nature & National Trust
Zine & Information Booket
REFER BACK TO THE SWAY - IDENTIFY EVALUATION AND WORK THROUGH THE QUESTIONS ASKED OF YOU AND FORMULATE A REFLECTIVE STATEMENT