2009 Exams

[xXNovaxX]

Any ideas/thoughts of exams release here

How is your school going about it for vis comm?

[billz1508]

well know ur technical drawing, assuming most of ya's are just good at it naturally if not get some decent hours.. know ALL ur elements and principles.. know atleast 3 visual communication purposes, and make sure u don't get mixed up between some of them, as they can be bit confusing. example to promote and advertise.. try to know 3 of the top of ur head which arn't confusing to define.. e.g. don't chose advertise and promote if can't clearly define the difference..

know the areas of professionalism.. im reffering to you know, photographer, ict professionalist, animator, illustrator, artist.. I've seen a couple fo quesitons in past exams relating to you having to name one of the above, which would had been used in producing the final visual communication piece.

ICT tools. do not just mention photoshop and illustrator or the program. mention what they do.. example photoshop may had been used to adjust contrast levels. ECT. be precise with ur answer, meaning answer what the question is asking, without huckin in a whoel lot of useless information. they will assume u arn't clear with what they are asking, and are just chucking in a whoel lot fo information in hope that part of it is right.

your weaknesses. make sure u practise on them.. Mine is toning, as i probly would only get 1/2 or maybe if lucky 2/3 of the marks atm for toning.. Goto assessment reports and look how good the one they display is, but then again i know not everyones is gonna be that good, but that is what can be achieved with practice. AIM HIGH.

know ur technical drawing/viewing angled. planometric, oblique, isometric, 2 point, 1 point and so on... briefly go over sectional drawing, and of course know how to do an orthogonal.

MAKE SURE U USE THE REFERENCE BOOKLET U ARE GIVING.. it can't help to look at it and u can't lose to many marks if u do use the same texture, in the texture section.. (may be 5 out of the 15 or so marks) hence why i say practice with ur weaknesses, and of coruse go over ur strengths.

refrences which may had/have been used to develop the display visual com piece.. this is refferring to what they may have had done before start producing and designing the product. example research.. what type of research. library? marketing? what did this involve..? surveying?   competitor?...

techniques i think they call it in one past exam.. i know one past exam was a coffee table or soemthing.. it was varnished, lackered. this are all steps used to produced. wood being cut..

and mostly, those images of shapes which u have to draw from a different point. (usually invovled u rotating the image 90 degrees or more)

please note, (this is pretty much what i've learnt from past exams and been given from teacher)..
hope this helps a little bit, feel free to comment and add more to this list..
EXPECT ALOT OF THESE THINGS TO BE IN THE EXAM..  goodluck everyone, and please post ur results if u want after the exam, as i will be.. show of ur hard work

billz1508.

[xXNovaxX]

Thanks for that detailed explanation. I think you and I are the only ones who do Vis Comm this year. I hope in 20 years time when Vis Comm becomes the number 1 most popular subject people realise we existed. LOL.

Anyway, Thanks!

Oh, btw

What IS the difference between promote and advertise? If I put a product on a poster I am PROMOTING AND ADVERTISING it

And what do you mean you lose 5/15 marks if you use the texture in the resource book? You wouldn't lose marks  , the reaosn they provide the same textures in resource book to what the question asks is for you to use it....they don't expect originality, fo a wooden/plastic texture doesn't have 100's of different forms.

BTW not criticising, just double checking.

[billz1508]

well i know its not always the case, but promoting doesnt always refer to selling something, where advertising normally does.. i knwo this may be different for tv commercials for shows. but most other commersials are trying to sell something.. promoting, is the lead up to an event perhaps.. there is a very fine line, thats why i suggest stick away... u are promoting a school event? not advertising.. as i said find line.. ill try to get a clear /clean definition for u ..

bot criticising??  .. well they are there if u want, i guess if u do ur own thing, it has to be spot on..
for plastic texture, it would usually have a reflection texture to it, so bit shiny perhaps with ligth source? many of my class didnt include that when answering a question..

well vcd is not as easy as what peeps think, and i cant believe it gets ranked down tbh.. but then again i dont think its hard as specialist maths lol. tho i dont do that.

[stoosel]

i do viz com as well and to both of u good luck for tomorrow, this tips are very helpful, thank u very much for the effort u put into them.

[billz1508]

thanks mate goodluck for you too.. All the best for everyone else too. GL nova and thanks for that personal messsage

[hard]

vis comm is harder than methods i know that. IT IS HARD!

[transgression]

It's a lot harder than many people think - that's for sure

[xXNovaxX]

It's a lot harder than many people think - that's for sure

Sure is =(

Scaling doesn't help.  I really , really, really NEED a 36, I am NOT AFTER A 40! Just please 36 =(

Gl 2morrow if I haven't already said it!

[billz1508]

i want a 42 for this subejct :S..

[chloho]

I could get a 50 coz i got 100% on both folios, but i doubt it'd happen, i'd be happy with 40+

[linny]

100% marked by your school teacher.. or by VCAA? just curious

[chloho]

teacher ha

[linny]

(Y)
i wish VCAA came by my school for this semester's folio.. they bumped up my grade for last semester xD
i began liking them after that LOLOL

[xXNovaxX]

100% marked by your school teacher.. or by VCAA? just curious

Your teacher marks them, but if the VCAA decides to visit ur school 1st semester they can, but they only did to do this for NEW teachers.

In regards to Smester 2, if there is a large discrepency with your GAT, Vis Comm exam and folio they check.

That's why our teacher held our folios for a while.