UNIT 3: Personal Investigation
● For this assignment you should invent, prepare, explore, develop and create a 'response' to a Personal Investigation of your choice. ● This unit should demonstrate your ability to purposefully combine experience with visual and written responses. The personal investigation will be a comprehensive study in which you are expected to strengthen and extend the skills, knowledge and understanding developed during your AS course. • The theme for the personal investigation should be chosen by you.
Remind yourselves of the 4 assessment objectives… DEVELOP * EXPERIMENT * RECORD * PRESENT
UNIT 3: Personal Investigation
UNIT 3: Personal Investigation Annotation & Written Research‌
UNIT 3: Personal Investigation Understanding the Objectives‌
DEVELOP
UNIT 3: Personal Investigation Understanding the Objectives‌
EXPERIMENT
UNIT 3: Personal Investigation Understanding the Objectives‌
RECORD
UNIT 3: Personal Investigation Understanding the Objectives‌
PRESENT
Understanding Research… Get inspired… Research, Research, Research • What materials can you use/ count as research? Books, Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, Exhibitions, TV, Radio, Internet, Music, Film… the list goes on… Research findings can be used to prove that you are aware of the artists and cultural influences around you – and to help you to critically evaluate artworks (by giving you background information and a peek into the mind of an artist, and through providing you with examples of how others have responded to an artwork…as this can also help you form your own opinions about the work). Research should not be used as a method to fill your sketchbook with the boring facts.
UNIT 3: Personal Investigation Annotation & Written Research… Annotation The notes in a sketchbook do not have to be full sentences (although many choose to write in this format, as it can help to clarify thoughts); jotting down notes or writing in abbreviated form is absolutely acceptable. You should use correct terminology and demonstrate a good understanding of art vocabulary (using phrases such as ‘strong contrast’, ‘draws the eye’ and ‘focal point’ etc). While it is important to research your Artists & Photographers (and to convey an understanding of this information), you should avoid copying or summarising large passages of information from other sources (this demonstrates nothing more than the ability to regurgitate facts). Instead, you should select the information you think is relevant or useful to your project and link it with your own viewpoints and observations.
UNIT 3: Personal Investigation Annotation & Written Research‌
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Assessment Objectives
Coursework Task Guidance 1. Title Page/ Introduction 2. Mind Map – Include technical elements, plan for shoot 3. Collage/ Mood Board Photographer’s Study – Image Analysis 4. Initial Image Ideas – Recreate & Emulate in the style of… 5. Contact & Proof sheets 6. Enlarge selected images… present your best edit in your sketchbooks 7. Further Photographers Study – Link specifically to your ideas 8. Initial Photo Shoots including Independent Study… 9. Contact Sheets – Include Annotation make sure you use correct terminology 10. Proof Sheets – Discuss your strengths and weaknesses – How are you going to take your ideas forward. 11. Refine your ideas – Independent Shoots 12. Refined Contact Sheets 13. Final Proofs 14. Final Edits inc Screen Shots 15. Presentation ideas – title? * Document all of your edits in Photoshop, discuss skills you have learnt and used*