Photography - Te Hopu Whakaahua
Course Description
Students will extend their knowledge of photographic practice within a visual art context. The main focus of this course is the production of a three panel folio submission. Students select an individual theme for study, based on their strengths.
Students will develop their ability to think critically about photography as picture-making and explore reasons why photographs are made and valued. Students will extend their skills in a range of processes and techniques including studio workshops, with an emphasis on digital photography and the use of Adobe Creative Suite software.
Students will be encouraged to enter the scholarship examination based on their internal assessment grades.
Note: Students who have not taken Level 2 Photography will need to put in extra time in Term 1 to catch up on essential skills covered in the Year 12 course.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Photography 3.1 - Analyse methods and ideas from established photography practice
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Photography 3.2 - Use drawing to demonstrate understanding of conventions appropriate to photography
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Photography 3.3 - Systematically clarify ideas using drawing informed by established photography practice
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Photography 3.4 - Produce a systematic body of work that integrates conventions and regenerates ideas within photography practice
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Visual Arts 3.5 - Produce a resolved work that demonstrates purposeful control of skills appropriate to a visual arts cultural context
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 30
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.