Printed Matter

Visible and Heard

Printed Matter

Situation - The way you present your work should be taken from the following list, depending on the facilities and equipment that are available to you:

·  a static image sequence

·  a graphic story/illustrated text

·  a zine combining visual and verbal features

Discovery – Choose a topic and presentation mode of your visual text. Research at least two or more ideas of your topic.

Interpretation – Research and select the form of your visual text. Explore how features of your selected visual text form are used effectively.

Ideation – Brainstorm ideas for your design. Select some features that you could use yourself. Source text and create images for your visual text.

Visual techniques could include:

• ·   imagery, such as stock images, image manipulation using software to modify or create your visual elements

• ·   camera shots and angles (for example close up/medium/long shots, wide angle, low/high angle shots, zoom, pan)

• ·   colour

• ·   symbol

• ·   editing, layout, positioning and sequencing.

Verbal techniques could include

• ·   humour

• ·   rhyming

• ·   dialogue

•       quotation

• ·   lyrics 

Experimentation – Craft your visual text Draft, rework, and reshape your visual text. Make sure your visual text is as well-crafted and integrated as you can make it.

Outcomes – Present your visual text. Present your visual text to your specified audience.