GCSE PHOTOGRAPHY EXAM - Apart and/ or together
Apart and/ or together is the title for your final unit of work. You should start by reading through the exam paper, which outlines possible starting points. You will have a period of 8-10 weeks (plus the Spring half term and main Spring holiday period) to develop your ideas through preparatory studies before spending a day in the studio realising a final outcome as part of a mock exam lasting 8 hours. You should aim to be ambitious in your final outcome presentation.
APART AND TOGETHER - OBJECTS
When surfaces are exposed to different types of force there can often be an interesting and intriguing visual outcomes. Task 1 Choose a range of different media and materials and experiment using a range of different forces on them. Consider such actions as pressing,crushing,pushing,pulling, prising or stretching. Photograph the different outcomes and upload all of your experiments onto weebly Task 2 - Homework Continue your experiments choosing a further 5 objects to work on and photograph. Take a minimum of 30 images and upload them all into a contact sheet. Select your favorite 5 images and explain your process and why you have chosen the pictures. Remember always try to make links between your work and that of others Photographers/Artists |
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APART AND TOGETHER - PORTRAITS
Ulric Collette Genetic Portrait The eye-opening series of photographs created by Ulric Collette features family members' faces spliced together, with startling results. Task Using the work of Ulric Collette as a starting point take a series of portraits in the studio and following the tutorial below merge the faces into one Homework Take a number of shots of different family members with the aim of merging their faces together. make sure to take a mixture of ages and gender. |
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APART AND TOGETHER - CHEMICAL REACTION
Bubbling Lava Lamp Materials: Clean plastic soda bottle Soda bottle top Vegetable oil (the cheaper the better) food colouring Alka Seltzer table Water Fill the bottle 3/4 with vegetable oil. Fill the rest of the bottle with water (almost to the top but not overflowing) Add about 10 drops of food colouring. Be sure to make the water fairly dark in colour. Drop one of the Alka Seltzer into the bottle and watch what happens. When the chemical reaction has finished, screw on the bottle top and tip the bottle back and forth. The tiny droplets of liquid should join together to make one big lava-like blob. Task Follow the instructions above and create your own Lava lamp. Take images of the reaction from different angles and viewpoints use lighting to highlight the different liquids as they move together and apart. Use the theory learnt at the start of the lesson and experiment using different F stops to demonstrate an understanding of depth of field. Homework Continue experimenting with putting different items together to create interesting chemical reactions Magic potion Materials: Bowl 2 Tbsp vinegar 1 Tbsp baking soda Food colouring Put 2 Tbsp vinegar in the bowl Add food colouring to the vinegar. Add 1 Tbsp baking soda (all at once) Record what happens What Happened: The bubbles that form are carbon dioxide gas. A chemical reaction occurs between the vinegar (an acid) and the baking soda (a base). The bubbles that form are carbon dioxide gas. A chemical reaction occurs between the vinegar (an acid) and the baking soda (a base). Below are images from Bernice Abbots series titled Soap bubbles. |
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STRAND RESPONSE
You have now responded to four different strands within your Apart and Together project. Each strand should be represented by a range of varied responses and show clear links to the work of other photographers. All work must be finished before you can move forward.
Task
Look back over each strand and with the help of your teacher decide which one of these ideas you wish to expand.
When you have decided write yourself a brief describing how you intend to take the project forward and what you intend to photograph next.
You have now responded to four different strands within your Apart and Together project. Each strand should be represented by a range of varied responses and show clear links to the work of other photographers. All work must be finished before you can move forward.
Task
Look back over each strand and with the help of your teacher decide which one of these ideas you wish to expand.
When you have decided write yourself a brief describing how you intend to take the project forward and what you intend to photograph next.