Revision Session

Revision Session

Year 11 

What is the purpose of a Mind Map?

What is the purpose of a Mind Map continued...

• Help with thinking up ideas.

• To record ideas for a whole project.

• To show links between different parts and processes of a project.

• To explore further, break down and develop each of the initial ideas.

Who uses a Mind Map? And where would a Mind Map be useful?

How a Mind Map is structured

• The main theme is placed at the centre.

• Components from the theme are then placed in nodes which are connected by branches.

• Further information is then placed in sub-nodes.

What is a Mood Board?

What features must be included on a Mood Board?

Some tips for creating a Mood Board

• The content needs to be coherent around a style and feeling and relate to the brief given.

• Whilst images are important for a mood board, remember to include colour schemes, typography (text styles) and even textures.

• A mood board isn’t meant to show how the final product will look, but to give inspiration and ideas for the feel and style.

• Mood boards can contain extra annotation to show extra thoughts and ideas.

Mood Boards 

You are now going to create a mood board for the same product you create a mind map for. 

You can create the Mood Board in PowerPoint. 

Peer assessment: Reviewing the Mood Board

You are going to swap seats with the person next to you and you are going to review their mood board using the below. You're pretending to be clients for each other. Answer the below questions. Give 3 improvements to each other.

• Do you like the feel?

• Does it meet the client brief and requirements?

• Does it include appropriate items such as images, colours, typography or textures?

• Is it structured appropriately?

What is a Visualisation Diagram?

Why are Visualisation Diagrams important?

What should a Visualisation Diagram look like?

Key Points

• Meet the requirements of the client brief
• Show what the final product will look like
• Show the positioning of items
• Show colours to be used
• Have drawings which get key ideas for artwork across
• Are annotated to explain further information such as the typography, images or colours to be used

Visualisation Diagram

You are now going to create a Visualisation Diagram for the same scenario.

Peer assessment: Reviewing the Mood Board

Give at least 3 improvements to the person you're peer assessing.

Does it:

• Meet the requirements of the client brief.
• Show what the final product will look like.
• Show the positioning of items.
• Show colours to be used.
• Have drawings which get key ideas for artwork across.
• Are annotated to explain further information such as the typography, images or colours to be used.

Exam Question Preparation

There are 2 exam questions to answer below.

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What is a Story Board?

What does a StoryBoard do?

It shows what scenes need to be filmed or created.

What is the 'Purpose' of a storyboard?

What can a Story Board be used for?

Story Board uses

• Films and videos
• Animation
• Computer games

Amongst others!

What components can be found on a Storyboard?

What can be found on a Storyboard continued...

Below are some examples, but they are not limited to:

Scene numbers, scene content/sketches, timings, camera shots, camera angles, camera movement, lighting, sound

What is a 'Script'?

What are 'Scripts' used for?

Script uses...

• Films
• TV programmes
• Animation
• Computer games (video sequences or character interaction)
• Radio broadcasts
• Advertisements

Elements of a film script

What does a 'Recce' mean?

Test - Scripts and Storyboards

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Raster

Vector

JPG

GIF

PNG

TIFF

PSD

RAW

PDS

EPS

AI

SVG

How can we digitise documents?

What is Lossy and what is Lossless?

What hardware can be used to create a graphic?

What is the the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) ?

How can we identify hazards?