UNIT 2 = Public Information

UNIT 02 Will run from January 2014- April 2014 

This will be a moderated unit of Coursework, so all work needs to be completed to the best of your ability.

During the Unit you will work on 4 assessment criteria

 Candidates must demonstrate their ability to:

1. AO1  Develop their ideas through investigations informed by contextual and other sources demonstrating analytical and cultural understanding
2. AO2  Refine their ideas through experimenting and selecting appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes

3. AO3  Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to their intentions in visual and/or other forms
4. AO4  Present a personal, informed and meaningful response demonstrating analytical and critical understanding, realising intentions and where appropriate, making connections between visual, written, oral or other elements.

Quality of Written Communication

In GCSE specifications which require candidates to produce written material in English, candidates must:

• ensure that text is legible and that spelling, punctuation and grammar are accurate so that meaning is clear

• select and use a form and style of writing appropriate to purpose and to complex subject matter

• organise information clearly and coherently, using specialist vocabulary when appropriate. 

Art and Design – Graphic Communication, Film and Animation 

Candidates should produce practical and critical/contextual work in one or more area(s) including illustration, advertising, packaging design, design for print, communication graphics, computer graphics, multimedia, web design, lens-based and/or light-based media: film, animation, video and photography. 

Knowledge and Understanding

Candidates will be expected to show knowledge and understanding of:

• how ideas, feelings and meanings are conveyed and interpreted in images, artefacts and products in their chosen area(s) of study within Graphic Communication, Film and Animation. 
• a range of art, craft and design processes including two and/or three-dimensions and traditional and new media and technologies
• how images, artefacts and products relate to social, historical, vocational and cultural contexts
• a variety of approaches, methods and
  intentions of contemporary and historical artists, craftspeople and designers from different cultures and their contribution to continuity and change
  in society in their chosen area(s) of study within Graphic Communication, Film and Animation. 
• a working vocabulary and knowledge of specialist terms relevant to their chosen area(s) of study within Graphic Communication, Film and Animation