exam prep

Exam dates 31^st March, 1^st and 3^rd April

Please ensure that you address the following within the blogger.

Target number of shoots = 3

Ensure that your exam submission meets the requirements of the assessment objectives as interpreted below:

	Done y/n
AO1:   ·  Is my work linked to my research?  Describe how your work is linked within the work record. ·  Am I showing a progression of my work from previous shoots? – mention the preparatory shoots within the work record. ·  Am I analysing my work objectively… (connotation, denotation, etc.)? This can be done in the work record.
AO2:   ·  Am I experimenting with techniques, processes, materials? This can be shown in the work record, computer experiments and physical experiments (if done as part of the exam). ·  Am I reviewing and refining my ideas (learning from e.g. preparatory shoots, photographers research)? This can be shown in the work record.
AO3: ·  Am I recording my ideas, observations?  This can be shown in the work record. You will need to use technical language including camera settings… ·  Am I reflecting on my work and progress. This can be shown in the work record.
AO4:   ·  Am I adopting a personalised approach within my photography, am I expressing why I photographed/edited/printed the subject area in a particular way? This can be shown in the work record. ·  How do my final photographs/final pieces, connect with my previous research?  This can be shown in the Final Pieces.

For each shoot you will need to create the following posts.

·       Contact sheet

·       Straight images (as many as you wish to post)

·       Work Record

·       Computer experiments (if carried out during the exam)

·       Physical experiments (if carried out during the exam)

·       Final Pieces

On page 2 there is an outline of why these components are required and what you need to write within each section.

Why you need the following posts

Contact sheet

Will evidence the breadth of your research.  IF YOU feel that you can only do two very long shoots rather than three this will be reflected in your contact sheet.

Straight Images (as many as you wish to post)

 Select the best images from the shoot that you might wish to take further through editing

Work Record your Plans for the shoot, What you hope to achieve. NB (those first two sections should be written before the shoot in order to help you clarify your ideas and to ensure you have all that you need).  This is followed up by What I actually achieved (with two evaluated pictures - equivalent to the evaluation section of a work diary) In this section you must record how you took the photograph in terms of camera settings and the visual outcome (did you achieve the type of photographs you wanted, what are the denotations and possible connotations associated with the images).  Candidates are expected to use technical language (e.g. depth of field, etc).  What I am doing to do next (this might mean something that occurred whilst doing that shoot that you want to develop or maybe even a change in direction, etc).

Computer experiments -

·       Computer experiments will demonstrate your ability to experiment with the medium of digital photography… This is an important aspect of the AQA assessment criteria.  You will need to explain the process used.   You can do this with screen prints and text or just use text only.

·       You should evidence the photograph before and after the computer experimentation.

Physical experiments -

Physical experiments will demonstrate your ability to experiment with the medium of photography… This is an important aspect of the AQA assessment criteria.  The process involves the way a final print is physically transformed and how the meaning of a print changes as a result of the transformation.  Physical experiments SHOULD be recorded by scanning in the transformed print..  You will need to explain how the transformation has changed the meaning of the photograph e.g. describe your concept and the connotations associated with the print.

FINAL PIECES

Show the images the best images that you have created in a single post.  Ensure that the images selected work as a series and are linked to the exam paper.

Describe how the work is linked to your preparatory work (i.e. photographers research or shoots). Do this within the post below the images.