Affinity
Designer vector logo and palette; Photo crop, correction and masking; Publisher 6–8 page folio.
Communication Technology · MultimediaStage 5 · Years 9–10 · 200 hours
YEAR 9 · TERM 1 · 25 HOURS
Identity in motion
Create a visual identity and a 15–20 second animated ident for a fictional school club. Include a vector logo, edited photograph, a simple original 3D emblem, animated title, edited SFX and a concise design folio.
Blender
Model a simple emblem from primitives; set material, camera and light; render a short turntable.
Adobe
After Effects title keyframes; Premiere Pro assembly and MP4 export; Audition record, trim and fade an original sound sting.
TEN TEACHING BLOCKS
Your lesson pathway
How do visual hierarchy, timing and sound communicate an identity?
W012.5 hours
Audience and safe setup
Compare two club identities. Model ergonomics, cable safety, listening levels, folder structure, backup and consent. Write an audience brief and three measurable criteria.
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E1 brief, risk checklist and file tree
Y9-AT1 · C1/C4W022.5 hours
Sketch and select
Teach thumbnail sketching, contrast, typography and colour; compare raster and vector graphics. Develop three genuinely different concepts and justify one. Issue notification.
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E1 annotated alternatives and selected concept
Y9-AT1 · C1W032.5 hours
Build vector assets
Demonstrate pen nodes, closed shapes, alignment and reusable swatches in Designer. Create the original logo and test it at small size.
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E2 editable logo and legibility test
Y9-AT1 · C2W042.5 hours
Prepare images and folio
Crop and mask an original photo in Photo. Set Publisher master pages, headings and caption styles; attribute all assets.
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E2 edited photo; E1 asset register and folio layout
Y9-AT1 · C1/C4W052.5 hours
Make a 3D emblem
Model primitives and use transforms in Blender. Select material, lighting and a camera that makes the silhouette readable.
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E2 .blend file and annotated render
Y9-AT1 · C2W062.5 hours
Animate and render
Set rotation keyframes and render a low-resolution trial before a final short PNG sequence; explain frame rate and render-time choices.
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E2 turntable sequence and settings
Y9-AT1 · C2W072.5 hours
Create a sound sting
Record a classroom-safe original sound; edit and fade in Audition. Explain sample rate, clipping and copyright.
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E2 .sesx session, linked WAV and process capture
Y9-AT1 · C2/C4W082.5 hours
Assemble the ident
Animate title position/opacity in After Effects. Edit in Premiere Pro, synchronise sound, include credits and readable on-screen text.
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E2 .aep/.prproj and rough MP4
Y9-AT1 · C2W092.5 hours
Test and submit
Ask two peers to identify the club and message; check readability, playback and audio. Revise and export H.264 MP4 plus folio PDF.
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E3 feedback and before/after; E2 final exports
Y9-AT1 · C3W102.5 hours
Evaluate and transfer
Explain how evidence changed the design. Compare a compressed export with the original and propose a smaller-screen adaptation. Review teacher feedback.
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E3 evaluation and next learning goal
Y9-AT1 · C3Y9-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 9. 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.
Assessed outcomes: CMT5-SAF-01, CMT5-COM-01, CMT5-DES-01, CMT5-DES-02, CMT5-USE-01, CMT5-PMP-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 vector logo and palette; Photo crop, correction and masking; Publisher 6–8 page folio.
Affinity Photo layers and masks ↗
Official learning hub; select layers, masking, image correction and textures.
Apply it here: Designer vector logo and palette; Photo crop, correction and masking; Publisher 6–8 page folio.
Affinity Publisher folio layout ↗
Official learning hub; select master pages, text styles, images and PDF export.
Apply it here: Designer vector logo and palette; Photo crop, correction and masking; Publisher 6–8 page folio.
Premiere Pro editing ↗
Official tutorials; sequence editing, audio, captions and export.
Apply it here: After Effects title keyframes; Premiere Pro assembly and MP4 export; Audition record, trim and fade an original sound sting.
After Effects motion and compositing ↗
Official tutorials; keyframes, masks, tracking and compositing.
Apply it here: After Effects title keyframes; Premiere Pro assembly and MP4 export; Audition record, trim and fade an original sound sting.
Audition recording and mixing ↗
Official tutorials; recording, multitrack, cleanup and mixing.
Apply it here: After Effects title keyframes; Premiere Pro assembly and MP4 export; Audition record, trim and fade an original sound sting.
Blender Fundamentals video course ↗
Official directory linking Blender Fundamentals; select modelling, materials and animation.
Apply it here: Model a simple emblem from primitives; set material, camera and light; render a short turntable.
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.
Download project kit ↓Folio and starter files
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: Which of two logos stays readable at 48 pixels, and why? Observe an independent save/export attempt.
Need a scaffold? Use a labelled node guide, limited colour swatches, chunked demonstrations and partially completed folio headings; retain the student’s design choice.
Ready to extend? Redesign the identity for a phone screen while maintaining recognition and reducing file size; justify the trade-off.
Ask your teacher about captions, visual instructions, accessible equipment or supervised software access. Safety and ethical production apply throughout.