Glendowie College
11 Art Digital Photography / Design
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Year 13 (2025) students are required to attend Subject Confirmation on Thursday 23 January to finalise their timetable.
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Ms A. Whittaker.
In Visual Arts education, students develop visual literacy and aesthetic awareness as they manipulate and transform visual, tactile, and spatial ideas to solve problems. They experiment with materials, using processes and conventions to develop their visual enquiries and create both static and time-based art works. An understanding of Māori visual culture is achieved through exploration of Māori contexts. The arts of European, Pasifika, Asian, and other cultures add significant dimensions to New Zealand visual culture.
Course/Course Content
The course focuses on further developing skills in the digital art forms of Photography and Design. Students will learn practical camera, lighting and studio skills to further their understanding of photography. They will also learn more complex Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and design skills to develop their creative expression. They will create series of works that explore both contemporary Photography and Design within an authentic setting.
Objectives
- Understanding the Visual Arts in context: Share ideas about how and why their own and others’ works are made and their purpose, value, and context.
- Developing practical knowledge: Explore a variety of materials and tools and discover elements and selected principles.
- Developing ideas: Investigate visual ideas in response to a variety of motivations, observation, and imagination.
- Communicating and interpreting: Share the ideas, feelings, and stories communicated by their own and others’ objects and images.
Content
Learning and Assessment | Description |
Planning and Developing Skills Lens Culture | Students will develop photography skills with the DSLR camera, studio lighting and darkroom manipulation, as well as design skills with Photoshop and the design process. They will plan and create work using a range of media. |
Photography Domestic Still-Life | Students will investigate the conventions of photography further and look at established practice. They will use this to plan and take photographs towards a final series of work. |
Design Logo Design | Students will investigate the design process further by developing work towards an authentic situation. They will be given the opportunity to develop their design strengths in illustration or graphic design towards a series of work. |
Resolved Work Tūrangawaewae A Sense of Place | Students will work towards an independent project based on their own strengths and interests. This could be: Animation, Mural, Exhibition, Illustration. This will cumulate in a collaborative end of year presentation with the Arts Faculty. |
See 'Visual Art in Yr12' link below for more details about pathways in this subject.
Extra curricular activities that can extend students in Visual Arts include:
GDC_arts - Ongoing competitions, external Art and Photography competitions, Art lunchtime activities, Summerfest, School Art Exhibition, displays, assisting with School Production, and community projects.
Subject and Associated Costs
It is highly recommended that students taking Year 11APD have access to a camera at home although there are a small number of cameras which can be borrowed from the college.
Course Costs: $40.00 Materials fee (includes a visual diary, art equipment, large format printing).
Associated Costs: $10.00 Adobe CC 1 year Licence (approx.) highly recommended.
Pathway
Studying Design could lead to a career in:
3D Animator, Book Illustrator, Computer Animator, Layout Artist, Motion Graphics Artist, Storyboard Artist, Video Game Director, Web Developer, 3D Modeler, Cartoon Artist, Game Level Designer, Logo Designer, Multimedia Designer, UI UX Designer, Visual Effects Artist, Book Cover Artist, Comic Book Artist, Graphic Designer, Medical Illustrator, Print Designer, Video Game Designer, Web Designer
Studying Photography could lead to a career in:
Advertising, Aerial Photography, Commercial Photography, Event Photography, Fashion Photography, Food Photography, Nature Photography, Photo Retoucher, Photojournalism, Portrait Photography
Assessment Information
Year 12 Visual Art Photography/Design Guideline(s):Successful completion of Year 11 Photography & Design.
Pathway Tags
Animator/Digital Artist, Diversional Therapist, Aeroplane Pilot, Artist, Tattoo Artist, Film/Television Camera Operator, Fashion Designer, Graphic Designer, Interior Designer, Conservator, Jeweller, Curator, Graphic Pre-press Worker, Visual Merchandiser, Early Childhood Teacher, Exhibition and Collections Technician, Florist, Lighting Technician, Nanny/Child Carer, Photographer, Signmaker, Valuer, Garment Technician,
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Disclaimer
It is important that you complete your option selection by the due date to enable you to have your preferred course of study. Course availability is dependent on numbers and staffing, and course entry will be confirmed at the beginning of the school year.
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