Key Stage 4 Options Brochure

D&T: GRAPHIC DESIGNInformaon from:Mr BuhrAssessment:• 40% externally set task• 60% porolio of work undertaken throughoutYears 10 & 11Course contentGraphic Design is suited to a visually creave student who wishes to explore the praccal applicaonof design to the media and products they commonly use. Students will need to respond personally andexpressively to a range of design tasks through experimentaon with mark-making, using a variety ofgraphic materials. During Years 10 and 11, a porolio of work will be developed in response to differentdesign briefs, which will include research and response to the work of other designers, praccalexperiments, a final finished outcome and a wrien element. Students may develop their porolio in oneor more of the following areas:IllustraonExploring the role and context of text and image in magazine, books or postersAdversingExploring the development of corporate identy, branding and logos using photography, peripherals andgraphic sowarePackagingExploring surface paern, material properes, print-making and illustraon as it relates to 3-dimensionalprototypes of packagingMul-mediaExploring web design, video game design and animaon using appropriate soware and animaontechniques.In Year 11, students will undertake a 10-hour, externally set praccal task which represents 40% of theirfinal GCSE grade.Students taking this subject will be asked for a voluntary contribuon of £25 to cover the costs of addionalmaterials (this could be paid in instalments).Work-related learning• You will study possible careers related to adversing, markeng, graphic communicaon, illustraon,architecture, animaon, video-game design, web design, interior design and package designProgression routes• Post-16 Design courses• Careers in graphic and product design01284 761393 www.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/Parents/Key Stage 4 Opons 30