This assignment brief requires students to prepare images for draft magazine pages by June 12th. Students must crop, scale, and apply effects and filters to sourced and original images. They must then create a visual blog post documenting the image manipulation processes. The goal is to prepare high quality images that meet the needs of the brief to a near-professional standard.

1. Assignment brief
Qualification Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production
Unit number and title
L3 Unit 51 – Page Layout & Design
Start date 8th June 2015
Deadline 12th
June 2015
Assessor name Paul Rossington
Assignment title PR10 – Preparing Images
The purpose of this assignment is to:
Be able to edit and process text to meet a brief
Scenario
SCC Publishing, a new magazine publisher aims to produce several new brands in summer 2015, designed to capture the 16-25
year old market. The magazine will be published both online and in print. You have been commissioned to provide facsimile
layouts of a double page s[spread and front cover, as well as a house style and original masthead, for new magazines from a
choice of the following genres: Film, music, sport, gaming, or fashion. You will select a range of existing images and original
images and prepare them for inclusion in your draft pages.
Key topics
• Be able to prepare images to meet a brief
Work to be submitted
Prepared images with an account of how image manipulation has been carried out
Tasks Grading Criteria Mapping

2. Tasks in this assignment may have additional guidance that you will need to
follow posted to Unit 51’s Moodle course and all evidence produced by you must be correctly labelled
and posted to your blog.
Task 1
Using your sourced images from PR9 and at least one original image, use image manipulation software to
crop, scale and apply colour and resolution effects or filters, to prepare your images for inclusion in your
draft magazine pages.
Task 2
On your blog present a visual account of the processes applied
Remember to apply the techniques developed during classroom workshops and screenings.
Remember that you need to prepare images to meet a brief to a technical quality that reflects near-
professional standards, working independently to professional expectations
Unit 51
P3/M3/D3

3. This brief has been verified as being fit for purpose
Assessor
Paul Rossington
Signature Date 1/06/15
Internal verifier
Signature Date 1/06/15
Unit 51 Design & Layout (Level 3)
P1
edit and process text to meet
a brief with some assistance
M1
edit and process text to meet
a brief to a good technical
standard with only occasional
assistance
D1
edit and process text to meet
a brief to a technical quality
that reflects near-professional
standards, working
independently to professional
expectations
P2
source images to meet a brief
with some assistance
M2
source images to meet a brief
competently and with only
occasional assistance
D2
source images to meet a brief
working to near-professional
standards working
independently to professional
expectations
P3
prepare images to meet a
brief with some assistance
M3
prepare images to meet
a brief to a good technical
standard with only occasional
assistance
D3
prepare images to meet a
brief to a technical quality
that reflects near-professional
standards, working
independently to professional
expectations
P4
design and produce a page
layout to meet a brief
working within appropriate
conventions and with some
assistance
M4
design and produce a page
layout to meet a brief to a
good technical standard,
showing some imagination
and with only occasional
assistance
D4
design and produce a page
layout to meet a brief to a
technical quality that reflects
near-professional standards,
showing creativity and flair
and working independently
to professional expectations
PLTS: This summary references where applicable, in the square brackets, the elements of the personal,
learning and thinking skills applicable in the pass criteria. It identifies opportunities for learners to demonstrate
effective application of the referenced elements of the skills.