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Unit 9 Assessment

AOB 3 Edit digital images for a specific purpose.

Task.
You are to edit at least 6 of the brochure and 6 of the magazine images so that they are fit for purpose.

Make a copy of your original image so that this can be displayed alongside the edited version in your blog.

You must evidence at least three different edits. These could include:
Cropping
Scaling
Altering the Levels
Change to Black and White
Colourising
Changing Hue / Saturation (colour adjustments)
Making 'Retro' (light leaks, Instagram etc)
Adding texture through blending modes
Changing shapeEnhancements
Combine images from different sources
Adding effects / filters

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To get a distinction Distinction for this assessment objective you have to:

1. Use a range of techniques effectively and creatively.

2. Explain the purpose of these techniques and describe their possible effects on viewers.

EXEMPLAR BELOW...

Here is an example of one way of achieving the distinction for AOB 3.  The annotation is underneath the images. You will be doing 12 of these in total.

The techniques used include blending layers of colour and texture, vignetting and imitating light leaks. The purpose of these edits was to make the image have a 'retro' appearance and make the viewer feel that they are looking at an old Polaroid.

AOB 2 Transfer Images from a camera.

Task:
You are to organise all of your images into folders on your network folders.

> Start with a root folder called UNIT 9.
> Then 3 folder inside called Nature & Decay / Brochure / Magazine
> Inside these you need to place all of the relevant images that you have taken so far and NAME
   them.

> Take a screen shot (cmd / shift / 4) of the folder and post it to your Unit 9 blog. Annotate the post. 

   See below for example image.

Distinction.
Candidates transfer images electronically from a range of sources independently. They save a large quantity of photographs naming files appropriately for easy indexing and creating sub folders.

Unit 9 AOB 1 - Take images for 3 specific purposes

At the end of Unit 9, you are to present 4 photos for 3 different purposes. That's 12 images in all.
In reality you will take a lot more than this, but you will select from these for your final presentation.
Remember that you are taking images for an exhibition during Dr Cliftlands' lessons, that takes up 1 of the 3 'purposes' - or 4 of the 12 final images.  You'll eventually put them all together at the end as one unit of work.

Over the next few weeks you are to take photographs for 2 purposes: a Magazine article and a School Brochure.

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Preliminary task:

Read through the slideshow below and take a good look at all 10 images before you tale any shots.

Print off this worksheet in readiness for your first task.

Task for Magazine article:
You are to take a series of images using one subject for a magazine article. The images have to provide an interesting insight into your subject. 
Here is an example: 
An article about cycling - : P.O.V of the view over the handlebars /close-up of his hands fixing the bike / action shot of him speeding past through the trees / extreme close-up of his really muddy face /  him framed by the spokes or trees / foliage. 

Task for Brochure:
You are to take a series of (at least 10) images of the school at it's best.  Think about what you would like to see on the cover of a new brochure for the school.  What is your favourite room / area? What activities would you like to include?  What external images would be suitable? 
Here is an example:
Take close ups of pupils in goggles doing interesting Chemistry, trampolining,on the climbing wall, at dance, taking images during Media, pupils laughing and having fun (ha!), etc etc

It is expected that you use the worksheet to help you take interestingly composed images. But also feel free to shoot many images of your own choosing, that's part of the fun. DON'T forget your work sheet...

Post order for unit 3

Evaluation  Updated helpsheet here
Final media product
Meeting no.3
Storyboard / draft layouts
Meeting no.2
Risk assessment  Risk Assessment form
Legal and Ethical sheet  Legal and Ethical
Booking form  Booking Form
Production schedule  Production Schedule

Meeting no.1  Meeting Pro forma
Plan  Plan helpsheet

Missing Work

Level 2 Media Nats - Missing work  Unit 2

Rachel Wardle 
original Opening Sequence  -  Treatment for music video (with mood board images)  -  Music video textual analysis  -  Music video screenshots and analysis  -  Focus group feedback from  - Music Video  -  Research report for Music Video -  Unit 2 Evaluation

Emma Pilling

put blog posts in order

Mimi Kasese
Mag questionnaire results, graphs & analysis  - Focus group feedback from Music Video  -  Research report for Music Video  

Harry Chidlow
Music video screenshots and analysis  -   Focus group feedback from Music Video  -  Research report for Music Video

Henry Wellings
Focus group feedback from Music Video  -  Research report for Music Video

Emma Gammon
Music video screenshots need more analysis  -  Focus group feedback from Music Video -  Mag questionnaire results, graphs & analysis  -  Digital draft magazine cover

Robert Hughes
evaluation runs out of steam, more detail required for last two questions and use spell checking  -  loads more detail needed in the magazine proposal

Robert Mitchell
Digital draft magazine cover - evaluation needs posting - order the posts

Josh Zeiler
Digital draft magazine cover

Level 2 Media Nats - Missing work  Unit 3

Harry Chidlow, Robert Mitchell
PLAN needs a lot more detail  -  storyboard or drafts or moodboard

Jess, Henry, Rachel
Order your blog - risk assessment can’t be read -  production schedule can’t be read  -  Plan doesn’t mention allocation of roles (see my help sheet on blog)  -  final peice

Travis, Guy
Plan missing

Unit 9 Assessment Grid and Spec

View the SPECIFICATION here

A few changes to your blog set up

Please could you do the following for all your course blogs asap.

1. Log into your blog settings.

2. Under SETTINGS go to 'Post and Comments'
make sure Showcase Images in Lightbox is set to NO

Click 'Save Settings'

3. Go to 'Mobile and Email'

in 'Email Posts to' copy and paste my email        deh@thomasadams.net 

Click 'Save Settings'

Now do this for all of course blogs.

Post order for Unit 2

Post order for Unit 2
Here is the post order for unit 2. 
If you have more than this, well that's fine,  just post it among these. 

Evaluation   Helpsheet
Mag questionnaire results, graphs & analysisMagazine cover analysis Helpsheet
Music video textual analysis Helpsheet
Music video screenshots and analysisFocus group feedback from Music Video
Research report for Music Video Helpsheet
Proposal for Magazine Helpsheet
Treatment for music video (with mood board images) Good example of treatment (pdf) 
Digital draft magazine cover
Transferable skills witness statement (I'll be emailing you this soon)
Film Skills – Opening SequencePrint Skills – Film Poster
Audio Skills - Sound FX (we'll do this later in the term...)

Adobe InDesign DPS Template

Rizzle layout .indd    /  DPS Temp .indd

Writing magazine articles

Magazine Double Page Spreads (Unit 3)

Unit 3 Assessment Grid

Unit 2 Assessment criteria