GCSE EXAM checklist
Deadlines:
Your final exam is 10 hours and will take place on the 12th and 13th of May. You should be ready to create your final piece independently on these days. All experiments must be finished and handed in on the first day of your exam - you may refer to them for help during the exam but cannot add to them afterwards.
If you are absent, you are expected to use this website to catch up on what you missed at home.
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Collage, Photos, Ideas board (including sketches and mindmap) - deadline: 12th February - all work completed and presented.
Artist research pages x2, half term photo shoot (linked to ideas and photographers) and own interpretations - deadline: 4th March - presented as a board.
New photo shoot- work with a selection your own photos and combine the two artist techniques in initial experiments. Annotate and evaluate. Present as a board - deadline: 18th March
Further artist research and experiments - multiple photo shoots, different techniques, photoshop/hand manipulation, printed at different sizes, annotated etc. Board presented and handed in for marking by the 29th of April.
Final piece plan, final experiments etc. in preparation for the exam. Your boards must be presented before the exam, so the final deadline is the 9th of May.
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Below, is what you will do in lessons and things you should be doing to get extra marks at home. Click the tables to enlarge them.
AQA photography guidelines including marking criteria. click pictures to enlarge them.
Your exam questions
1. personal opinions
Ideas to get you started:
Controversial vs accepted opinions
Social change
Cultural differences, multiculturalism
Religion and beliefs
Comments on society eg. environmental issues, British values
Racism, ethnicity
Sexism, gender equality
Personal opinions from different perspectives eg. peers, family
Historical opinions
Subjective vs objective opinions
Controversial vs accepted opinions
Social change
Cultural differences, multiculturalism
Religion and beliefs
Comments on society eg. environmental issues, British values
Racism, ethnicity
Sexism, gender equality
Personal opinions from different perspectives eg. peers, family
Historical opinions
Subjective vs objective opinions
2. image and text
Ideas to get you started
Identity
Lyrics, poetry, books,
Events
Opinions
News headings, articles
Captions, annotations, quotes, handwritten, doodling, graffiti, projections, layered pieces
Identity
Lyrics, poetry, books,
Events
Opinions
News headings, articles
Captions, annotations, quotes, handwritten, doodling, graffiti, projections, layered pieces
3. The passing of time
Ideas to get you started
Decay and decomposition
Movement
Life and Death
Seasons
Old and young
History vs today
change over time
Aging
Growth - eg. nature
Decay and decomposition
Movement
Life and Death
Seasons
Old and young
History vs today
change over time
Aging
Growth - eg. nature
4. Mood and atmosphere
Ideas to get you started
Weather
Time of day
Light and shadows
Chiaroscuro
Feelings and emotions
Film genres eg. horror, mystery, suspense
Choice of location
Thought provoking images
Weather
Time of day
Light and shadows
Chiaroscuro
Feelings and emotions
Film genres eg. horror, mystery, suspense
Choice of location
Thought provoking images
5. image manipulation
Ideas to get you started
Portraiture - mood, emotion, expression, body language,
Still life - objects or natural world
Documentary photography, photojournalism - events, the every day,
Landscape photography - interesting locations eg. cityscapes, seaside, nature vs manmade, parks, forest etc.
TECHNIQUES
Darkroom
- splash, drip development
- over/under exposure
- layering 'shake' effect
- pinhole photography
Digital
- colour, filters
- double exposure
- distortion
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Hand Manipulation
- painting
- sewing
- distorting though sculpture
Green screen
- location
Portraiture - mood, emotion, expression, body language,
Still life - objects or natural world
Documentary photography, photojournalism - events, the every day,
Landscape photography - interesting locations eg. cityscapes, seaside, nature vs manmade, parks, forest etc.
TECHNIQUES
Darkroom
- splash, drip development
- over/under exposure
- layering 'shake' effect
- pinhole photography
Digital
- colour, filters
- double exposure
- distortion
-
Hand Manipulation
- painting
- sewing
- distorting though sculpture
Green screen
- location