AQA GCSE Graphic Products Pre Release Material 2017

Any idea on what the question could be? The context is "Self-assembly decoration for a special event"

It is predicted to be about Chinese New Year. If it was to be then it would be stuff like lanterns that you could make without using glue, so instead it would use folds. "Self-assembly" implies that the use of no glue could give more marks in the design sections. Don't take my word for the theme of Chines New Year though, it is just a prediction.

I thought it would be something along the lines of Chinese New Year myself, as Christmas and birthdays mean different things to different people, which could make it a nightmare to mark.

How prepared are you for section B? Our teacher hasn't taught us anything

To be honest...I feel OK. At school we got given revision guides to to break it down you need to know things like:
-Printing Techniques
-how packaging is made and with what methods
-Materials and their uses
-Different artists and what they influenced
That's some of them I can not remember the rest of the top of my head. Its quite a bit to do but if you put the effort in then you should be able to do it good luck. I know others who also have been taught the minimal if anything so do not worry you are not the only one. Just do as much revision as you can now and you won't do bad.

Thanks, I think I have covered most of it, but do you mind elaborating on how packaging is made and the methods used? I assume it is to do with die cutters and CAD/CAM, but I have not covered that in my revision. Thanks and good luck to you too.

We haven't been given the preliminary material can someone post it here please

I reckon CAD/CAM would come up as they are good to assess. Printing methods would be thongs like off-set lithography, die cutters, screen printing etc. It would also be good to keep in mind how useful they are and what are used for. Advantages and disadvantages of these are also very likely to come up as they show who really revised. You can look at online revision guides and other material for the exam. One tip would be to get to the end of the exam, by doing so you already put yourself at a HUGE advantage as a lot people wont finish due to the tight timings and the tendency to over dedicate time to the design section. You can also google topics that you do not know I found myself to do that on a number of occasions to help me understand the topics.

We haven't been given the preliminary material can someone post it here please

Thanks a bunch! I didn't even think about advantages and disadvantages of printing techniques. Personally, I don't really find timing an issue in the exam as I have always finished early.

Self-assembly decoration for a special event

Ok thanks, is that all you get

It is predicted to be about Chinese New Year. If it was to be then it would be stuff like lanterns that you could make without using glue, so instead it would use folds. "Self-assembly" implies that the use of no glue could give more marks in the design sections. Don't take my word for the theme of Chines New Year though, it is just a prediction.

How would you design a self-assembly decoration for a lantern?

Yeah could someone help with a self-assembly of a lantern?

Hmm... not too sure about the chinse new year speculation.. AQA tend to be very PC and this could be seen as an appropriation of a culture to them.They'll avoid christmas, eid, any type of religious or ethnic festival or celebration IMO.

Anyway please, does anyone have a prediction for the designer to come up this year? Is it possible it's Sabuda given the theme and running of previous years?

Self-assembly decoration for a special event