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Archived Discussion => Other => Written Examinations => 2008 => End-of-year exams => Exam Discussion => Victoria => Visual Communications and Design => Topic started by: misskaraleah on November 11, 2008, 01:51:19 pm

Title: How did everyone go?
Post by: misskaraleah on November 11, 2008, 01:51:19 pm
I personally enjoyed it.
No dramas, the design analysis was pretty easy.

How about everyone else???
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: cathtacular on November 11, 2008, 02:10:27 pm
i ran out of time, it was a long exam, i did finish it all but i had to rush it all heaps to get it done, i left the theory til last because im pretty good at it but i had to rush it so much you probably cant even read it, i didnt like the stupid pattern thing for the sign, what did you do for pattern karaleah?? hopefully i got full marks for orthogranal and planometric, i had a feeling we were gunna get planometric :)
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: onlyfknhuman on November 11, 2008, 02:21:11 pm
Nailed it, but i was panicing on orthogonal, caus ei drew the wrong view didnt read it properly =p

but i finsihed with 10-20 mins spare... SO MUCH DRWAING THIS YEAR so less theory, but none the less, i hope their drawing standards dont heighten. i think i aced it depending on how asessors like my reponses lol...

cant remember.. i think it was b and c.. did question 1 and 2 in 30 seconds, free marks ^_^
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: ATyler on November 11, 2008, 02:32:45 pm
i just tagged it up LOL
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: misskaraleah on November 11, 2008, 02:33:54 pm
i ran out of time, it was a long exam, i did finish it all but i had to rush it all heaps to get it done, i left the theory til last because im pretty good at it but i had to rush it so much you probably cant even read it, i didnt like the stupid pattern thing for the sign, what did you do for pattern karaleah?? hopefully i got full marks for orthogranal and planometric, i had a feeling we were gunna get planometric :)


I know! i hated that too! but i did one of those red and white warning signs you see at the beach. I suppose that is a 'pattern' because th line repeats itself.






Nailed it, but i was panicing on orthogonal, caus ei drew the wrong view didnt read it properly =p

but i finsihed with 10-20 mins spare... SO MUCH DRWAING THIS YEAR so less theory, but none the less, i hope their drawing standards dont heighten. i think i aced it depending on how asessors like my reponses lol...

cant remember.. i think it was b and c.. did question 1 and 2 in 30 seconds, free marks ^_^

I know some of the short answer were a give away. The ones that accompanied the end design were easy.
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: cathtacular on November 11, 2008, 02:42:57 pm
i thought the short answers were easy this year pitty i didnt get to actually do them properly :(

my copic pen exploded all over my sign design, i almost cried. do you think they will mark me down for it? or be nice and understand that no person in there right mind would intentionally do that??
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: misskaraleah on November 11, 2008, 02:44:58 pm
i thought the short answers were easy this year pitty i didnt get to actually do them properly :(

my copic pen exploded all over my sign design, i almost cried. do you think they will mark me down for it? or be nice and understand that no person in there right mind would intentionally do that??


OMG! I would have died!

No i dont think they would. a note to the examiners explaining what happened on the side. but then again, to sure.
I loved the federation square poster.
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: cathtacular on November 11, 2008, 03:29:08 pm
i hated that poster, if you can call it that
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: hard on November 11, 2008, 04:08:14 pm
Nailed it, but i was panicing on orthogonal, caus ei drew the wrong view didnt read it properly =p

but i finsihed with 10-20 mins spare... SO MUCH DRWAING THIS YEAR so less theory, but none the less, i hope their drawing standards dont heighten. i think i aced it depending on how asessors like my reponses lol...

cant remember.. i think it was b and c.. did question 1 and 2 in 30 seconds, free marks ^_^

yay i did b and c for question 2 although 2.b was a tricky one.

It was a very easy exam in my perspective, i finished with 20 minutes to spare. The billboard one for the marine Fins on the last question, i put like some dot pattern because i didn't read we had to put it there so 10 mins before end of time i put it in... lucky.

The orthogonal was pretty easy i must admit. Amm no dramas. Also for the second last question, question 8 i.e., i colored it in would they care or nah? Like fins i colored yellow for example etc to show contrast. so black on white, yellow on red etc.

anyways, VCD is OVER. i had like NO stress at all prior to entering the room. I thought i'd be at least a bit nervous but i wasn't... weird.

hopefully i can get over 42!
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: hard on November 11, 2008, 04:36:43 pm
also, did anyone put a hole on the key? this is ROUGHLY how mine looked:

(http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o50/sexychaldean_92/untitledetegfwetgw.jpg)

i'm pretty sure it was like caved in on both ends so hand could pick up the key?

how did you guys draw it?
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: cathtacular on November 11, 2008, 06:35:35 pm
ohhhhhhhhh fuck, my key was the other way :o

liek this...
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: cathtacular on November 11, 2008, 06:52:30 pm
yeah mine was a hole not that it will mean anything considerng how i drew it.... does anyone have the exam?
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: hard on November 11, 2008, 07:24:33 pm
hrmm i'm not too sure what way it should stand up but i think i lost a mark for not drawing that little line to show a hole. The only reason i drew it flat was because the orthogonal drawings of it were flat thus i would presume that they are expecting us to draw it flat. However i'm not certain.
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: misskaraleah on November 11, 2008, 07:48:18 pm
hrmm i'm not too sure what way it should stand up but i think i lost a mark for not drawing that little line to show a hole. The only reason i drew it flat was because the orthogonal drawings of it were flat thus i would presume that they are expecting us to draw it flat. However i'm not certain.

i did it the same as you! but i think the 'hole' wasnt a hole at all. i think it was supposed to be rising from the key. On the third angle orthoganal front view, it showed where it rose. if i remember correctly. not sure
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: cathtacular on November 11, 2008, 09:04:00 pm
but it was a key... keyhole...... i doubt it would have come out from the key...
can anyone post the exam?
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: shuun on November 11, 2008, 09:11:52 pm
well from the left side view i am sure i saw dotted lines down the middle. So i guess there was a hole. But then again not including it wouldnt hurt much. That exam was pretty long. I aced the drawing parts but took me longer on the analysis of those pictures. Overall i think i did quite well.
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: joan_axel on November 12, 2008, 09:29:44 am
i think i did ok. i finished everything but again, i was rushed. although , i think i stuffed up in the logo question cuz it asked for emm letterform and contrast emphazism and i just made the fins word bigger and have a big fish next to a small star fish. i forgot to colour in the black background for the stick figures. i rushed all the analysis so i don't even noe what i wrote but i certainly don't like that poster cuz i reckon that was gay. that question 2 pisses me off to , sitting there , trying to work out  where the patter go so i guessed the number 2 cuz i rather spend my time doing the key thing , i finished that under like 5 minutes although it was mixed between hand drawn and like instrumental drawn
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: cathtacular on November 12, 2008, 11:18:18 am
joan, what way did you draw the key?
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: hard on November 12, 2008, 12:33:56 pm
would you think that if i drew fish big to small would be hierarchy? or like a heading with like F big tehn I smaller and N smaller and S smallest?
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: onlyfknhuman on November 12, 2008, 03:38:23 pm
also, did anyone put a hole on the key? this is ROUGHLY how mine looked:

(http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o50/sexychaldean_92/untitledetegfwetgw.jpg)

i'm pretty sure it was like caved in on both ends so hand could pick up the key?

how did you guys draw it?


Fuck mine was vertically done.
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: onlyfknhuman on November 12, 2008, 03:39:59 pm
i swear to god, t heir arrows and light direction are so  UNCLEAR.
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: cathtacular on November 12, 2008, 05:54:44 pm
shit yeah onlyfknhuman i did mine vertical too :D im not alone!!
Title: Re: How did everyone go?
Post by: joan_axel on November 13, 2008, 09:20:33 am
i draw the same key or the same position as the emm onlyfknhuman. thank god i got it right, did it under 5minutes hehehe