Flying Start - Chapter Two Graphic Communication (Art and Design) - AS Level

Welcome to Chapter Two of Flying Start, your suite of pre-enrolment learning content designed to help you make the best possible start to learning with Exeter College from September. With Chapter Two's learning content, our subject leaders have set more brainteasers and activities designed to get you thinking about your subject(s) at the next level. To take you a bit further than Flying Start Chapter One…

The second key thing with graphic communication (graphic design) is to show how you support your ideas with artist research…putting it in context with other designers. In Chapter One you chose one of the questions below. Now use the website https://www.behance.net/ to find two graphic designers to support and broaden your ideas and with these images build two slide for a PowerPoint. On these pages write a small paragraph describing what you like about the work and why you’ve chosen them….see examples above and below.

1. Packaging design for a light bulb supplied by ‘Pure Energy’.

2. A seed company called ‘Stem’ wants to a new package design to broaden their appeal to a younger range of consumers.

3. Design a poster advertising ‘A’ level Graphics, showing an audience the breadth of work from illustration to logo design.

4. A restaurant called, ‘Pizza in the Wild.’ needs a new menu design.

5. Produce a business card design for a sound recording studio called ‘Hi-Lo’.

6. A fashion retailer ‘Powder’ is looking for graphics to revitalise its image and to promote its merchandise, create a poster for the company promoting it new winter collection.

7. An architecture company called ‘Tri Design’ promotion booklet that uses pop-up elements put across its ideas.

8. Character-design create designs for a new animation about a girl and her dog, ‘Luna and Cosmo’.

9. Design label for a new bottled water called ‘H.2.WOW’.

10. Create a film poster for a horror movie called, ‘The Fear.’

11. ‘Head Rush’ is hairspray brand, create a logo design for the company.

12. Create information poster campaign to put across the merits of self-isolation under the present lock down.

For those who want a bit more for over the summer…

If your enjoy exploring Behance.net, find a third artist and extend the PowerPoint to 3 pages.

Link to the specification for this qualification (please note that we do sometimes change these but as we have had this Q a lot we thought we would provide our current specification)

The exam board is AQA…here’s the link to the specification: https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/art-and-design/as-and-a-level

FAQs Q: Do I have to do it? A: Flying Start isn’t compulsory, but many students find it useful for getting them used to thinking about subjects at the next level. Early classroom sessions will also reflect on some of the Flying Start activities. Q: Will this work be marked and when is it due? A: This work won’t be formally marked but will be discussed during your first classes with us in September. You should aim to bring along what you have completed with Flying Start along with you to your first timetabled sessions with us in September. Q: I am not sure if I have got the answers right, what should I do? A: Don’t worry, just have a go at getting something down and bring it along to the lesson where we can talk it through. There is no need to get anxious about the tasks, we are not expecting you to know everything before you arrive but are interested in your ideas and what you have found easy or difficult as it helps us support you right from the beginning.