THEMES

Each year the exam board produce lists of themes for Units 2 and 4.

Here are the prescribed themes for 2015 for Years 11, 12 and 13:

Year 11:

Ritual
Collections
Spirals
Fantastic & Strange
The Human Condition

Year 12:

The Weather
Photomontage
Evidence
Creative use of light
Sportspeople

Year 13:

Contact Sheets
Challenging traditional representation
Aspects of the landscape
Unusual portraiture
Viewpoint & composition
Multiple images
Documenting in colour
New realities

Here are the prescribed themes for 2014 for Years 11, 12 and 13:

Year 11:

Openings
Disguise
Futurism
Edges
Street Photography
Texture
Fragments

Year 12:

Story Telling
Reflections
Personal Comment
Freezing Motion
The Natural World

Year 13:

The Built Environment
Fantasy
Close-up
Family Life
Images within Images
Fashion Photography
The Photo Essay
Representations of the Human Figure

Here are the prescribed themes for 2013 for Years 13 and 12:

Text and Image
Mechanical Objects and Machinery
Current Events
Abstraction in the Landscape
Movement
Drawing with Light
Formal Elements
Poetry and Literature

Multiple Images
Musical Instruments and Musicians
Issues
Home
Contrasts

_Here are the prescribed themes for 2012 for Years 13 and 12:

Water
Surrealism
Approaches to Portraiture
Transport and Travelling
Issues of Concern
Distortion
Composition
Personal View of Society

Personal Possessions
Black and White or Colour?
The Passing of Time
Decay
Patterns

These were the themes for 2011:

Combining Images

Dance

Documentary

Buildings & Structures

Challenging Convention

Light & Shadow

Abstract Images

Mood & Atmosphere

Moving Objects

Facial Expressions & Body Language

Food

Studio Still Life

Evidence of Human Presence