Visual Communication Design

Semester Elective Unit

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Visual Communication Design aims to increase the student's knowledge and understanding of the nature of communicating information visually.

Folio Work

The folio work focusses on the development of specialised skills, processes and technical skills that enable students to work creatively within the constraints of set design briefs. The two folio components in Year 10 comprise conventional graphics and creative graphics.

Conventional Graphics

Students complete several pieces of visual communication, employing a variety of drawing methods and associated skills and conventions including perspective drawing, paraline drawing, orthogonal drawing, instrumental drawing and rendering skills.

Creative Graphic

Students are encouraged to use their imagination and employ design and technical skills to complete several pieces of visual communication used to market a product to a specific target audience.

Developmental Work – Exploring Concepts and Designs

Design and problem-solving issues.
The design process, including identifying the need, researching, analysing information, drawing initial ideas, refining solutions and generating a mock-up of the finished result.

Desktop computers, scanners and colour printers using Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator software are used throughout the unit.

Task	Description
Production of Design Folio	Creating design responses to set design briefs incorporating drawing and the use of computers.
Developmental Book	Visual documentation of the experimentation of concepts and designs using the design process.
Technical Drawing	Generating technical drawings using a range of perspective, paraline and orthogonal drawing methods.
Analysis of Design	Written responses analysing the use of design elements, principles and other theory within various forms of visual communication.
Semester Examination	Students undertake an examination at the conclusion of the course.