Half-term homework challenge

Design challenge.

It's up to you to choose the format e.g.: drawing, photography, collage etc

The briefs are:

• an animal
• a literary hero
• a pattern
• retro inspired
• a clock
• in the style of another artist
• a self-portrait

Pick as few or as many as you want. Combine and adapt as you see fit.

Easter homework challenge

The following task is for the committed Media Studies students among you (it is optional):

Create a media journal to collect, curate or collate your creativity over the Easter break. This can take the form of a book, folder, blog or any other suitable format.

You could include the following:

• film or TV reviews
• music recommendations
• mood boards
• playlists or mix CDs
• drawings
• doodles
• lists
• short stories
• collages
• photos
• any other creative elements you can think of

Christmas homework - create a font specimen sheet

Your homework is to create a font specimen sheet. You need to have a different font for each letter. You can use the ideas in the Chip Kidd book (above) or you can take the fonts from any appropriate source - this may include the following:

• magazines
• newspapers
• takeaway menus
• tickets
• flyers (one sheet print adverts)
• pamphlets
• carrier bags

When you return after Christmas you will have a page with 26 letters, A-Z - all in a different font. Yours will hopefully look similar to the one above.

Deadline: Thursday 5th January

Half-term homework: Start a graphic design collection

This is the first design project from Chip Kidd's brilliant book GO: A Kidd's Guide to Graphic Design.

Over the half-term have a go at this project. How you collate the images is up to you - you can make a scrap book of cut out images or you could do it all in word or publisher or  Photoshop (if you have it).

This is an optional task. If you have ambitions to gain an ATL of a 1 in assessment points then this is the sort of extra work you need to do.

You can buy Chip Kidd's book here.

5x5

1. Choose five areas of the Media that you like (see my attempt for help).
2. Within each area pick your five favourites. 
3. Add a description/explanation/justification.
4. Add images to illustrate.
5. Print work out and stick in your exercise books.

Year 10 - Summer Homework

Gcse Media Studies Summer Homework 2016