Curriculum Content Photography – KS4 – Half Term 1 Half Term 2 Half Term 3 Year 9 September - October October - December January – February Topic: General Introduction To Topic: Photographic Alphabet Topic: Still Life Photography Knowledge: Knowledge: Students learn about the social Knowledge: Defining photography, how it The pupils investigate the theme of the and cultural context of still photography and is used, social, cultural and historical alphabet and letter shapes in the art. They study a range of artists including context. How a camera works. Exposure, environment. They use this as a starting Audrey Flack, Edward Weston, Slinkachu, aperture, F-stops, shutter speed, motion point to learn some basic Photoshop Barry Rosenthal, and Michael Craig Martin. blur, ISO, exposure triangle. Focus, auto techniques alongside some simple vs manual focus, controlling depth of field, photography techniques. They explore personal still life compositions lenses, telephoto vs wide angle, focal and personality or character in selection. length and distortion/perspective. Skills Through photography, they learn about Photoshop skills include opening and manmade and natural forms, close up and Skills: Camera techniques such as importing images, adjusting exposure, abstraction and decay. Lighting effects, such controlling exposure motion blur and cropping, moving, layers and layer order, the bokeh effect, single light source and focus. PowerPoint and presentation skills resizing and transforming, hue and coloured lighting is researched. They such as copying, pasting, inserting and saturation and desaturation, and curves. investigate a range of lenses and moving images and adding annotation. compositional techniques. Photoshop and editing techniques covered include colour vs black and white, brightness and contrast, cropping, duotone, curves, They also learn about Social and environmental issues on the subject of plastic pollution in the oceans. Skills: Lighting, composition, Photoshop editing, camera skills related to exposure and focus, PowerPoint presentation skills progress with annotation and responding to artists work in terms of context of Form, Process, Content and Mood. Vocabulary Links formal elements line shape object the abstract image formal elements line shape abstract image formal elements line shape subject topic theme capture photograph object the subject content form process object the subject content form process mood light shadow colour texture tone pattern photograph light shadow colour texture tone topic theme capture photograph light shadow landscape portrait angles reflection pattern monochrome angles manipulation colour texture tone pattern monochrome rotation exposure cropping hue and reflection rotation layers exposure cropping duotone bokeh scene portrait angles scale saturation documentary photography hue and saturation geometric shape simple distortion manipulation reflection rotation record geometric shape simple environment space background foreground layers exposure double exposure cropping environment space background intentions focus aperture sharp shutter hue and saturation emotion geometric shape foreground intentions focus depth of field speed sensor horizontal vertical repetition simple environment space background aperture sharp shutter speed sensor auto manual lens negative space foreground intentions focus depth of field diagonal horizontal vertical movement arrangement symmetry composition aperture sharp shutter speed diagonal repetition auto manual lens sensitivity contrast brightness frame edit context horizontal vertical rule of thirds movement arrangement focal length symmetry energy repetition organic mechanical auto composition contrast brightness frame manual lens sensitivity negative space arrangement focal length symmetry composition contrast brightness frame edit context telephoto wide angle macro close up AQA AO1: Develop ideas through AO1: Develop ideas through investigations, AO1: Develop ideas through investigations, Assessment Objectives investigations, demonstrating critical demonstrating critical understanding of demonstrating critical understanding of understanding of sources. sources. sources. AO2: Refine work by exploring ideas, AO2: Refine work by exploring ideas, AO2: Refine work by exploring ideas, selecting and experimenting with selecting and experimenting with selecting and experimenting with appropriate appropriate media, materials, techniques appropriate media, materials, techniques media, materials, techniques and processes. and processes. and processes. AO3: Record ideas, observations and AO3: Record ideas, observations and AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions as work insights relevant to intentions as work insights relevant to intentions as work progresses. progresses. progresses. AO4: Present a personal and meaningful AO4: Present a personal and meaningful AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and response that realises intentions and response that realises intentions and demonstrates understanding of visual demonstrates understanding of visual demonstrates understanding of visual language. language. language. Half Term 4 Half Term 5 Half Term 6 Year 9 February – March April - May June - July Topic: Still Life Topic: Portraiture Topic: Portraiture Knowledge: Students learn about the Knowledge: Learning about the historical Knowledge: Learning about the historical social and cultural context of still and contemporary context of portraiture. and contemporary context of portraiture. The photography and art. They study a range The students are encouraged to use students are encouraged to use themselves of artists including Audrey Flack, Edward themselves and their friends and family as and their friends and family as starting point Weston, Slinkachu, Barry Rosenthal, and starting point for a creative exploration. for a creative exploration. Michael Craig Martin. Artists researched and analisyed include Artists researched and analisyed include Wes They explore personal still life Wes Naman, Ferdinando Scianna, Hattie Naman, Ferdinando Scianna, Hattie Stewart, compositions and personality or character Stewart, Janette Beckman, Prince Gyasi, Janette Beckman, Prince Gyasi, Lichtenstein, in selection. Through photography, they Lichtenstein, Jasper James, Antonio Mora, Jasper James, Antonio Mora, Gilbert and learn about manmade and natural forms, Gilbert and George and Brno Del Zou. George and Brno Del Zou. close up and abstraction and decay. Lighting effects, such the bokeh effect, single light source and coloured lighting is Skills: Photographic techniques explored Skills: Photographic techniques explored researched. They investigate a range of include formal portraits, front facing and include formal portraits, front facing and lenses and compositional techniques. profile, landscape format and the dominant profile, landscape format and the dominant Photoshop and editing techniques eye technique, focal length and distortion, eye technique, focal length and distortion, covered include colour vs black and picception using mobile phones and print picception using mobile phones and print white, brightness and contrast, cropping, outs, distortion and manipulation, different outs, distortion and manipulation, different duotone, curves, light sources, coloured lighting, projection light sources, coloured lighting, projection They also learn about Social and photography, group shots, candid portraits, photography, group shots, candid portraits, environmental issues on the subject of selfies, self-portraits, reflections, selfies, self-portraits, reflections, plastic pollution in the oceans. photographing shadows, displacement photographing shadows, displacement through water and glass, negative space through water and glass, negative space Skills: photography, and low key portraits. photography, and low key portraits. Lighting, composition, Photoshop editing, camera skills related to exposure and Editing techniques include threshold and cut Editing techniques include threshold and cut focus, PowerPoint presentation skills out filter, drawing over photographs, photo out filter, drawing over photographs, photo fit, progress with annotation and responding fit, and front facing profile illusion, text and and front facing profile illusion, text and to artists work in terms of context of Form, image layers and layer styles. image layers and layer styles. Process, Content and Mood. Vocabulary Links abstract image formal elements line formal elements line shape object the formal elements line shape object the subject shape object the subject content form subject content form process mood topic content form process mood topic theme process mood topic theme capture theme capture photograph light shadow capture photograph light shadow colour photograph light shadow colour texture colour texture tone pattern monochrome texture tone pattern monochrome duotone tone pattern monochrome duotone bokeh duotone group scene landscape portrait group scene landscape portrait angles scene portrait angles scale distortion angles distortion manipulation reflection distortion manipulation reflection rotation manipulation reflection rotation layers rotation layers exposure double exposure layers exposure double exposure cropping exposure double exposure cropping hue cropping hue and saturation documentary hue and saturation documentary photography and saturation emotion geometric shape photography record expressive emotion record