PHO2
This course requires 2 options.

Photography 2

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Miss R. Elmes.

This practical, hands on course provides students the opportunity to learn creatively through the lens of a camera! Each student chooses their own theme to base their work on and develop their ideas.

Processes and procedures involved with digital photography including
•Camera use
•Printing
•Photoshop and digital manipulation

The year culminates in a Folio submission.

Course Overview

Term 1
Students learn the basics of photography both in the studio and on location. Selecting a theme and developing ideas through photography are the key areas of focus for Term one.

Term 2
Students continue to develop work to show both understanding of conventions and the development of ideas in the medium of photography. Experimentation of techniques and editing in Adobe Lightroom are core areas of focus for this term.

Term 3
Students continue to develop work based on their chosen theme. Greater independent learning should occur during this term as students take ownership of their ideas and control of the camera.

Term 4
Term four culminates in the presentation of the students work in a two panel folio board for external assessment.

Prerequisites

If you did not take a pathway course at Level 1, or achieved fewer than 12 credits in that course, you will need HOD approval. Please email [email protected]


Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

$60
Students will be required to purchase their own SD Camera card for use in an out of school. Cameras are available for student use.

Pathway

A practical course where students are challenged to individually devise, plan and shoot based on their chosen theme. Exploration of different camera techniques, processes and approaches will be explored.

Assessment Information

Two Internal and one External submission make up this course. The external is the presentation of work done throughout the year so no examination is sat.

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
Course endorsement provides recognition for a student who has performed exceptionally well in an individual course.
Students will gain an endorsement for a course if, in a single school year, they achieve:
* 14 or more credits at Merit or Excellence, and
* at least 3 of these credits from externally assessed standards and 3 credits from internally assessed standards.

Total Credits Available: 20 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 12 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 8 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91312 v2
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.2 - Use drawing methods to apply knowledge of conventions appropriate to photography
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0

Assessments:
Term: 2, Week: 10
Term: 2021-03-04, Week: 2021-03-04

A.S. 91317 v2
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.3 - Develop ideas in a related series of drawings appropriate to established photography practice
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0

Assessments:
Term: 2, Week: 10
Term: 2021-03-04, Week: 2021-03-04

A.S. 91322 v2
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.4 - Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within photography
Level: 2
Internal or External: External
Credits: 12
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0

Assessments:
Term: 4, Week: 3
Term: 2021-03-04, Week: 2021-03-04

Credit Summary
Total Credits: 20
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0