Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Required skills
communication skills to engage with others about the technical and conceptual aspects of digital media work
critical thinking and analytical skills to:
evaluate and make judgements about relationships between digital media technique, effects and ideas
make critical evaluations of own digital media technique
make critical evaluations of research findings
initiative and enterprise skills to identify and act on opportunities for own practice presented by research
learning skills to develop and refine own skills to a professional practice standard
literacy skills to analyse complex and varied information about digital media technique
problem-solving skills to identify and resolve technical problems in digital media work
self-management and planning skills to create a coherent body of digital media work
technical skills to show command of chosen digital media techniques at a professional level
technology skills to use the internet as a research tool.
Required knowledge
relationship between digital media technique, particular effects and ideas – in the work of other artists and in the context of own practice
extended range of information sources that support research in digital media practice
cultural, sociological, philosophical, aesthetic, political and commercial influences on digital media technique, in historical and contemporary contexts
professional development opportunities for artists seeking to develop a digital media practice
elements and principles of design and how they may be used, adapted and challenged in the creation of work
intellectual property issues and legislation associated with digital media as a professional practice
sustainability issues for the professional operation of a practice that includes digital media
OHS requirements for the set-up and operation of a professional work space for digital media work.
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Digital media techniques may include: | animation auterism camera angles: low titled aerial view camera movement: pan/dolly tracking zoom camera scales: close up medium shot long shot editing in linear and non-linear forms: cross-cutting cutaway jump cuts dissolves mise-en-scene montage sound: direct ambient special effects voice-overs music score synthesised techniques to accommodate different lighting and weather conditions imaging conventions: composition tone balance lighting. |
Technical effects may include: | controlling and displaying time imaging the passage of time integrating images and other technologies creating emotive content making minute things visible to the naked eye pictorial representation of subjects normally beyond human vision, comprehension or understanding. |
Intellectual property requirements may relate to: | copyright design licensing regulations form of acknowledgement or credit moral rights protocols for the adaptation of work by others trademarks. |
Opportunities may include: | communication of ideas natural affinity with particular techniques potential for combining techniques potential for interactions between technique and media themes in work. |
Limitations and constraints may include: | availability of materials capacity of technique to deliver required effect own interaction with technique resources time. |
Refinement relates to: | ability to use technique with confidence use of technique in a body of professional work. |
Safe work practices may include: | ergonomic safety use of consumables. |
Coherent body of digital media work is: | conceptually resolved documented in terms of its development subject to critical feedback by others technically resolved thematically connected. |
Ways in which technique may be further developed may include: | collaboration further study intensive workshops mentored guidance new projects. |
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist