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For the first term you will explore new ideas and techniques. This is your chance to take big risks, be experimental and not worry about marks, as none of this work will be assessed.

You will then have until just after Easter in Year 13 to produce two units of work. The first is a personal investigation and the second is an externally set exam.

Both units combine to get your A Level grade

Component 3 - Personal Investigation (60%)

Component 4 - Externally Set Assignment (40%)

} A Level

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Component 1: Personal Investigation 96 marks

This is another portfolio project, but it must be PERSONAL! That means you should pick a topic that you are passionate about, so that you can be highly critical, ask lots of questions and develop it in a very personal direction.

This component also includes a 1000-3000 word essay.

Component 2: Externally Set Assignment (15hr Exam) 96 marks

You will be issued an exam paper according to the title (endorsement) you have chosen. There will be eight exciting starting points, from which you will choose one.

When does it get marked?

All work will be marked after Easter in Year 13 for both components.

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Areas of Study

Candidates are required to work in one or more area(s) of Fine Art, such as those listed below. They may explore overlapping areas and combinations of areas.

    • Painting and drawing
    • Mixed media, including collage and assemblage
    • Sculpture
    • Land art
    • Installation
    • Printmaking: relief, intaglio, screen processes and lithography
    • Film, television, animation, video, photography: lens-based and/or light-based media and new media

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Areas of Study

Students are required to work in one or more area(s) of photography, such as those listed below. They may explore overlapping areas and combinations of areas:

    • Portraiture
    • Landscape photography (working from the urban, rural and/or coastal environment)
    • Still life photography (working from objects or from the natural world)
    • Documentary photography, photojournalism
    • Fashion photography
    • Experimental imagery
    • Multimedia
    • Photographic installation
    • Moving image (video, film, animation).

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