Category Archives: Level 2 Multimedia

Art Movements simplified I found this site very interesting: http://wronghands1.com/, this the work of cartoonist John Atkinson. I think his piece modern art simplified is very interesting and sums up the art…

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Starter Session (GD) What is a stop motion animation? Get your note from last week if needed. Animation Workshop As a group you should be aiming at producing a stop…

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Multimedia level 2 Understanding display technology and creating wallpapers

Multimedia Level 2  This lesson is part of a 12 weeks tutorial teaching Multimedia level 2 students about different Digital Design techniques, this lesson is targeted at Multimedia level 2…

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This longer video is encouraging students to guess what tools were used to produce this mag cover. Usually used as a starter session or a test session.

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Introduction to Animation with Flash Multimedia Level 2

This introduction to animation with Flash tutorial is the first part of a 12 weeks tutorial teaching students about different animation techniques in Flash, this lesson is targeted at level…

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This is the first part of a 3 weeks tutorial teaching students about creating their own online gallery using a simple content management system. At this stage my students have already had an introduction to www.wordpress.com creating their own personal blog (all my students including Level 1 music media and Level 2 multimedia). Nevertheless, this tutorial sample is a good base for students to start taking control of their website, producing their own portfolio, making decisions,choice on different plugins/themes to use to change the appearance of the website. A sample student material will be available to download at a later date.

Lesson Objectives;

  • Demonstrating confidence in building pages and posts using dashboard (WordPress)
  • Researching and Planning for their own online portfolio

Duration: 1.30 hour

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This long Movie Poster Tutorial for multimedia, Creative & Media level 2 students is part of a two weeks tutorial for Level 2 Multimedia, I will be including students’ material, to be used and a brief later. The duration for this tutorial is 4 hours, and students will have to produce a basic movie poster using props that they will download from the Internet. I  have attached a movie demonstration for students. It is important that teachers demonstrate their own techniques during the tutorial and go through tools with the students.

Movie Poster Tutorial for multimedia, Creative & Media level 2 students

Lesson Objectives;

  • Create a movie Poster using tools and functions of the software
  • Saving images
  • Research into movie Posters

Duration: 4 hours

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Art discovery project for Multimedia Creative & Media level 2 and portfolio builder (Gustav Klimt)

This is the second part of a 6 weeks Art discovery project for Multimedia Creative & Media level 2 and portfolio builder. The tutorial teaching students about different art movements and artists, this lesson is targeted at level 2 groups (NOCN, BTEC, CITY & GUILDS). This tutorial sample is a good base for students to start demonstrating creativity. Teachers have to implement their own techniques with this material.  This tutorial last for 6 weeks, because students have to produce different digital art prints by themselves to build their own portfolio. A sample student material will be available to download at a later date.

Lesson Objectives;

  • Demonstrating confidence in building an image from scratch  according to brief using artwork imaging software
  • Demonstrating creative flair and understand of art
  • Efficiently explain and defend design ideas through challenging  Q&A. Document activities  (report, log book, sketch book)

Duration: 4 hours

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There is a new site in town (Newham), this is an opportunity for creative & Media students, Media and Multimedia students should also have a go. This site creates opportunities…

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Subject: Artwork Imaging – Theme: Advertising & Promotion – Club Flyers

Making a Club Flyer for Multimedia Level 2

Creative tutorial for Multimedia, Creative & Media, Media students on the level 2 course. Learning to design promotional flyers. Formative activity for level 2 Multimedia, Creative & Media, Media students. Design promotional flyers, learning material, class activities. Video attached at the end.

Material: A good library of club flyers to let the students explore genres and types (typographic, image etc…), teacher should prepare mood board of club flyers if possible.

Students will learn basic photo editing techniques.   Students will analyze and evaluate the results.

Lesson Objectives;

  1. Exploring Club Promotion
  2. Plan, design edit, prepare flyer using appropriate tools
  3. Present work
  4. Reflect and think of how the above learning is going to be use in summative assignment

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This tutorial is one of the tutorials used in class with students when reviewing the media and beauty. We usually start the class with a review of the dove commercial (I have used this for the last 2 years) it’s a great start to debate on “Digital Surgery”; Read more

Introduction to 3d

This lesson is an introduction to 3d, back in 2006 I used to teach 3d to pre-sixteen groups, and this year I had in mind to teach 3d again. Lesson…

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Designing book Covers to Multimedia Level 2 Lesson part 2is the second part of a three weeks tutorial teaching students about book covers design, this lesson is targeted at level…

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Designing book Covers to Multimedia Level 2 Lesson – part 1 This is the first part of a three weeks tutorial teaching students about book covers design, this lesson is…

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There is a printing company in London that makes it quite cheap to print post-cards and leaflets. This quite affordable considering that some of us might need business cards, post-card,…

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My students have produced a training DVD for Newham Homes. Newham Homes has teamed up with Newham College of Further Education to make a video about celebrating Newham as one…

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Learner Assessment Booklet  Unit Title: Multimedia Software Level: Two Credit Value: 4 Grading System: PASS GLH: 30 NOCN Unit Code: CQ0/2/QQ/001 QCA Unit Code: D/502/4616 Hand in date: 7/01/11 Submission…

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