Photography A Level
Examining Board: OCR
Overview
This course encourages students to develop different approaches to recording images, such as observation, analysis, expression, and imagination. Students explore a wide range of techniques and materials while investigating artists, designers, and cultural influences using sketchbooks and journals to record their ideas.
Course Content
A Level Photography will explore the following areas:
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Photographic Techniques
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Digital Photography and Photoshop
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Darkroom Techniques, Photograms, Cyanotype
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Drawing with Light
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Exploring, Using and Creating Photographs with a Wide Range of Materials
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Developing Ideas and Themes from Personal Experience
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Mixed Media, Including collage and Assemblage
Entry Requirements
5 GCSEs at Grade 4 or above, including Mathematics and English Language, and a Grade 5 or above at GCSE Art, or an equivalent arts subject.
How is it Assessed?
Component 1: Personal Investigation, including a 1000–3000-word essay explaining the development of your investigation. (60%)
Component 2: Externally set assignment, including a 15-hour exam to produce a final outcome for your studies. This runs between February and May in Year 13. (40%)
Future Pathways with Photography
Actor, Advertising, Animator, Architect, Art Therapist, Camera Operator, Conservator, Content Creator, Fashion Designer, Film Director, Game Artist, Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Jeweller, Marketing, Make-up Artist, Photographer.
Photography also develops your transferable skills such as creative problem-solving, independence, research, and communication that are valued by universities and employers.
