INITIAL PROPOSAL

General summary of what is involved

Producing and manipulating graphics for print products is a skilled job that not only requires creativity, but also practical skills and experience, which these units allow you to develop and obtain. By using Adobe Photoshop, you will exercise skills and demonstrate your understanding of design and layout by creating a series of advertising and packaging products for a company. This area is increasingly popular within the multimedia industry, therefore it is essential that you are aware of fundamental skills involved. The unit covers all stages of production including planning, pre and post production and reflection, allowing you to acquire all skills required throughout a successful media product.

Unit 4: Creative Media project Management

Unit 4 is based around managing an entire project from start to finish, a basic brief is provided and we must do what is necessary in order to create a successful product using 3 different forms of media. We will look into companies and businesses and see how they manage their projects and try to emulate the same form of ideas to suit our self and our project for the fictional company we make up.

·         We have to manage an entire media project from Planning right through to Pre and Post Production.

·         We have to be organized and keep a diary of each and every step of this project

·         We have to pitch an idea in groups or individually

·         We have to originate, develop and research an idea for a media product

Unit 18: Producing Print Based Media

Unit 18 is based around print based media, this can range from printed designs on mugs and t-shirts to other forms of print based media such as posters and boxes. We must produce 3 different forms of printed media and work it in with Unit 4. We will look at many different forms of print based media and make our own designs based on a fictional company we make up.

·         We have to understand print-based media production techniques and technology

·         We have to be able to develop ideas and originate designs for print-based media products

·         We have to be able to produce print-based media products

·         We have to be able to reflect upon own print-based media production work

Overall

Throughout these 2 units we will learn a variety of techniques used in business and designs and
Unit 4 will help us plan out Unit 18 and give us an insight into real business situations. We will provide evidence for in our ongoing diary and show what we have done, how and why. We will take our concepts from the planning stage and put them in to development in order to achive the desired grade in both Units.

·         We have to carry out research into advertising, packaging and the branding used within companies and campaigns

·         We have to carry out tutorials in this area by using Adobe Photoshop

·         We have to plan, design and create a series of products that represent your company

·         We have to will reflect upon the work by presenting to the group as well as self evaluating

DEADLINE IS TUESDAY 13^TH DECEMBERE 2011!