Exam dates, 19th, 21st and
26th April
Please ensure that you address the following
within the blogger.
Target number of shoots = 2
The first three hours of the
exam must be consecutive.
It is recommended that
students do not start their exam with a first shoot on location unless they
intend to continue the shoot for a 3 hour period.
PRIOR to the exam students
who intend to photograph on location must have an outline proposal on their web
site. The shoot time will be measured as
the time taken to photograph – travel time.
For each shoot (e.g. shoot 1) you can photograph in two different
locations and have the travel time between the shoots deducted.
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Done
y/n
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AO1:
· Is
my work linked to my research?
· Am
I showing a progression of my work from previous shoots? – mention the preparatory shoots within the work record.
· Am
I analysing my work objectively… (connotation, denotation, etc.)? This can be done in the work record.
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AO2:
· Am
I experimenting with techniques, processes, materials? This can be shown in the work record, computer experiments
and physical experiments (if done as part of the exam).
· Am
I reviewing and refining my ideas (learning from e.g. preparatory shoots)? This can be shown in the work record and final evaluation.
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AO3:
· Am
I recording my ideas, observations? This can be shown in the work record.
· Am
I reflecting on my work and progress? This can be
shown in the work record and final evaluation.
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AO4:
· Am
I adopting a personalised approach within my photography, am I expressing why
I photographed/edited/printed the subject area in a particular way? This can be shown in the work record and final evaluation.
· How
do my final photographs/final pieces, connect with my previous research? This can be shown
in the final evaluation.
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For each shoot you will need to create the
following posts.
· Contact
sheet
· Straight
images (as many as you wish to post)
· Work
Record
· Computer
experiments (if carried out during the exam)
· Physical
experiments (if carried out during the exam)
· Final
Pieces
· Final
evaluation
On page 2 there is an outline of why these
components are required and what you need to write within each section.
Why you need the following posts
Contact sheet
Will evidence the breadth of
your research.
Straight Images (as many as you wish to post)
Select the best images from the shoot that you
might wish to take further through editing
Work Record
your Plans for the shoot, What you hope to achieve. NB (those first two sections should be
written before the shoot in order to help you clarify your ideas and to ensure
you have all that you need). This is
followed up by What I actually achieved (with two evaluated pictures - equivalent to
the evaluation section of a work diary) In this section you must record how you
took the photograph in terms of camera settings and the visual outcome (did you
achieve the type of photographs you wanted, what are the denotations and
possible connotations associated with the images). Candidates are expected to use technical
language (e.g. depth of field, etc). What I am doing to do next (this might mean something that occurred
whilst doing that shoot that you want to develop or maybe even a change in
direction, etc). Clearly your final
shoot will not have a “what am I going to do next section”
Computer experiments -
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Computer
experiments will demonstrate your ability to experiment with the medium of
digital photography… This is an important aspect of the AQA assessment
criteria. You will need to explain the
process used. You can do this with
screen prints and text or just use text only.
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You
should evidence the photograph before and after the computer experimentation.
Physical experiments
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Physical experiments will
demonstrate your ability to experiment with the medium of photography… This is
an important aspect of the AQA assessment criteria. The process involves the way a final print is
physically transformed and how the meaning of a print changes as a result of
the transformation. Physical experiments
SHOULD be recorded by scanning in the transformed print.. You will need to explain how the
transformation has changed the meaning of the photograph e.g. describe your
concept and the connotations associated with the print.
FINAL PIECES
Show the images the best
images that you have created in a single post.
Ensure that the images selected work as a series and are linked to the
exam paper.
Describe how the work is
linked to your preparatory work (i.e. photographers research or shoots)
Final Evaluation
Here you will need to summarise how
your work has developed as a result of the shoots that you have undertaken.
· How has your
research (photographers research, research log) and preparatory shoots influenced
the final series of images that you have created?
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What have learnt/
how has your work developed as a result of the project, this can be:
- Technical (learning new techniques in camera
- Operation, shooting)
- Aesthetic (new ways of presenting work)?
