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Re: VCE Visual Communication Design Questions Thread
« Reply #15 on: December 27, 2018, 12:57:26 am »
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Hi Guys, Could I possibly get some advice on how to achieve a 47+ in Vis Comm next year?
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Re: VCE Visual Communication Design Questions Thread
« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2019, 12:16:00 pm »
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Hi Guys, Could I possibly get some advice on how to achieve a 47+ in Vis Comm next year?

Make sure you're passionate about viscom and design in general, pick a folio topic that you're interested in, invest in your folio and start working on it as early as possible, take advantage of term breaks by getting as much of your folio done during then as possible, make sure you stay healthy and don't pull too many all nighters, look for constant feedback from your peers and teachers, offer constant feedback to your peers, frequent sites like dezeen, designboom, archdaily and dribbble, see if you can gain access to your viscom classroom during recess and lunch, accept the fact that parts of viscom have a certain element of bull!*$^ and just throw as many annotations into your work as possible.

Seriously, about that last one, one of my friends managed to impress the teacher literally by drawing intentionally random arrows and annotations all across his folio.

I missed out on a 47+ because I slacked off a bit on exam prep since it felt pretty uninteresting to me, especially in comparison to folio work. So don't do that, I guess.
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Re: VCE Visual Communication Design Questions Thread
« Reply #17 on: February 11, 2019, 01:35:31 pm »
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^Agree on above. Don't neglect exam prep throughout the year, particularly under exam conditions.

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« Reply #18 on: February 17, 2019, 04:03:53 pm »
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Make sure you're passionate about viscom and design in general, pick a folio topic that you're interested in, invest in your folio and start working on it as early as possible, take advantage of term breaks by getting as much of your folio done during then as possible, make sure you stay healthy and don't pull too many all nighters, look for constant feedback from your peers and teachers, offer constant feedback to your peers, frequent sites like dezeen, designboom, archdaily and dribbble, see if you can gain access to your viscom classroom during recess and lunch, accept the fact that parts of viscom have a certain element of bull!*$^ and just throw as many annotations into your work as possible.

Seriously, about that last one, one of my friends managed to impress the teacher literally by drawing intentionally random arrows and annotations all across his folio.

I missed out on a 47+ because I slacked off a bit on exam prep since it felt pretty uninteresting to me, especially in comparison to folio work. So don't do that, I guess.

Thank you so much, I have a pretty good idea of what I am going to do for my folio and I am super excited!
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Re: VCE Visual Communication Design Questions Thread
« Reply #19 on: April 02, 2019, 08:30:35 pm »
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Hello!

I have a question I hope someone has the answer to!

If I am thinking to design a book cover for my folio, what copyright issues do I need to think about? For example, can i use an existing book? If not, can I simple change the name a bit (Eg. Harry Potter to Barry Botter)? What about the publisher's name?

Also, If i want this as communication need one and I want to do environmental design for communication need two, any ideas on what I can design for my client being the author itself or a publishing company?




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Re: VCE Visual Communication Design Questions Thread
« Reply #20 on: April 29, 2019, 06:38:49 pm »
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Hello!

I have a question I hope someone has the answer to!

If I am thinking to design a book cover for my folio, what copyright issues do I need to think about? For example, can i use an existing book? If not, can I simple change the name a bit (Eg. Harry Potter to Barry Botter)? What about the publisher's name?

Also, If i want this as communication need one and I want to do environmental design for communication need two, any ideas on what I can design for my client being the author itself or a publishing company?

Hey Madadeeb,

I hope this reply isn't too late to be useful. When it comes to copyright, it's always best to be on the safe side. I would highly recommend coming up with an original book title and synopsis (you don't have to write it, just have an idea of what it's about). Other than for the copyright reasons, this makes it much easier to come up with original ideas. When something already exists, it can be hard to get past that and come up with something completely new.

For the environmental design component, let your imagination run wild! You could design a fictional building from your book, a new building for the publishing company, or even a writers cottage for the author. Whatever you choose, make sure it interests you as you'll be spending a lot of time thinking about it and working on it.

Best of luck!

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Re: VCE Visual Communication Design Questions Thread
« Reply #21 on: August 28, 2019, 09:36:19 pm »
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Hello,
I am completing accelerated VCD this year, and I extremely dislike it. I didn't complete Units 1&2 - and started the subject much later in the year, so on my first Sac was a mere 88%, however my second Sac was an 100%. My Folio is around at 95%. What exam mark does it take to achieve a 40+(scaled) ATAR? Is it possible?
I am indeed in much panic!
Also, in my developments I referenced some artworks, however they are not in my final designs. Would that be a problem?

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Re: VCE Visual Communication Design Questions Thread
« Reply #22 on: October 02, 2019, 08:23:49 am »
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Hi! I'm doing viscom 3/4 next year and I'm really depending on it to drag up my ATAR. If anybody has ANY tips at all on how to do well in this subject, what to look out for, what you wish you knew when you first started 3/4 etc, and is willing to share, I would REALLY appreciate it!!

^Agree on above. Don't neglect exam prep throughout the year, particularly under exam conditions.
Hi Joseph, when would you recommend starting exam prep? Thank you!! :)
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Re: VCE Visual Communication Design Questions Thread
« Reply #23 on: November 06, 2019, 01:35:54 pm »
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I could literally talk to you about Copics for an indefinite amount of time hahaha.

Which are your faves?

EDIT: By the way, you might find this thread I made useful?


Oh wow. I used this thread when I was making my folio,it helped so much that I got 100 on mine. So much work goes into those folios 😅
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Re: VCE Visual Communication Design Questions Thread
« Reply #24 on: November 06, 2019, 01:37:42 pm »
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Oh wow. I used this thread when I was making my folio,it helped so much that I got 100 on mine. So much work goes into those folios 😅

Congratulations! Awesome work. :) What would be your top tips for future students looking to smash their folios?

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Re: VCE Visual Communication Design Questions Thread
« Reply #25 on: November 06, 2019, 01:46:35 pm »
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Congratulations! Awesome work. :) What would be your top tips for future students looking to smash their folios?

People need to choose a client and need which they are passionate on working on. Also, if you can get a real client which I did, it is much easier to get feedback and improve your folio and designs implementing this feedback.

Your teacher is your biggest tool! Like, not to be rude or anything, but take advantage of thier well of knowledge. My teacher pushed me along the design process, challenging my ideas and correcting my messy drawings 😁. The final product however, was professional as ever and it was thanks to her but also, it comes down to your motivation and if you choose to use the feedback or not.

With your folio, literally experiment with anything like anything, I used some really weird coloured powder and even spices to experiment with different colours. Also annotate everything basically.


By the way, did you apply for top designs? With your folio I figure you would have gotten in.
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Re: VCE Visual Communication Design Questions Thread
« Reply #26 on: November 06, 2019, 01:51:52 pm »
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People need to choose a client and need which they are passionate on working on. Also, if you can get a real client which I did, it is much easier to get feedback and improve your folio and designs implementing this feedback.

Your teacher is your biggest tool! Like, not to be rude or anything, but take advantage of thier well of knowledge. My teacher pushed me along the design process, challenging my ideas and correcting my messy drawings 😁. The final product however, was professional as ever and it was thanks to her but also, it comes down to your motivation and if you choose to use the feedback or not.

With your folio, literally experiment with anything like anything, I used some really weird coloured powder and even spices to experiment with different colours. Also annotate everything basically.


By the way, did you apply for top designs? With your folio I figure you would have gotten in.

What did your folio focus on? :)

Top Designs - nah, was told not to as my folio used the AFL logo in some of my idea generation. I don't even know if that's a thing that precludes people, but that was the advice I received at the time haha. Don't think I would have got in, anyway. Are you applying?

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Re: VCE Visual Communication Design Questions Thread
« Reply #27 on: November 06, 2019, 02:01:00 pm »
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What did your folio focus on? :)

Top Designs - nah, was told not to as my folio used the AFL logo in some of my idea generation. I don't even know if that's a thing that precludes people, but that was the advice I received at the time haha. Don't think I would have got in, anyway. Are you applying?

Aw ): that's okay, yeah the copyright rules are quite stringent. I think you would've, your folio was amazing! I literally sent that article to my friend and we were spellbound.

Yeah I have applied, but my hopes aren't high ha, last years top arts was hopeless even though my friend and I had 100 folios 🙃.

My parents have a mustang car hire company (Melbourne mustang car hire) and it was actually my teacher who suggested I create a interior design, floor plan for a hypothetical stall at an expo. Presentation 2 was huge, I had to create a promotional package containing a little teddy bear, business card, notepad, fragrance bottle, shirt and tote bag. It was way too much but my teacher was like you need to do this much if you want a good score, so I was like okay 🙃
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Re: VCE Visual Communication Design Questions Thread
« Reply #28 on: November 06, 2019, 02:01:55 pm »
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Aw ): that's okay, yeah the copyright rules are quite stringent. I think you would've, your folio was amazing! I literally sent that article to my friend and we were spellbound.

Yeah I have applied, but my hopes aren't high ha, last years top arts was hopeless even though my friend and I had 100 folios 🙃.

My parents have a mustang car hire company (Melbourne mustang car hire) and it was actually my teacher who suggested I create a interior design, floor plan for a hypothetical stall at an expo. Presentation 2 was huge, I had to create a promotional package containing a little teddy bear, business card, notepad, fragrance bottle, shirt and tote bag. It was way too much but my teacher was like you need to do this much if you want a good score, so I was like okay 🙃

Sounds amazing! What did you use for the finals?

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« Reply #29 on: November 06, 2019, 02:06:28 pm »
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Sounds amazing! What did you use for the finals?

I had an informational board with the interior design and floor plan on it. Also, on a foam board the package, shirt and tote bag with little descriptions. Then the actual items themselves 😊
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