Tauranga Boys’ College
9 Design
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Leana Buxton.
This course focuses on providing students the opportunity to explore digital based outcomes with a focus on developing ideas from Photography to Digital Design and into Marketing. Students will think creatively, problem solve and critique their own work and that of their peers.
Course Overview
Term 1
Students will learn about photography techniques and conventions to capture the environment in which we live. The imagery generated will inform their Digital Design through Photoshop, and require students to select and critique their work in response to the work of the artist model. Work produced will be showcased in an end of term exhibition. Students will also work as a class to create the collateral for this exhibition in the devisement of logo designs and relevant marketing material.
Term 2
Students will learn about photography techniques and conventions to capture the environment in which we live. The imagery generated will inform their Digital Design through Photoshop, and require students to select and critique their work in response to the work of the artist model. Work produced will be showcased in an end of term exhibition. Students will also work as a class to create the collateral for this exhibition in the devisement of logo designs and relevant marketing material.
Term 3
Students will learn about photography techniques and conventions to capture the environment in which we live. The imagery generated will inform their Digital Design through Photoshop, and require students to select and critique their work in response to the work of the artist model. Work produced will be showcased in an end of term exhibition. Students will also work as a class to create the collateral for this exhibition in the devisement of logo designs and relevant marketing material.
Term 4
Students will learn about photography techniques and conventions to capture the environment in which we live. The imagery generated will inform their Digital Design through Photoshop, and require students to select and critique their work in response to the work of the artist model. Work produced will be showcased in an end of term exhibition. Students will also work as a class to create the collateral for this exhibition in the devisement of logo designs and relevant marketing material.
Prerequisites
We want any student who is keen to be in a practical, creative based subject!
Pathway
Advertising, Animation and Character/Game Design, Interior Design, Spacial Design, Communication, Architecture, Product Design.
Assessment Information
Students will be assessed against the four strands of the Arts Curriculum:1. Understanding the Arts in Context.
2. Developing Practical Knowledge in the Arts.
3. Developing Ideas in the Arts.
4. Communicating and Interpreting in the Arts.
Pathway Tags
Animator/Digital Artist, Mining Engineer, Diversional and Recreational Therapist, Advertising Specialist, Copywriter, Sales and Marketing Manager, Aeronautical Engineer, Mechanical Engineering Technician, Business Analyst, Software Developer, Patternmaker, Statistician, Architect, Architectural Technician, Art Director (Film, Television or Stage), Artist, Film and Video Editor, Sound Technician, Electronics Engineer, Glazier,
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