Curriculum Content Year 12

• Year 12 will cover all that there is to know regarding the technical aspects of setting up a digital camera and capturing images in both automatic and manual modes.
• Contextual studies will be carried out on a variety of artists and photographers to explore the influences that have dictated their work.
• The learners will carry out a variety of projects that will focus on particular skills and techniques associated with camera, settings, compositional rules and contextual studies.
• Year 12 will carry out a mock exam based on the previous year’s theme, being given the same amount of preparation time and focused time.

Curriculum Content Year 13

• Year 13 will begin with a Personal Study that will investigate a topic relevant to photography. This will be a piece of text of around 3000 words and a notebook that is used as a research document where learners can make notes, sketches and experiment with practise images from a variety of locations.
• Year 13 will then finish with an externally set exam based on a theme given by the exam board. Within the exam paper there will be a suggestion of starting points, artists and photographers that may be used as a stimulus to start their work. Several weeks of preparatory work will be carried out which then leads to a 15 hour sustained focus under examination conditions, which will culminate in the learners producing a final piece or pieces based on the theme.