Author Archives: Anna Gabali

There is a new site in town (Newham), this is an opportunity for creative & Media students, Media and Multimedia students should also have a go. This site creates opportunities…

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For Teachers, and students Subject:  Finding and Installing Gimp Free Image Editing software on Vista Material required : Internet/Windows operating system – Mac and Linux users can find information on…

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Subject: Artwork Imaging – Theme: Advertising & Promotion – Club Flyers For Level 2  Creative & Media This video is a workshop support for students, helping with design skills, and ideas.…

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Subject: Artwork Imaging – Theme: Advertising & Promotion – Club Flyers

Making a Club Flyer for Multimedia Level 2

Creative tutorial for Multimedia, Creative & Media, Media students on the level 2 course. Learning to design promotional flyers. Formative activity for level 2 Multimedia, Creative & Media, Media students. Design promotional flyers, learning material, class activities. Video attached at the end.

Material: A good library of club flyers to let the students explore genres and types (typographic, image etc…), teacher should prepare mood board of club flyers if possible.

Students will learn basic photo editing techniques.   Students will analyze and evaluate the results.

Lesson Objectives;

  1. Exploring Club Promotion
  2. Plan, design edit, prepare flyer using appropriate tools
  3. Present work
  4. Reflect and think of how the above learning is going to be use in summative assignment

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Photo Editing for Level 1 Creative and Media and Media For Level 1 Music & Media Subject: Artwork Imaging – Theme: Editing Photographs Material required for experimental purpose: DSLR, SLR, Mobil…

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For Level 1 Music & Media

Making a logo using a Photograph as prop with Level 1 students. The tutorial supports students understanding how to use props from the internet and make a logo. For this example we have used a dragon image.

Subject: Artwork Imaging – Theme: Logo Design (simple)

Students will learn about technology based terms, concepts, as well as making inform decision with designing their own logo.   A variety of technologies will be used. Students will analyze and evaluate the results.

Lesson Objectives;

Making a logo using a Photograph as prop with Level 1

  1. Complying with the law – Examine the issues with imaging
  2. Understanding and Researching the purpose of  a logo
  3. Create bitmap images  (logo), using appropriate design elements such as color scheme, lines, consistency, type, and style.
  4. Change dimension, color, resolution, and save
  5. Reflect and think of how the above learning is going to be use in summative assignment

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This tutorial is one of the tutorials used in class with students when reviewing the media and beauty. We usually start the class with a review of the dove commercial (I have used this for the last 2 years) it’s a great start to debate on “Digital Surgery”; Read more

The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition offers one of the highest valued prizes in the United Kingdom by awarding a total of £18,000 to artists who demonstrate a high level of…

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To commemorate this legacy, the council is looking for artists to put forward their designs for a memorial. Judges will be looking for proposals which capture her spirit and character.…

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There is a grant available for artists which can cover the travel and transport (artwork) costs available for grab (if you are lucky enough). You must be an artist living and…

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Digital Artist that inspires me;   NORMAN GALINSKY DIGITAL ARTIST    

Introduction to 3d

This lesson is an introduction to 3d, back in 2006 I used to teach 3d to pre-sixteen groups, and this year I had in mind to teach 3d again. Lesson…

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This video was made entirely with 3d software (Cinema 4d) and After Effects, by motion designer Joerg Barton.   I´ll kill her from Joerg Barton on Vimeo. This a good…

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  This wonderful animation was created by Wendell McShine, a Caribbean “underground fine artist”. His work has been promoted widely in the Top mags and Mexico. In the Caribbeans we have…

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Designing book Covers to Multimedia Level 2 Lesson part 2is the second part of a three weeks tutorial teaching students about book covers design, this lesson is targeted at level…

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Designing book Covers to Multimedia Level 2 Lesson – part 1 This is the first part of a three weeks tutorial teaching students about book covers design, this lesson is…

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Introduction to Photoshop Level 1 Photoshop using brushes lesson This tutorial Level 1 Photoshop using brushes lesson has been used in my classes over and over and is a good…

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While you are teaching it is not evident for students to understand IP addresses, robots, and crawlers. I found a good tools that would do just that, if you are…

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This article is based on my difficulties to get the students to create CMS websites and I guess will give an advice to Multimedia/Web Design tutors to get their students going with the learning of skills which are needed on the market. This a challenge that I have been trying to overcome to the last 3 years and this year I have managed to get the opportunity to get students to experiment directly with CMS. The experiment was quite challenging, considering issues with equipment. With my Level 1 NOCN Multimedia I have simply used the online wordpress.com so they could have the basics, and the core of assignment only required them mess around with templates. With the level 2, they need more advanced skills such as the ability to plan,  create, make changes, upload, experiment, test and amend.

To be able to get students to experiment with CMS you will need to –

1 – Get a web domain name, with hosting solution (in my case my site is hosted by www.heartinet.co.uk, they are cheap, £2.90 for a .co.uk domain named and easy to use)

Some internet service providers (ISP) offers free web space , but for the purpose of this project, you need an ISP that will provide you with services which allow you as much freedom as you need to get your students working. This is very important because you will be able to demonstrate how to effectively manage a domain, and also  you have full control of your own domain. With a free domain the chance is that you don’t have a lot of choice (i.e wordpress.com is a good start for learning content management; free domain and hosting, but your students can not experience with plugins and back-end configuration for free. If your institution can afford it just create a domain for each students, this is good if you teach on a one-to-one basis.

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There is a printing company in London that makes it quite cheap to print post-cards and leaflets. This quite affordable considering that some of us might need business cards, post-card,…

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Opportunity for all video artists and video creators (individuals, groups or organizations) of any nationality, sex, age and background. Award: participation of artist’s project on first International Video Art Exhibition…

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London 2012 ‘Unlimited’ Criteria: Call for Submissions: London 2012 ‘Unlimited’. The third and final round of commissions for the ‘Unlimited’ series as part of the celebrations for the 2012 London…

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Comfort explored education and advertising Sukhy explored the advertising industry Abraham explored the music video industry and the use of women

Yet again another great free session that I enjoy sharing…… Nothing to say about this one, just listen!!!!!!! I thank CyberGod, he is sharing this for free, because there are…

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I hear in the classroom, Photoshop is too expensive…..Well for keen photography students like Fatma and Tola, Lightroom would be the cheap and still good option to Photoshop for Photographers.…

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