Unit 1 - Timeline ---- Week 1 – Course Intro - DTP Elements & Principles Week 2 - Magazine Analysis Week 3 – Thumbnails and Visuals - Class project Week 4 – Serif Package Class project Higher Graphic Communication

Learning Intentions & Success Criteria L1. Analyse a given brief and identify the key principles and tasks which need to be carried out. L2. Describe using correct terminology decisions for choice of colour and layout. L3. Create and annotate possible solutions to the task L4. Develop initial ideas and create a final solution to the problem L5. Correctly describe the Design Elements and Principles S1. I can successfully create a specification from a given brief S2. I can create a range of ideas which interpret the given data S3. I am able to describe why I have chosen a particular design and colour layout for my products. S4. I can create a DTP document which relates directly to the given brief S5 I can use the correct terminology to discuss design elements and principles.

Task 1 Using the www.mintlawtech.co.uk website create three mind maps as revision sheets. 1- design elements 2- design principles 3- dtp common commands/terms Use the links and your previous knowledge to explain or display each term/ command. Completion date 12th June

DTP – Element & Principles Colour (warm, cool, contrast, harmony, accent, advancing and receding), line, shape, texture, value, mass/weight , alignment, balance, contrast, depth, dominance, emphasis, proportion, rhythm, unity/proximity white space, grid structure

DTP – Element & Principles copy/paste, text box, handles, colour fill, Colour picking, textured fills, gradient fill, margin, single and multi page format, title, extended text, alignment, page size, orientation, drop caps, line spacing, heading, cropping (square and full cropping), text wrap, flow text along a path, bleed, pull quote, transparency, drop shadow, rotate, justification, paper sizing reverse, column, gutter, caption, header and footer and folio. Planning strategies, thumbnails, visuals and annotation proofs (pre-press), register marks, crop marks, run off. Bleed ,grid, guides, snap, master page layers, serif and sans serif, font styles, column rule/ rule, indent, hanging indent,dropped capital, running headline, reverse, import/export