Creative Alevels

I want to know more about these creative subjects:
- graphic design
-digital media
-media
-photography
Many don’t have the option of textiles so I am considering what I could replace it with.

If you want to know the details about the syllabus /optional units that your school/college follows, go and speak to the relevant teachers.

On my photography course (AQA a-level) it’s not exactly what some people expect as I’ve learnt from being the subject ambassador at open days. There was one girl who said she wanted to take photos of butterflies, and of course she could do that but the time of year would need to be taken into account and it’s the same for if you’re wanting to photograph at night, because it would probably be okay for winter term and early spring term but if you maintain the same subject for your investigation, in the summer term it would be harder to get images, and in her case butterflies would be hard to find for at least half of the time she’s on the course. I think it’s important to consider that you’ll be expected to explore meaning and conveying a message rather than just taking photos and making them look good. There’s a lot of planning that goes into it to get the marks and creative ideas are so important. I honestly do enjoy it but sometimes it can get more stressful if you haven’t been able to get images or you did get a photoshoot done but you’ve realised when you come to edit it that you’ll need to redo it. Plus our teachers always say about making sure if you’re involving people as subjects in the photo that they’ll be free, but that can also make it harder to keep getting images if those people aren’t free or you aren’t free when they are. I would say it really is a good course overall though