This time, YOU CHOOSE AN APPROPRIATE STYLE MODEL and UPLOAD IT TO OUR MEDIA BLOG (you may need to download it, open it up in Photoshop and save it as a small file image jpeg)
2. Prepare
Choose an appropriate style model
Think about what it is you want to produce
Think about the focus and theme of your product – what exactly are you promoting / advertising?
Try to get beyond the surface, the obvious (the boring?) – think about a link between the music videos, your target audience, how such different artists could be brought together? Is is a well known festival, or is it part of a campaign festival to change ‘hearts and minds through music’?
The key is TO THINK CAREFULLY . . .
Then DO YOUR RESEARCH – look at similar style models, look at both artists / bands etc.
2. Produce
Gather up all of your elements – either through an internet search and download, or by making them from scratch.
Keep everything in a folder on your M drive
Layout using Adobe Photoshop
Make sure your technology works (school log-on, Adobe Creative Suite – both in school and at home)
Follow your style model for guidance – particularly in terms of the graphic elements – lines, shapes, colours, small details etc
Save any work you produce in a single folder (call it induction work) this folder should be created on your M Drive – organising your work is really important, as is keeping a back-up. If you lose your work you will have to start all over again from the beginning.
Taking some original photographs
Get into the habit of taking high quality, ORIGINAL photographs. You can use original images as TEXTURES, SILHOUETTES /PEOPLE, SHAPES, PROPS, ACCESSORIES etc. Original images will increase the quality of your work and give you higher marks.
Make sure you save your photographs along with your other work in your own folder on the M Drive. Organising your work is really important, as is keeping a back-up. If you lose your work you will have to start all over again from the beginning.
Processing your Photograph
For this task you will need to edit your original (high quality) photograph to create something that will blend in with the rest of your elements.
Some production techniques you could use . . .
Publishing
This is a print product, so print it out TO THE CORRECT SIZE – for this product you will need to print out at A4
Make sure your the file that you print out is save to a HIGH RESOLUTION to ensure high quality.
Also, save your digital file as a low resolution file which you can upload to the blog
Evaluate, reflect and assess
Let’s spend some time looking at all of the productions and asssessing them – using the assessment criteria that we have looked at before (see another link below)
Write in your note-book some reflections of how you can improve your work for next time.
