Unit Outline and Plan

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Creative Platforms - Unit outl

This unit integrates negotiated professionprojects with professional liaison and self-promotion enabling the student to build frtheir body of work with direct relevance to

career aspirations.


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Unit outline

Extensive collaborative work is encourageenabling students to develop an advancedof experience and competence in promotitheir skills.


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Unit outline

The curriculum content is based on the prthat those seeking a career as technologyprofessionals and creatives in the industryrequire a comprehensive understanding of

structure and the requirements foremployment.


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Aims

To enable students to present a coherentaccount of their professional work andexperience enabling them to demonstrateskills to prospective employers or othereducational establishments.


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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, stuwill be expected at the threshold level, toable to....

1. Critically examine good practice in the

preparation and presentation of a showreCV.


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Learning Outcomes

2. Identify and critically evaluate accumuprofessional skills in support of their show

3. To understand an awareness of the audand pitch a showreel, CV and other promomaterial to this.


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Learning & Teaching Strategy

Students will be introduced to the procespresenting work through a variety of formthrough practical workshops. Students wdevelop their individual Showreels and C

through a series of show and tell sessionTowards the end of the semester studenthave a critical presentation which will enthem to gauge reaction and evaluation ftheir peers.


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Assessment

Students individually will produce a CV andShowreel/Business Card in an agreed, pitcand appropriate format to highly professiostandards.

They will also be required to back up workprocesses in an accompanying blog.


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Assessment

100% Coursework:1 Artefact 70% Showreel/Working Journal (- Individual students will produce a portfolwork in an appropriate medium.

2 Artefact 30% CV/Business Card - Individustudents will PRODUCE an industry pitchedand Business Card intended for their careepath after graduation.


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Topics Covered

1. Strategies for enabling students to demonstrawork in a Showreel.2. Strategy for shaping portfolios to meet therequirements of a variety of prospective employe

3. Strategy for presentations/packaging/otherpromotional material for prospective employers.4. Understanding how to identify and pitch to theaudience, namely the employer.


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Portfolios/ShowreelsA strong portfolio opens doors, a weak porcloses them. Your portfolio is often the onlything a person sees before deciding whethnot to contact you, and in many cases younot be present to explain it (particularly onportfolios).here are fundamental qualities that alloutstanding portfolios sharand a variety of principals and techniques can help take your portfolio from average texcellent.


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Portfolios/Showreels

If at all possible, your portfolio should beappropriate to the situation and reviewerportfolios should show creativity, skills, rathought, and ambition.It is the overall combination of these, plu"special something," that makes you stanthe others.


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Schedule

Session on Fridays

In class show and tell / tips and techniqhand-outs


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Examples of work

Hand-made box photos, business

and list of serv


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Examples of work

A3 Magazinproduced sho

a selection o


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Examples of work

How you showcase your woris not just about the contenton the cd/dvd, its the whole

package


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Examples of work


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Examples of work


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Examples of work

Important to portray and layout skills on


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Examples of workImportant to portray yoand layout skills on yo


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Examples of work


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Examples of work


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Research

Researching industry requirements is vital

Pl i


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12 weeks to complete - Organise your time

Research industry - examples / feedback

Mock-Ups - sketches / photoshop

Software evaluation - photoshop, dreamweaver, blog, recording, FCP

Develop material - build your elements / printer details (pricing etc) Test / Feedback - browser / platforms / end user (industry)

DOCUMENT ALL OF THE ABOVE

Hand-In

Planning

Resources:h // h id /


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http://www.thegridsystem.org/

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http://krop.com/creativedatabase/http://krop.com/creativedatabase/


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http://krop.com/creativedatabase/

www.mandy.com
http://krop.com/creativedatabase/http://krop.com/creativedatabase/http://www.mandy.com/http://www.mandy.com/


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http://www.mandy.com/http://www.mandy.com/


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PDF of Web Resources will be sent toand can be downloaded from my webs

http://web.me.com/sambrook/Sambrook/For


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Examples of w


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Flickr CreativePlatforms Group -

post your work up here


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Session This Week

Write up an Action Plan

What Industry?

What Content do you have?

Join unit blog


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An image/video database

100mb free (only photos)

12 pa for unlimited uploads of pics and videos


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moo.com fosticker b

Start to get accounts on t


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Start to get accounts on tfollowing....

www.flickr.comwww.vimeo.com

www.youtube.com

http://krop.com/creativedatabase/

get as much feedback on your work sible/start to build online networ

Books
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BooksThe Art of Promotion: CreatingDistinction Through InnovativeProduction Techniques

By Lisa CyrEdition: illustratedPublished by Rockport, 2003ISBN 1592530109, 9781592530106160 pages

Designs That Stand UpOut, And Can't Be IgnoPromotions

Author: Lisa Hickey

Format: Hardcover

Publish Date: November 2

ISBN-10: 1592531040

The Best of
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The Best ofBusiness Card

and an excellent website:

http://creativebits.org/cool_business_car

Next week CVs and exampl
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Next week CV s and examplwork from last year.

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