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BA (Hons) Graphics Design

Cohort: BGD/08B/FT

Examinations for 2010-2011/ Semester 2

MODULE: Visual Effects

MODULE CODE: MULT 3109

Duration: 2 Hours Reading time: 5 Minutes

Instructions to Candidates: 1. Answer all questions.

2. Questions may be answered in any order but your answers must show

the question number clearly.

3. Always start a new question on a fresh page.

4. Total marks 100.

This question paper contains 4 questions and 4 pages.

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ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1: (32 MARKS) (a) Name two (2) visual effects you would use to communicate:

i. Fear

ii. Romance (12 marks)

(b) Explain each of your answers in section (a) (20 marks)

QUESTION 2: (10 MARKS)

Name and describe two (2) basic Photoshop effects which should be used

to digitally clean a raw photograph.

(10 marks)

QUESTION 3: (28 MARKS)

(a) Explain the importance of knowing and understanding your target market

before doing a design work.

(10 marks)

(b) Explain how a designer could make use of ethnography to know and

understand a specified target market.

(8 marks)

(c) How do visual effects help to communicate emotions in design artworks?

(Answer with the help of examples)

(10 marks)

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QUESTION 4: (30 MARKS)

Choose an artwork from the following and carry out a critical &

constructive analysis of the chosen artwork. Pay special attention to

emotions and visual effects used; their purpose/s and their effectiveness.

(30 marks)

Option a:

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Option b:

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