VET Interactive Digital Media
2015
Today’s Presenters
Claire Bloom – State Reviewer
[email protected]
Luke Deylen – Multimedia developer
for Clemenger BBDO
(and former VET IDM student!)
VCAA Season of Excellence March –
July 2015
Comprises:
•12 concerts (Top Class and Top Acts)
•2 exhibitions (Top Designs and Top Arts)
•Multi screenings of short films (Top Screen)
Aim is to acknowledge and showcase excellent student work.
Includes education programs (such as this!)
www.facebook.com/topdesignsfanpage
Top Designs 2015
Exhibition of work created by 2014 students of:
* VCE VET Interactive Digital Media
* VCE Media
* Design and Technology
* Food and Technology
* Systems Engineering
* Visual Communication and Design
Range of IDM works including interactive media,
websites, games, animations…
Some works are accompanied by design documentation such as
folios, work briefs, production plans, client feedback and
evaluation, storyboards, scripts and design plans.
How to Apply for Top Designs
Entry to Top Designs is by application.
In mid-August VCAA call for applications
Application forms online at:
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/seasonofexcellence.html
VET IDM applications final due date was 13th Nov
last year (other subjects due in mid Oct)
Who can apply for Top Designs?
VCE students who have achieved a SAC result of A or A+ are
encouraged to submit work- talk to your teacher if they don’t
ask you to enter!
Very soon after applications close in November, short listing
takes place.
If you are short listed, you will be advised in early December.
You are then invited to send in visual diary/developmental folio
which will be considered as part of the final selection.
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/seasonofexcellence.htm
Judging
Panel consists of State Reviewer, Industry
rep., Teacher rep.
2014 - around 30 entries, 10 short listed, 7
accepted into Top Designs
2015 Exhibitors
Student
School
Task
Elana Berton
Geelong College
Animation/Film
Ethan Catt
Eltham College
Animation
Lauren McComb
Mentone Girls Grammar
Website/Animation
Katia Rapota
Mentone Girls Grammar
Website/Animation
Harrison Symons
Eltham High
Animation
Melanie Tang
Roxburgh College
Poster
Connor Vernon
Warrandyte High
Animation/Film
School Assessed Tasks
You will be doing 3 SACs - your teacher can choose from 4 different
types of SAC (must do at least 2 different types) :
*Work Performance
*Work Project
*Product
*Portfolio
Most schools do
Portfolio and Product-type SACs
School Assessed Tasks:
Each task will cover 2 Units of Competency:
*Create 2D digital animations
*Prepare video assets
*Write content for a range of media
*Explore and apply the creative design process to 2D forms
*Author interactive sequences
*Create visual design components
(download units from http://training.gov.au)
3 SATs comprise 66% of your study score.
Exam is worth 34%.
Make sure you understand the assessment criteria for each SAC
VCAA Assessment Guide
VCAA Assessment Guide
Task will include
Review Questions
to demonstrate
your understanding
of
underpinning
knowledge
School Assessed Tasks (cont)
In VET IDM there are many possible types and combinations of
assessment tasks
That’s why VET IDM Top Designs has such a variety of digital exhibits!
Use your SACs to extend your design, writing and software skills.
Develop your folio of design work – very useful for job interviews or
tertiary entrance for some courses.
Works selected for Top Designs
feature:
*Originality and creativity
*Interesting drawing style
*Sense of purpose
*Strong characterisation
*Good Audio (where appropriate)
Works selected for Top Designs feature:
*Clear Target Audience
*NO possibility of Copyright issues
*Interactivity – even if very basic but do not have
to do scripting!
*Some narrative – a story to tell
*Not necessarily lengthy or complicated
Judge’s advice:
*Copyright issues – any questionable
material cannot be displayed
*Limited drawing
*Poor Framing / boring shot types
*Timing –too slow/too quick
*Poor transitions
Copyright laws
are extremely
important and
knowledge of
these underpins
all Units of Study
Judges advice:
*Poor quality on-screen
*Formulaic/Clichéd approaches
*Spelling errors – Spelling and expression are
really important!
*Technical issues especially cross platform
compatibility and broken links – NO Internet
access when judging/exhibiting
Judges advice:
*Content must be appropriate
eg privacy issues
*Poor layout - sizing, appearance and positioning
of content on web pages
*Broken links (plan for NO internet access)
*Font problems
*Lack of instructions
Visual Diaries:
Although not part of the initial application,
they are used in final judging
Visual Diaries:
*should demonstrate design process
and creative thinking skills.
*include things such as initial design
brief, details of client meetings,
planning, research, objects you have
found, notes, photocopies,
brainstorming, rough sketching, drafts,
evaluations, client feedback…
*SHOW development of your ideas and
why final design was chosen
Show Design Process:
*Clarify Brief
inc. technical and creative
requirements
*Research and Generate ideas
*Evaluate and Select approach
*Produce
*Evaluate and Review
Design Process
(see the yr 11
Elective unit:
Follow a Design
Process)
training.gov.au
Make sure you take a good look at all the visual
diaries and folios on display – they are excellent
examples and hopefully inspire you!
Thank you for coming…best of luck
with your work this year.
Consider entering your A and A+
work in Top Designs 2015.