Overall Curriculum Goals

1. Build a student’s experience of following the design process from start to finish in detail. 
2. To develop a student’s ability to identify their target market and research the work of numerous designers in detail. 
3. To build a student’s knowledge and skillset when creating hand rendered and CAD Graphics .  
4. To develop a student's confidence and creativity within Graphic Communication. 
5. To build on and develop practical skills gained during KS3 projects. 

Drinks can project 

Topic Intent:

Through this project students will develop skills and knowledge that will enable them to work confidently and independently step by step through the entire design process looking at each stage in detail. Withing this Graphic Communication project students will look at the work of key designers from the last century and gain a good insight to what exactly makes a successful piece of Graphic Design. Students will use this knowledge gained to then create their own product and advertising targeted at a key consumer market, building skills in hand rendering alongside numerous CAD programmes. This project aims to build a student's confidence in their ability to follow the design process to create a successful outcome based around a set brief. From this project students will gain and develop knowledge in common advertising strategies used within industry to engage and gain target consumers. This project will also help students to develop their time management skills by having to work thorough and complete a full comprehensive project from start to finish within set time limits.

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Home Learning:

Homework is continuous throughout the length of the course as students will be working on a number of tasks within their projects.

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