Year 8

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• Year 8 9 Art Exam
• Topic CD Covers
• Play the Presentation and follow the instructions
  on the last slide.

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Genre

• What was your first Cd you bought?
• What was the genre (type of music)?
• Make a list of different Music Genre
• Genres are constantly changing.
• Hybrid/ cross genres are a mixture of styles.
• Look through your CD collection how many Genres
  of music are there.

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A visual Pun
First minimalist LP cover
Use of Type
Historical Image Used
Colour Moods
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Artists Image sells the CD
Mood of music portrayed
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Album covers as Art.
How many do you recognise?
Find the name of famous Pop Artist who produced
this cover
Intertextual references
Pop Art, Gilbert and George, Andy Warhol
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Year 8 9 Art Exam.

• Your exam will be to produce a Cd Cover back and
  front.
• Produce ideas and research before the exam
• Use the work from this years art lessons for
  your ideas.
• Bring in all your research on the day of the exam
  to help you complete the cd cover.
• Take particular care and practice with lettering
  style and size.
• You must make up the name of the artist or band
  and the name of the CD.
• Think about the composition (where everything
  goes) what will have the most impact?
• Try to make a connection between the front and
  back cover.
• What sort of music is it?
• Does it come across in the pictures?
• Good luck.
• There are some year 10 examples on the media
  studies website.