Art and Design Department

Art and Design Department Course outline Photography

June Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar April May

W/b 3rd Sept W/b 1st Oct W/b 5thNov W/b 3rd Dec W/b 4th Feb W/b 4th Mar W/b 6th May

Basic Camera Reportage Research Research Main Project Main project FINAL Techniques project project DEADLINE Photographs Composition Plan and Plan and Photos and and sketchbook EXTENDED Research Research sketchbook EVALUATION EXAM

W/b 11th Jun W/b 10th Sept W/b 8th Oct W/b 12th Nov W/b 10th Dec w/b 7th Jan W/b 11th Feb W/b 121h Mar W/b 15th April W/b 13th May

Intro Project Basic Camera Reportage Research Presentation of ‘Visual Techniques project project Main Project Main Project Main project Completion of STUDY LEAVE Elements’ folio and How to use the Lighting Photos Photos and NAB – 12 Plan of Action Photographs sketchbook camera sketchbook images and research NAB 6 FINAL Extended IMAGES evaluation W/b 18th June W.b 13th Aug W/b 17thSept W/b 19thNov W/b !7th Dec W/b 14thJan W/b 18th Feb w/b 18th Mar W/b 22nd April

Intro Project Basic Camera Basic Camera Research Begin Final Main Project Main Project Main project Completion of ‘Visual Techniques Techniques project project research folio and Elements’ Sketchbook Photographs sketchbook How to use the Exposure Distance and Photos and Christmas research and sketchbook camera Focus sketchbook project issued Photoshoot 1 Extended evaluation

W.b 25th June W.b 20th Aug W/b 24th Sept W/b 22nd Oct W/b 26thNov W/b 21st Jan W/b 25th Feb W/b 25th Mar W/b 29th April

Presentation of Basic Camera Basic Camera Reportage Research Main Project Main project Main project Completion of initial project Techniques Techniques project folio and Sketchbook Photographs sketchbook Exposure NAB – Photos and Photos and research ‘Aperture’ Terminology and Sketchbook sketchbook Photoshoot 2 NAB FINAL 12 Extended images IMAGES evaluation

w/b 27th Aug W/b 29th Oct W/b 28th Jan

Basic Camera Reportage Main Project Techniques Editing and Sketchbook Exposure evaluation research ‘Shutter speed’ Photoshoot 3 NAB – 12 images

Week beginning 13th August Basic Camera Techniques Introduce Exposure – ISO, flash, over/under exposed,

Week beginning 20 th August Monday – E Muir to do Aperture workshop Tuesday - Pupils to take and present 4 photos which explore small and large apertures and the differences between Wednesday – Photoshoot Thursday – Sketchbook notes Friday – Presentation of images

Week beginning 27 th August Monday – E Muir to do a shutter speed workshop Tuesday - Pupils to take and present 4 photos which explore fast and slow shutter speed and the differences between Wednesday – Photoshoot Thursday – Sketchbook notes Friday – Presentation of images

Week beginning 3 rd Sept Monday – E Muir to do a composition workshop Tuesday - Pupils to take and present 6 photos which explore composition - considering where to place subject (rule of thirds), draw eye from one edge of the frame to the other, unexpected angles, close up. Wednesday – Photoshoot Thursday – Sketchbook notes Friday – Presentation of images

Week beginning 10 th Sept Monday – E Muir to do a lighting workshop Tuesday - Pupils to take and present 10 photos which explore lighting - bracketing, light and dark values, ambient light, artificial light, bouncing light, contrast of tonal values, soft lighting, side lighting, front lighting, back lighting Wednesday – Photoshoot Thursday – Sketchbook notes Friday – Presentation of images

Week beginning 17 th Sept Monday – E Muir to do Distance and Focus workshop Tuesday - Pupils to take and present 4 photos which explore angle of view, size subject appears, zoom, normal lens, macro mode, selective focus, soft focus, depth of field Wednesday – Photoshoot Thursday – Sketchbook notes Friday – Presentation of images

Week beginning 24 th Sept Monday – summary of learning workshop Tuesday – NAB Wednesday – Sketchbooks Thursday – Sketchbooks Friday - Sketchbooks

Week beginning 5 th Nov Monday – E Muir to do ‘Reportage’ workshop Tuesday – Issue reportage brief and sketchbook research Wednesday – Research reportage photographers Thursday – Plan of action Friday - Plan of action