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Unit 1 - Brief 4 - Manipulation

This document provides information for an assignment in the Level 4 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design program. The assignment involves manipulating a created piece of work using Photoshop tools and exploring different presentation formats. Students will produce six manipulated examples of their original piece and analyze three presentation methods. The assignment aims to help students understand how manipulation can influence perception and meaning, and to develop skills in Photoshop, research, and evaluation. Suggested research materials and Photoshop techniques are listed.

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Unit 1 - Brief 4 - Manipulation

This document provides information for an assignment in the Level 4 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design program. The assignment involves manipulating a created piece of work using Photoshop tools and exploring different presentation formats. Students will produce six manipulated examples of their original piece and analyze three presentation methods. The assignment aims to help students understand how manipulation can influence perception and meaning, and to develop skills in Photoshop, research, and evaluation. Suggested research materials and Photoshop techniques are listed.

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UAL Awarding Body

LEVEL 4 FOUNDATION DIPLOMA IN ART AND DESIGN

Assignment Title Unit 1: Overarching Brief


9 weeks: Building blocks
and skills development
Unit No & Title Unit 1: Diagnostic Investigation into Creative Practice

Assignment Teachers Simon Welfare (Art), George Bull (Photo), Jihan Al-
Dibouni (Illustration)
Assignment Verifier Sarah Wilson

Start Date 19/09/2022

Assessment date 28/11/2022

Al-
By the end of Unit 1: Diagnostic Investigation into Creative Practice

1. Apply, integrate and contextualise research methods and activities within a


creative practice.
2. Identify, select and safely use appropriate materials, methods, media, tools and
technologies in relation to a variety of creative practices.
3. Develop ideas, solve problems and apply learning strategies within the context
of a range of diverse creative practices.
4. Understand the conventions and application of critical evaluation and
reflection for a range of audiences and purposes.

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Manipulation – Brief 4

Context
Manipulation can be a key part of the creative process. Having the ability to control how
something looks after the production of a piece can be beneficial skill to learn, especially if
making copies or uploading work to a website.

Manipulation can influence how an audience sees an image and how it is understood. When
something is manipulated is it still the same? Does it still mean the same thing? How could
the communication of the meaning be improved by manipulation?

Does the communication of a piece change with its presentation? Can something be
manipulated, presented and an audience not realise?

Brief
Your task during the next two weeks is to create a piece of work, this could be a
photograph, a drawing, a painting, a screen-print, a collection of material samples. The
maximum size of this piece should be A3 so it can be scanned and saved in JPEG format.

You will then use this piece in Adobe Photoshop and will manipulate it using a series of tools
to change the appearance, content and create pattern.

You will then explore different forms of presentation (for example online or in a gallery) to
discover the most effective manner for presenting the work and discover whether different
presentation formats can effect the audience’s perception of a piece.

Primary research could involve visiting a gallery and looking at presentation techniques.
You could also look at online exhibitions, books in the library and the concept of sculpture
parks.

It is important to document all the processes you are taught, research and practice so you
can record the learning process and analyse the processes and results.

By the end of this brief, you should have produced six different examples of manipulations
using Photoshop and explored presenting them in at least three different locations or ways.
You should analsye and evaluate each technique you use, along with the strengths and
weaknesses of each.

Your two-week project should show evidence of:


• Research
• Statement of intent outlining your aims for the project
• Visual development evidencing a range of ideas (different manipulation techniques
and processes and what impact they have on the original piece)
• Ongoing reflections and evaluations of ideas and decision making
• Final evaluation

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Overview of Outcomes

You should show a range of experimental outcomes to show you have explored,
understood, identified and selected appropriate ways of manipulating your
original piece and show consideration for the presentation format.

Overview of Final Outcome


Your outcome must show the following:
• The manipulated piece you have created
• Consideration for presenting the new piece

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Suggested Research

- Basic Photoshop tutorial - https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/how-


to/ps-basics-fundamentals.html
- More basic Photoshop tutorials -
https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/how-to/background-with-
photoshop.html?playlist=/services/playlist.helpx/products:SG_CREATIVECLO
UD/learn-path:key-techniques/set-header:make-it-
now/playlist:topic/en_GB.json&ref=helpx.adobe.com
- Even more basic Photoshop tutorials -
https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/how-to/composite-in-
photoshop.html?playlist=/services/playlist.helpx/products:SG_CREATIVECLO
UD/learn-path:key-techniques/set-header:make-it-
now/playlist:topic/en_GB.json&ref=helpx.adobe.com
- https://format.newart.city/show/room-10

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Suggested Materials

- USB stick/External hard drive


Photoshop techniques
- Crop
- Clone Stamp Tool
- Dodging and Burning
- Selection Tool – magnetic lasso and standard lasso
- Levels
- Curves
- Saturation
- Black and White
- Multiple Layers
- Multiple Images
- Opacity

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