Creative Digital Media @ stj
Component 3 - Create a media product in response to a brief
8th of May Lesson 7
Tasks to complete
TASK 1
Please make sure you have completed the drawn page layout task in your folder (Activity 2) Find your folder and the drawn plan for your front cover.
Make sure you have completed the following:
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You have drawn a plan for the front cover and the double page spread
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You have labelled and written notes about the design, style and the colours you have used.
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You have left them at the front of your folder.
Make sure you have uploaded your latest version of your front cover and double page spread to OndeDrive and the folder is shared with me.
Your Activity Word document has also been uploaded to OneDrive.
TASK 2 - Working with Typography
Your task is to learn how to use different fonts and how to
manipulate them using Photoshop.
You can...
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Change the size and scale.
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Change the font.
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Change the colour of the text.
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Rotate the text.
Your task is to create your own animal using text only. You can use the
video to help you decide on an animal.
can you make the animal only using the letters that spell that animal?
Activity 1 PART A
Use the Activity 1 template, this is the structure for your first assessment. Use the example to help you what to write and how much you need to write.
Below is an effective example. Download and read through to help you with the structure of the ideas log.
Download the Activity 1 template to help you write your own ideas log which follows the same structure.
This link is to a high-mark example. Use this as a guide on what and how much to write.
Websites to help you with research:
Activity 1 PART B
Part B is a hand-drawn mock-up of what your front page and double page layouts will look like.
YOU MUST -
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Create a colour mock-up of the front cover and the double-page spread
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Annotate every section on spare paper (label the designs with numbers, then number your annotations so I can see what section you are writing about) Look at the example.
Activity 3
CLICK HERE to download the Photoshop Templates for the front cover and the double page.
Drag these two files from the downloads folder to the Component 3 folder in your user area.
Watch the first video (Demo for Double Page) to help you practise your Photoshop skills.
TASK - Use the double-page template to follow the guide in the video. The demo is for another project, you need to work on your FIZZIKAL magazine front cover and double page spread.
Activity 3 - Review
Below is the link for your technical review. Download the file, open it and then SAVE AS to your work folder. Make sure you save your work while working on your file.