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Quick questions on Analysing photographs - SQA Higher Photography question paper analysis section
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What is read the image closely first?Show answer
Before writing, look at the whole image and form an overall impression: what kind of photograph it is, what its subject and mood are, and what the photographer seems to be communicating. Then identify the features that create that impression. Working from the evidence in the image, rather than from a generic prepared answer, is what separates real analysis from an essay that ignores the specific photograph.
What is q1?Show answer
How many marks is the analysis section worth, and what kind of image does it use? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Name three visual elements you could analyse in a photograph. [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
What is the difference between describing and analysing an image? [2 marks]
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