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High scoring post-graduates! Tips on the Exam/Unit 4 folios?

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MJay1993:
Giant hyper-surrealish photo in the back right corner of the exhibition that talked about the typical teen angst issue of drug abuse :P Next to the amazing drawing of the guy's granddad.

Not necessarily. As long as you have what you want to bring from those potential directions in the back of your mind when you're creating your final pieces, then they should naturally be imprinted in those works, whilst . Actually, probably the word I was looking for was 'expressive' rather than 'abstract' (sorry about the confusion). Hopefully that makes more sense! But to answer your question, they're looking for uniqueness and an individual aesthetic really, rather than having to be confined to using modern/by-gone media and practices specifically and being solely influenced by others without having your own input.
I'm assuming your potential directions would've been the media that would help you to present your theme to the best of it's potential, so that's pretty straightforward. Just as long as you emphasise that logical progression in your Unit 3 and 4 folios, rather than assuming that the examiner will know what you're talking about (I was always told by my teacher that we're expected to treat our examiner as if they're clueless, so you have to explain everything that is necessary to them), then you'll be fine.
Well they can be presented together, but it has to be obvious that they are two separate pieces (could be easily identified by enough space between the two pieces in your final presentation). But considering the scale of the works, I reckon that two space idea does seem suitable. But yeah, stuff like lighting, whether you'll drape some coloured material on the wall to change it's colour, height etc. all needs to be explained in your folio.

Well I remember how tough it was for myself last year, so I thought I'd be a nice guy and give any people trawling through this section of VCENotes help if they need it :)

Yendall:
oh yes i saw that one! very nice work. I saw that drawing of the granddad, and wow, so detailed!

Oh okay, I think that will be fine then. My conceptual possibilities do state through annotation what my aims are, so I guess my finals will compliment that. That's okay, I thought you meant that anyway!
I thought they'd be looking for uniqueness, but to my surprise a lot of work in Top Arts seemed overly familiar.
Okay, i will explain all of that in my Unit 4 folio. Just a question about the Unit 4 folio; to what extent do we have to present trials? are we showing physical development of the final pieces we are working on (eg. photos, sketches, medium trials)? or are we designing lots of different possibilities as a continuation of Unit 3, and then picking one and going with it? Because what I have done these holidays is draft 3/5 of my pieces, and they will ultimately be what ends up on my canvas. Do I need extra drawings to present my research/trial-and-error?

Well thank you, I greatly appreciate it :) It's a tough subject.

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