Annotation and Checklist.

HERE is a short annotation guide to help you put the finishing touches to your Component 1.

You might also wish to use this simplified checklist. It's HERE.

Final peice

The final deadline for Comp 1 - Thursday, Dec 13th
Over the next two weeks, you will be working on completing your final piece for component 1.
You will have one week after your mock exams to 'snag' any elements of coursework that you have missed or need to improve.
Please ensure that all work from the TASK LIST is completed to the best of your ability. When you hand in your book, you will want everything to be stuck in and presented beautifully. Consider the front cover of your sketchbook at a first ipression for the exminer. Make it special and be proud!

All sections of work must have titles and some form of clear annotation. The least you can submit should be your INTENTION (what was the point of doing the task?) and EVALUATION (What did you learn and what impact did this have on your project?)
The BIG hand in is the end of the lesson on THURSDAY DECEMEBER the 13th.
You will then receive your final grade for Comp 1 on Dec the 17th.

This is 60% of your final GCSE grade.

Investigating colour

Objective

In order for you to fully explore the combinations of colours that you could potentially use in your design, you must trial a draft in various colour schemes.

Task

Take your latest ideas and colour it using colour scheme ideas. This could include:
Monochromatic, complementary, analogous and triadic. There are many more examples - high saturation, low saturation with spot colour. It's up to you.
*Please ensure that the colour choice you make for your final pieces is included in the examples that you create.

Presentation

Post to your presentation with an explanation of what and why you have done this. You should also point out the most successful version and explain why.

Checklist for assessment

Can we tell straight away that you have consciously used colour?

Deadline

Tuesday 28th of November

Below is Michael's A* example.

Refined drafts

Objective
To further develop your layout ideas

Task
Take one of your favourite scamps and draw it neater at an A5-ish size.

Do this 3 times with the same design, refining each time as you go. After each drawing, annotate to describe what elements you can change and refine. This could be type size/placement, character size/placement,
You don't have to include colour at this stage.

AO2 Refine their
ideas through experimenting and selecting appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes

Presentation
Photograph and post to presentation.

Checklist for assessment
3 refined drafts with annotations.

Deadline
TBC

Developing ideas by exploring different media

In a nutshell, make your design. Just see how it goes.

For this task, you will have time to develop your ideas by exploring different media. You should attempt to choose a technique or medium that is similar to one that you have mainly been using. For example, if you have begun to create a photography based artefact, choose more photography developments that show that you can move an idea along, that you are playful and creative.

Look in my books and on Pinterest for ideas.

Feel free to link it back to an artist that you have looked at or to revisit a method that you have used before, but have found a way of refining.

By the end of this section, your idea should have moved along considerably and you should be breaking new ground.

Please have fun, work hard, and be playful. Honestly, you will get marks for being courageous as well as skilful.

Deadline: Oct 2nd

Artists research / visual response

Objectives
To further your understanding of graphic communication practitioners

Task
Using the web and my books, research and present a contextual investigation of a relevant artist, illustrator, photographer or designer.
List of artists here
Use THIS instruction sheet.

Deadline 
First week back in September 2018 


The contents of the investigation should include the following:

1 Gather 4+ pieces of their work - bullet point why these pieces are characteristic of the artist’s work. Don’t describe them separately, look for similar traits.

2 Explain your personal response. Use the relevant questions of the pink section on the 
LOOKING AT ARTEFACTS sheet to help your questioning and responses. 

3 Criticise and analyse their work. Use the relevant questions on the remaining three sections of the  LOOKING AT ARTEFACTS sheet to help your questioning.  (You don’t have to respond to every question.)

4 Respond to their work by emulating their style or process. Take characteristics of their work and merge them with your own work. Translate the work into your own ideas. Don’t spend hours coping whole images. Copies don’t earn many marks - your personal response does.


For those students wishing to achieve the top grades:
Context GCSE Stretch and Challenge 1 Write about the context. What other designers are working at the same time? Include a range of illustrator's work

Influences GCSE Stretch and Challenge 2 Research to find out who the designer has been influenced by. To do this you may need to read an interview with the illustrator. 
Just Google "Interview with [illustrator's name]" and read a few passages

Similar Artefact Typography - Homework

Objective
To research the variety of typography used on your chosen artefact.
To select a possible typeface for your product.

Task 1:

Gather together 10 or more examples of similar artefacts. (If you are making a console game cover, then you will collect lots of game covers.)

Print them off and stick them in your sketchbook (or copy/paste them onto your slides.)

Crop them so that it only shows the type.

• Describe the fonts used.
• Are there any similarities that appear in many examples?
• Why do you think they are suitable for the artefacts?
• Analyse using the Style & Personality section of these type terms

Task 2:

Look on Dafont to select a typeface that could be used on your own artefact.

• Try a few
• Present them using the name of your artefact
• Describe why the examples you have chosen is good for your design.

Expected time

2 hr +

Deadline

Start of the lesson - 2nd July