The Power of the Portrait:
Portraits, Self Portraits and Identity
Experiment with different layouts and designs.
Use black and white and colour, text, illustration, double exposure etc.
Year 10
Your Coursework starts here
This is the beginning of your controlled coursework which will be assessed in year 11 and will form 60% of your final grade.
The emphasis this year is on developing your own ideas through research of artists/genres, taking your own photographs in response to your research, experimenting with different techniques and starting to link these together to create a series of final pieces.
In Pairs, choose a piece of coursework to analyse. Can you identify the good practice in these pieces of work? Download the worksheet, screenshot it and place in your sketchbook.
LO: To identify and develop your coursework ideas by choosing a starting point for your new project; People and Places, then mind mapping and researching artists.
STEP ONE:
Have a look at the two categories below and see if any of the topics spark any ideas. Choose one (or more than one) as a starting point for your coursework.
Choose one word from Identity and Environment and one word from the list below.
It's important that you choose a topic that you feel strongly about and are really interested in.
Then create a mind map exploring your ideas.
How do we develop our ideas now?
Choose one of the starting points below:
Create a mind map - Use Canva
Home
CORNWALL
Nature
Architecture
Street Photography
Climate Crisis
The Coast
Erosion
Polution
Single use plastics
Conservation
Travel and Leisure
Journeys
Identity
Environment
Portraits
Landscape
Gender
PRIDE
Body Image
Hidden Identity
Work - A day in the life
Expression/Emotion
Transform
Sub Cultures/Music
Who am I?
Myths/Legends and Fairytales
Human Rights
Feminism
Fashion/
Branding
Mental Health
Campaigns
Families
STEP TWO:
Add some of these words to your mind map to give your ideas more focus:
Perspective
Opposites
Inside/
Outside
Reveal
Silhouette
Supernatural
Hidden
Distort
Perception
Line
Blur
Texture
Contrast
Colour
Shape
Calm
Fear
Light
Close up/Macro
Chaos
Dark
Shadows
STEP THREE:Create a Pinterest account and then make a new board called Year 10 Photography
Now click on the pinterest boards below to add your own visual ideas to your new board. Ensure you have AT LEAST 30 PINS.
Add these images to your Powerpoint.
STEP FOUR:Create a Powerpoint in your OneDrive called Year10 Photography
Now create a page in your (PP) sketchbook in the form of a mood board/inspiration page using the images you pinned on your pinterest board, make it visually exciting!!!
Developing your ideas using artists techniques - Student Project example
STEP FIVE: Skills workshops
CHOOSE YOUR FIRST 6-8 ARTISTS TO RESEARCH AND RESPOND TO
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Choose two images that really inspire you from the pinterest board and mood board, research the artists who created them and create a research page on both artists/campaigns depending on the images you have chosen.
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Plan your first photoshoot and make a list of all the things you will need, props, costume, make up, location etc.
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If you are stuck, use the workshops below to help you get started. Choose the ones that link to and develop your ideas.
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You should aim for one workshop per lesson.
Here are some suggestions for you to start you off.
Attempt one workshop each lesson. This can be from your own artist research or from my workshops below. This should consist of a page of artists research, a photoshoot and a series of edits using the artists techniques.
Explore Environment through collage
Research the work of Joanna Goodman
LO: Using your own images, create either hand manipulated or digital collages that reflect identity and environment.
Respond:
Task 1:
Using the environment around you, do a photoshoot in and around the photography unit of objects, textures, patterns and backgrounds. Combine these with portraits you have taken or new portraits to create a series of collages.
Task 2:
Do a further shoot at home of different patterns textures and objects to develop your ideas further
