YR 13
60% Personal Investigation (96marks)
+Related Study (24marks)- (120marks)
40% Controlled test (Exam)- (80marks)
A2 Photography has two assessed Units:
Personal Investigation:
Year 13 emphasis in this early stage is on building skills that can be revisited and explored in future units. If its got curiosity stamped all over it we will encourage you to explore it further.
You will devise with guidance your own programme of study based on a chosen theme. you to focus and build on your strengths as you plan an ambitious exploration of photography in all its alternative forms. Within this investigation you are required to complete a Personal Study.
Controlled Test:
You have to devise a personal response. We hope you will have saturated enough skill to take on the monumental task of the 15 hour examination (three working days!
PERSONAL
INVESTIGATION
(COURSEWORK)
Your Coursework consists of two componments:
1) A body of creative work that stretches your own thinking and ideas resulting in a final piece, develope a project that has strong substance and theory behind it. Push and Challenge yourself, the idea behind the work is as important as the images it self.
2) 1000-3000 word essay thats analysis's your body of research for your project.
Coursework checklist
Example coursework
RELATED STUDY
2) 1000-3000 word essay thats analysis's your body of research for your project.
Choose your subject
Choose something you are genuinely interested in......
It is an investigation that should be sustained and be around 1000 -3000 words long . How do you plan to present your personal study... Don't just produce an essay...a weak submission in the format of an essay will come across as an after thought and last minute.
Your writing should reflect your creative nature: Provide subtle insights into your thinking, provoke interest; tempt curiosity. Use quotes and challenging questions to engage the reader.
Plan your study by coming up with a question or an enquiry to help you focus the point to your study.
The best way to do this is to pick a genre or particular subject matter that you find inspiring and develop this into a question or enquiry…
Referencing
Do use quotes from books, articles and websites but you most reference where your research has come from. You most use Harvard referencing for this which includes in-text citations and a bibliography. Click here for a handy guide.
Use the website cite this for me to help you create your in-text citations and bibliography,
Present
You need to present your related study in a manner that suits your coursework and links to your essay, it could be a magazine, zine, film, booklet, Album cover etc
example related studies
