Communication Technology · MultimediaStage 5 · Years 9–10 · 200 hours

YEAR 10 · TERM 1 · 25 HOURS

Product launch studio

Produce a 30–45 second launch animation for an original fictional product, with a modelled object, textured materials, three shots, synchronised sound, campaign graphics and an 8–10 page folio.

Affinity

Designer campaign identity; Photo original texture maps; Publisher 8–10 page production folio.

Blender

Model with modifiers, UV unwrap, texture, light and animate three product shots.

Adobe

After Effects callout compositing; Premiere Pro paced edit; Audition layered launch soundscape.

TEN TEACHING BLOCKS

Your lesson pathway

How can a 3D product film communicate function while making credible claims?

W012.5 hours

Define a launch brief

Analyse product films for audience, claims and sustainability. Use the workbook’s user profile and measurable specification routine.

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E1 brief and criteria

Y10-AT1 · C1

W022.5 hours

Plan the sequence

Sketch three concepts, select one and annotate three shots, timing and graphics; prepare risks and production schedule. Issue notification.

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E1 shot plan and rationale

Y10-AT1 · C1/C4

W032.5 hours

Model efficiently

Use Blender modifiers and purposeful topology; compare detail that affects the silhouette with unnecessary geometry.

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E2 model and topology notes

Y10-AT1 · C2

W042.5 hours

Make materials

Create original textures in Photo, UV unwrap and apply materials in Blender; produce Designer campaign assets.

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E2 Affinity and Blender sources

Y10-AT1 · C2

W052.5 hours

Light the product

Compare lighting arrangements and camera focal lengths; justify the treatment that reveals function clearly.

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E2 lighting test grid

Y10-AT1 · C2

W062.5 hours

Animate three shots

Plan camera motion and object timing, render a playblast, and estimate final render time from sample frames.

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E2 animatic and resource estimate

Y10-AT1 · C2/C4

W072.5 hours

Design the soundtrack

Record and layer Foley in Audition; align effects with animated events and preserve intelligibility.

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E2 audio session and cue sheet

Y10-AT1 · C2

W082.5 hours

Composite and edit

Add After Effects callouts and Premiere Pro transitions, colour matching, captions and credits.

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E2 rough launch film

Y10-AT1 · C2

W092.5 hours

Test and submit

Test whether viewers can describe the product’s function; revise, export and package source media and folio.

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E3 viewer results; E2 final film

Y10-AT1 · C3

W102.5 hours

Evaluate trade-offs

Evaluate purpose, functionality, render energy and storage; compare draft/final settings and suggest a proportionate improvement.

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E3 evidence-based evaluation

Y10-AT1 · C3

Y10-AT1 · PROJECT ASSESSMENT

Show what you can do

Notification planned for Week 2. Final evidence planned for Week 9. Your teacher will confirm the date, time and weighting. Proposed weighting: 25% of Year 10. Include every assessed evaluation and individual contribution by the deadline; subsequent review is formative.

20 marks

C1 / Design and communication

Audience brief, alternatives, storyboard or wireframe and a justified plan.

40 marks

C2 / Production and integration

Original assets, editable Affinity, Blender and Adobe sources, and the final multimedia product.

25 marks

C3 / Testing and justification

Audience and technical tests, before-and-after changes and evidence-based evaluation.

15 marks

C4 / Safe and managed practice

Safe work, permissions, attribution, milestones and individual contribution.

Submission checklist

Final MP4 and, for interactive projects, a zipped working site.
Publisher folio PDF and editable source, with brief, development, tests and evaluation.
Designer/Photo sources, Blender .blend and textures, Premiere .prproj, After Effects .aep and Audition .sesx with linked media.
Captions or transcript where needed, credits, asset register and individual evidence.
Reopen collected projects to check for missing media. Submit through your teacher’s school LMS assignment.

Download this assessment notification ↓

Assessed outcomes: CMT5-COM-01, CMT5-DEP-01, CMT5-DES-01, CMT5-DES-02, CMT5-USE-01, CMT5-ENV-01. Your issued notification governs the assessment.

Marking standard guide

Outstanding: controlled production and perceptive decisions. High: effective work and reasoned improvements. Sound: functional work and an appropriate explanation. Basic: partial production and limited justification. Limited: fragmented work with little usable process evidence. These are quality descriptions, not fixed percentage bands. See the notification for the full rubric.

LEARN THE NEXT TECHNIQUE

Tutorial library

Open the official hub and choose the technique for your lesson. Match the installed software version, then save a short trial in your folio.

Affinity Designer vector tools ↗

Official learning hub; select Pen Tool, shapes, nodes and export.

Apply it here: Designer campaign identity; Photo original texture maps; Publisher 8–10 page production folio.

Affinity Photo layers and masks ↗

Official learning hub; select layers, masking, image correction and textures.

Apply it here: Designer campaign identity; Photo original texture maps; Publisher 8–10 page production folio.

Affinity Publisher folio layout ↗

Official learning hub; select master pages, text styles, images and PDF export.

Apply it here: Designer campaign identity; Photo original texture maps; Publisher 8–10 page production folio.

Premiere Pro editing ↗

Official tutorials; sequence editing, audio, captions and export.

Apply it here: After Effects callout compositing; Premiere Pro paced edit; Audition layered launch soundscape.

After Effects motion and compositing ↗

Official tutorials; keyframes, masks, tracking and compositing.

Apply it here: After Effects callout compositing; Premiere Pro paced edit; Audition layered launch soundscape.

Audition recording and mixing ↗

Official tutorials; recording, multitrack, cleanup and mixing.

Apply it here: After Effects callout compositing; Premiere Pro paced edit; Audition layered launch soundscape.

Blender Fundamentals video course ↗

Official directory linking Blender Fundamentals; select modelling, materials and animation.

Apply it here: Model with modifiers, UV unwrap, texture, light and animate three product shots.

These are official tutorial collections. Affinity tutorials use V2 terminology. Your teacher can add an exact video and transcript for the lab version.

YOUR PROJECT FILES

Start with a clear plan

The kit contains the brief, storyboard, production planner, asset register, test log and folio writing scaffold.

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Folio and starter files

Folio writing scaffold

Build the native folio in Publisher using master pages and styles. The included scaffold provides the writing structure; a native .afpub teacher template remains a planned asset.

Interactive HTML starter for exhibition, campaign and capstone projects.

Support and challenge

Starting check: Compare two renders and ask which explains function. Observe a transform/material task before deciding who needs a modifier demonstration.

Need a scaffold? Use a low-poly base mesh, material examples and camera markers; maintain student decisions about form, communication and testing.

Ready to extend? Maintain perceived quality while reducing measured render time by a chosen target; justify evidence and compromises.

Ask your teacher about captions, visual instructions, accessible equipment or supervised software access. Safety and ethical production apply throughout.