Photography - Te Hopu Whakaahua
Course Description
Students are taught to understand the ways in which photographs are made and the variety of contexts in which they are viewed. Students will learn how to use the manual camera and how to apply these with creative control.
The course will cover digital photographic processes including the use of Adobe Photoshop software and digital file management. The course will cover still life, studio and documentary photography. Students will study established artist models and use this knowledge to inform their own work. They will then generate and develop ideas to produce a body of work in the form of a folio submission at the end of the year.
Pathway
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.1 - Demonstrate an understanding of methods and ideas from established practice appropriate to photography
Further assessment opportunities will not be offered for this standard in line with NZQA guidelines
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Visual Arts 2.2 - Use drawing methods to apply knowledge of conventions appropriate to photography
Further assessment opportunities will not be offered for this standard in line with NZQA guidelines
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Visual Arts 2.3 - Develop ideas in a related series of drawings appropriate to established photography practice
Further assessment opportunities will not be offered for this standard in line with NZQA guidelines
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Visual Arts 2.4 - Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within photography
Further assessment opportunities will not be offered for this standard in line with NZQA guidelines
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Visual Arts 2.5 - Produce a resolved work that demonstrates control of skills appropriate to cultural conventions
Further assessment opportunities will not be offered for this standard in line with NZQA guidelines