Design inquiry · Poster gallery
Read the visual argument
Study four original movie posters. Explain principles, colour and typography using visible evidence, then submit your two-poster analysis.
Open poster galleryCreate with purpose
Communication 11
Build practical media skills. Create for an audience, test your ideas, and explain how your work improves.
Open the available workbooks below. More workbook links will appear here as they are published. Practical assessments are labelled separately.
Module 01
Graphic Design & Photography
Start with audience and purpose. Practise layers, masks, colour and typography, then use feedback to refine a visual message. Follow the route your teacher assigns and keep your working files and process evidence.
Interactive client studio
The Design Desk
Move the pieces, choose a palette, adjust type and respond to a client brief. Save your earlier design and explain your revision.
Open design deskCurrent sprint
This week: finish Sprint 2 with The Brief Has Changed. Next: Photo Desk, then your Sprint 3 project.
Sprint 2 finish
The Brief Has Changed
1–2 Oct
Put your Snowy Village identity on a souvenir box and mug with Smart Objects, then answer the client who changes the brief.
- Smart Objects & mock-ups
- Colour, type & brand
Camera Lab (first)
Photo Desk
Start here
Assignments from The Torch editors: earn your Camera Licence, then shoot a real story for the newsletter.
- DSLR controls
- Photojournalism
Sprint 3 guide
Document It
5–16 Oct
Photograph your Snowy Village work so clearly that the modelling team can measure and rebuild it: views, scale, even light, exports and a labelled reference sheet.
- Documentation photography
- Reference sheets
Coming up · Sprint 4
Opens 19 October. Look ahead if you finish early.
Sprint 4 guide
Build It True
19 Oct–2 Nov
Design a moving Snowy Village scene in Blender: laser-cut buildings that lock together, a sculpted character, a mechanism you test on screen, and a circuit plan.
- Blender at true scale
- Mechanisms & circuit plans
Look closely. Communicate clearly.
Build a design vocabulary, then create and test a consistent visual message.
Design investigation · 40 min
Logo Look
Study colour, shape and lettering in a logo. Investigate its story and explain your observations in your Google Doc.
- Visual analysis
- Evidence & explanation
Project
Brand Foundations
Create a style tile, a launch graphic and an adaptation for a fictional client. Test the message, revise and defend your choices.
- Audience & identity
- Typography & layout
Foundation
An introduction to layers, masks and believable depth.
Tutorial + extension
Phone Portal / Out-of-Bounds
Decode the Impossible
Build an editable phone portal, then bring a butterfly beyond the frame with masks and deliberate layer order.
- Layers & masks
- Depth & edges
Shared bootcamp
Build your workflow, then respond to a changed brief.
Tutorial
Below the Surface
Create a documentary opener with a layered still, a short motion version and a practical revision.
- Compositing
- Still to motion
Tutorial
Drop Day
Repair a sneaker source, build recoverable masks, and control colour and typography for a product display.
- Retouching & masking
- Colour & typography
Tutorial
On the Cover
Design an editorial cover with readable hierarchy, careful portrait masking and purposeful typography.
- Editorial hierarchy
- Portrait masking
Practical assessment
The Brief Has Changed
Class 10
Apply your bootcamp learning to a changed brief and explain the choices behind your response.
- Adaptation
- Explain your decisions
Not yet released
Design exploration & purpose
Connect technique to audience, meaning and design choices.
Exploration
Design Studio Explorer
Explore the design studio route before moving into more advanced projects.
- Design exploration
Not yet released
Tutorial
Make It Matter
Connect design theory to a cause-advertising project. Explain how your image and words communicate with an audience.
- Audience & purpose
- Cause advertising
Not yet released
Tutorial + extension
Fresh Impact
ZUNO citrus campaign
Create an editable citrus product advertisement using paths, label construction, depth, lighting and audience-focused hierarchy.
- Product advertising
- Editable image construction
Course pathway
More studio modules
Further projects and module links will appear here as the course progresses. Your teacher will identify the next materials and equipment you need.