Year 11

Creating digital graphics

Year 11

Creating digital graphics

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn about the two main types of digital graphics, raster and vector, and the associated file formats for each type. We will then learn how to make use of two different open source applications for the creation of each type of graphic.

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6 Questions

Q1.
What does the term pre-production mean?
Any process that happens between production and the final product being created
Correct answer: Planning, scripting or storyboarding the final product
Shooting, recording or creating the final product
Q2.
What is a mind map?
Correct answer: A central node with the main theme and sub nodes with ideas connected with branches
A collection of ideas that will give a ‘feel’ of what is needed, shown with a wide range of materials
A plan of the layout of a still image
Q3.
What aspects should be included in a script?
Colours, colour schemes, fonts, position and style of text
Images and Diagrams of each scene
Correct answer: Location, actors, camera shots and stage directions
Q4.
What is a story board?
A collection of images, photos and text with colours and keywords
A description of scene descriptions, stage directions, camera shots, sound effects
Correct answer: Visual representation along a timeline to illustrate a sequence of movements
Q5.
What is post-production?
Correct answer: Everything between production and creating the final media object
Planning, scripting & storyboarding
The actual shooting, recording or creating
Q6.
What aspects should be included in a visualisation?
A quick outline of ideas showing connections between different parts of the project
Guidance for scenes to create and how to edit scenes in the story
Correct answer: Images, graphics, colour schemes, fonts, position of text

7 Questions

Q1.
What are 'Vector' graphics?
Correct answer: Graphics composed of mathematical paths and colour information.
Graphics composed of pixels containing colour information.
Graphics containing shapes filled with colour.
Graphics that have equal width and height with colour information.
Q2.
What are 'Raster' graphics?
Graphics composed of mathematical paths and colour information.
Correct answer: Graphics composed of pixels containing colour information.
Graphics containing shapes filled with colour.
Graphics that have equal width and height with colour information.
Q3.
Which are 'Raster' graphic file extensions?
Correct answer: .BMP, .GIF, .JPEG and .PNG
.ODT, .RTF and .DOCX
.PDF, .TXT and .DOC
.SVG, .AI and .DXF
Q4.
Which are 'Vector' graphic file extensions?
.BMP, .GIF, .JPEG and .PNG
.ODT, .RTF and DOCX
.PDF, .TXT and .DOC
Correct answer: SVG, .AI and .DXF
Q5.
What does 'Copyright' mean?
A licence conferring a right for a set period to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.
A word meaning a piece of work is free to be used by anyone.
Correct answer: The legal right to control the production and selling of a book, play, film, photograph or piece of music.
Q6.
What is a Creative Commons license?
A license that allows an individual to use any work regardless of copyright status.
A protection that ensures work is never re-distributed.
Correct answer: Licence that enables the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted ‘work’.
Q7.
Which one is false? To use other peoples work legally you must...
Credit the creators of the material.
Credit the source/ website of the material.
Correct answer: Ensure you send them an email to ensure they know you've used their work.
Use appropriately licensed materials.