CURRICULUM
Photography
PHOTOGRAPHY Curriculum Intent
Photography is a vital part of children’s education; It provides them with a visual language through which they can share and express their individual creativity and explore the many ways in which artists from different times and cultures respond to the world around them.
Our Curriculum will equip students with the practical skills in drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture and mixed media but will also provoke curiosity, expect ambition, develop studentship and provide challenge and support for all our learners.
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Key STRANDS
Research
We find out about photographers, artists and styles of Art and the factors that have shaped Art movements such as war, new inventions, and technologies. We learn how to identify how artists/photographers have created their work and what techniques have been used.
We learn how to ‘read’ a piece of Art, understanding what the artist is trying to tell us and describing how we feel about it. We analyse works of art using the Formal Elements. These are line, tone, form, colour, pattern, texture, scale, composition. They are the building blocks of Art and we learn how to use them in many ways over the curriculum through our many exciting projects, students get to develop their understanding and expertise.
Analysis
Plan
We plan photoshoots taking inspiration from the artists that we have researched and analysed. We consider the formal elements as well as the lighting, positioning and angles.
We learn how to use the SLR cameras to take photos of objects within the classroom and we use the school building and grounds when we are working on our Built Environment project.
Photoshoot
Experiment
We teach your child how to use Photoshop to enhance photographs and also create new, individual and creative developments in the style of a variety of artists and photographers.
It is important to look back at the work that we have been inspired by and compare our developments to the work of the artist to show understanding of the work, formal elements and the curriculum.
Compare
Improve
We teach your child how to analyse their own work in comparison to others and further improve their developments looking again at the formal elements to enhance their work. The cycle continues to rotate throughout each of the coursework projects, both in Y10 and in Y11.
