Author: ceggleton

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The assessment objectives / A01 INVESTIGATE AND ANALYSE = max 24 marks / A02 EXPLORE AND EXPERIMENT = max 24 marks / A03 RECORD OBSERVATIONS AND IDEAS = max 24 marks / A04 PRESENT A PERSONAL RESPONSE = max 24 marks / Use the checklist and success criteria to review your progress and ensure you are meeting the / 4 Assessment Objectives. / We will review your progress each week.via Learning Conversations in lessons. Year 13’s will be required to book a separate 15 minute tutorial in lesson time. / You will need to ensure high standards of creative presentation and quality of work. / You need to per week spend 4-5 hours completing, improving and presenting the tasks at home.
YEAR 12—SKILLS
Term 1A / HISTORY of GRAPHIC DESIGN & ELEMENTS of DESIGN / Graphic Design Timeline / Elements of Design – Line / Shape / Colour / Value (Tone) / Texture / Size / Space / Workshop based activities with Critical Study links and historical influences / Artists & Designers: Zoe Anker, Jon Burgerman, Tom Abbiss-Smith, Alice Patullo / Illustration, Logo Design, Characterisation, Signage, Packaging & Branding / Principles of Design – Contrast / Repetition / Alignment / Proximity / Photoshop Skills – Setting up a doc / Contact Sheet / Saving & Printing / Adjustments & Filters / HOMEWORK– Complete and present work in your sketchbooks to support practical workshops
Term 1B / GENRES OF GRAPHIC DESIGN & PRINCIPLES of DESIGN / Genres— Illustration, Logo Design, Characterisation, Signage, Packaging & Branding / Principles of Design – Contrast / Repetition / Alignment / Proximity / Workshop based activities with Critical Study links and historical influences / Artists & Designers: You will be required to find your own designers to reference here -, Graphic Design books (Creative Arts Library) Pinterest, Instagram / HOMEWORK– Complete and present work in your sketchbooks to support practical workshops

Term 2A / TYPOGRAPHY / Anatomy of Type / Serif vs Sans Serif / Type Hierarchy / Font style & personality / Artists & Designers: Anthony Burrell, Alan Kitching – Letterpress & Woodblock / Wolfgang Weingart, Cecil Touchon – Digital Abstraction, Neville Brody / Marion Deuchars, Jon Contino, Eduardo Recife, Peter Strain – Hand-drawn Lettering / Poster Design – Jan Tschichold, The Swiss Style, Swissted, David Carson, Peter Bankov / HOMEWORK– Complete and present work in your sketchbooks to support practical workshops / MINI PROJECT—Working to a Brief / You will receive a project brief to work to that demonstrates your skills you have learned so far. You will need to show skill in the Elements & Principles of design and cover all four AO’s / HOMEWORK– Complete and present work in your sketchbooks to support practical workshops
Term 2B / PERSONAL INVESTIGATION / What GENRES of Graphic Design are you interested in? Poster Design, Branding, Graphics, Logos, Illustration, Typography, digital or analogue... Collect visual / written information about your chosen area and include your PERSONAL OPINIONS (min. 2 double pages) / Complete critical studies based on your chosen theme. DRAWINGS, DIGITAL DRAWING AND EDITS – Complete experiments relevant to your critical studies. What techniques / processes do they use? How will you respond? / HOMEWORK– Complete and present work in your sketchbooks to support practical workshops
Term 3A & 3B / PERSONAL INVESTIGATION / Continue to develop your Personal Investigation by revisiting some of the skills you have covered in Year 12 (digital, drawing, collage, printing, mixed media) / Complete relevant critical studies and use your time during the summer holidays to complete work in your chosen genre. Write a STATEMENT OF INTENT (150 words) / Which direction are you going to begin your project? Write a description of what you would like to do? What is your aim? What do you want to learn about more? What is your concept / idea? This is fluid and can change at any time but you must document and record your thought processes and why and how your ideas are changing. What are you learning? What do you want to learn from this project?

YEAR 13
Term 1 / PERSONAL INVESTIGATION / You should return with a good body of work for your personal investigation. / You should now be spending your time developing ideas towards a final piece based on your chosen theme. All work should be supported by critical studies (double pages for each one– A MINIMUM OF 8 IN TOTAL) / Try contacting photographers/ artists…. Ask them about their work, get quotes…Make your investigation PERSONAL and UNIQUE... / You need to be booking a 15 minute tutorial OUT OF LESSON time with your teacher to discuss your / project and set targets. / How can you make your work stand out?
Term 2 / PERSONAL INVESTIGATION AND ESSAY / This term will predominantly be spent producing a final piece/s and a 1000-3000 WORD ESSAY / Think about different ways of presenting your final piece– print big, use frames, print on unusual textures/ fabric, produce a 3D/ interactive piece or installation…. / Consider how your work will look in the gallery... / Review your work- is your idea working? Have you achieved your aim? / Describe what is successful and unsuccessful and why? / HAND IN FOR ALL COURSEWORK AND ESSAY– END OF TERM
Terms 3 & 4 / COMPONENT 2- EXAM / See Exam timetable for a breakdown of tasks