b'ALL SAINTS RC SIXTH FORM ALL SAINTS RC SIXTH FORMA-LEVEL A-LEVELPHOTOGRAPHY PHYSICS A quick overview. A quick overview.You will become confident and competent in the art of photographic image making. Study a vast range of topics ranging from sub-atomic particles to Astrophysics.Your will exhibit in at least two significant exhibitions over the two year course.Develop practical skills, and use a wide range of scientific equipment.This course can lead to many exciting photographic jobs including working freelance. Gain experience using a variety of mathematical and analytical skills.Is this course for me? and surreal editing, run alongsideFuture opportunities? Is this course for me? Waves: The behaviour of waves,Future opportunities?technical workshops looking atsuch as superposition, refraction and We are bombarded by images onaperture/shutter speed and imageStudio work, fashion, media,Studying Physics challenges ourdiffraction is covered in this topic.Physics is essential or useful social media and TV - our coursemanipulation. This approach willevents, film and animation,imaginations and leads to a greaterApplications include optical fibres,in a vast range of careers, trains you in the art of digital imagehelp you take full control of thedocumentary photography, travel,understanding of the world arounddiffraction gratings and how musicalincluding: acoustic engineer, making so your images are the onescamera and capture the imagesforensics, photojournalism, sportsus. If you choose to study A levelinstruments produce sound waves. medical physicist, mechanical people remember. We will achieveyou strive for - we wont be usingphotography, military photography,Physics then you will study a wideengineer, oceanographer, optician, this goal together, using our studio,the Auto setting! All assignmentsteaching, photo editing and manyrange of topics, ranging from theMechanics: The Physics ofradiographer, forensic scientist, professional backdrops, digitalinvolve a critical studies elementmore. minute scale of subatomic particles,moving objects, including velocity,technical translator, geo-physicist, editing techniques, digital cameras,to enrich outcomes and developto the vast scale of the Universe. Ifacceleration, moments, energyscientific publisher.a range of lenses and a traditionalyour understanding of howyou are inquisitive, hard-working andand power. Applications include darkroom. You will have a diversephotographers use this medium toAnything else? enjoy learning about how things workprojectiles (e.g. javelins) and crumple and hands-on experience. express opinions, create narrativethen A level Physics could be for you. zones in cars. Anything else?and engage the viewer.Youll need good time managementElectricity: This topic builds This course successfully preparesskills and be willing to find andWhat will I learn? on work covered at GCSE andPhysics A level is a varied, you for direct entry onto an ArtAfter exhibiting your mostvisit interesting locations for photoincludes a detailed study of current,interesting and very challenging Foundation course and a range ofsuccessful series of images inshoots, based on your personalAt All Saints, we follow the AQApotential difference and resistancecourse. Mathematical skills underpin lens based degree courses. TALENT, our end of year show,interests. Attention to detail andSpecification, which covers thein a variety of electrical circuits.much of the course content, so you will devise and develop arefinement should lead to imagesfollowing topics: Superconductivity, resistivity andconfidence using GCSE Maths is personal investigation and have fullwith impact, so youll need patience,potential dividers are also covered. essential. You dont need to take A What will I learn? ownership of both the theme anddetermination and resilience. Measurements and their errors:level Maths to study A level Physics, direction of this coursework unit.Throughout the course there areMaterials: This topic covers thehowever, if you intend to continue Initial research and photo shootsnumerous opportunities to developyour study of Physics at university, You will create an exciting,are completed over summer andbasics of materials, including personalised sketchbookthe investigation is developed andskills in gathering and analysingdensity, stress, strain and the Youngthen it will usually be expected documenting your creative use ofrefined during Year 13, accompaniedexperimental data. Experience isModulus.that you will have studied A level digital cameras, lenses and relatedby an essay. The essay is based onalso gained using a wide range ofMaths alongside Physics. Pursuing equipment used in the productionyour personal investigation andscientific instruments. Further topics studied in Yearan A-level in Mathematics is not of successful photographs. A rangeallows you demonstrate a broader13 include nuclear physics anda requirement for A-level physics, of short assignments coveringunderstanding of the conceptsParticles and Radiation: This topicradioactivity, thermal physics,however we do highly recommend it topics such as street photography,involved in your work. introduces many different particles,further mechanics, gravitational,as a supporting subject.portraiture, landscape, collectionsincluding pions, neutrinos, kaonselectric and magnetic fields, and and quarks. The photoelectricturning points (landmark discoveries effect, atomic line spectra and waveand famous experiments in the particle duality are also studied. history of Physics).58 59'