Queen Mary's College, Creative Arts
CREATIVE CELEBRATING IDENTITY
ONE PEICE OF ART AT A TIME
Celebrating our students success
Being true to ourselves and our art work
SPRING 2022
MAY 2022
By Anastasia Antic
WELCOME TO QMC'S CREATIVE ARTS MAGAZINE
Foreword by Tom Cops, Direcctor of Learning The last few years have been unusual for everyone, but particularly the 16-19s year olds we currently teach. They didn’t have the usual GCSEs, they missed chunks of lessons or accessed them online due to lockdowns, isolating
and
collaborating
illness, with
and
each
the
idea
other
of
was
physically
pretty
much
banned for a while. For Creative Arts students this could have squashed their creativity, drive and spirit, but what you see before you is the product of the resilience
and
passion
our
students
have.
Created
entirely by and about the students within the School of Creative Arts at Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke, the
work
here
represents
students
studying
across
Media and Art on A levels and vocational courses. These projects have been developed by the students and are a clear reflection of their experiences. Loosely based
around
the
theme
of
identity,
you
will
see
students working to find their place in the world, and to
understand
who
they
are
and
what
their
future
could be. Our department is an incredible place to work, and the students are exceptional in many ways, but
their
openness
to
ideas,
collaboration
and
development is what makes me truly proud to lead the department.
I
hope
you
enjoy
this
magazine
and
congratulations to everyone involved in its creation.
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A WORD FROM THE STUDENTS As students we are able to find creativity and are able to express ourselves through our work.
By Charlotte Crisp
The Creative Arts department has been able to guide us, allowing us to reach our full potential and to prepare us for our future... whatever route we take.
By Pippa Logan
" we know what we are, but not what we may be " -William Shakespeare
By Zuzanna Senderowska 1
By Jasmine Geraghty
Contents page
1
WELCOME get to know us
FINE
4
ART
realism and abstract
TEXTILES
By Heather wright
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material and style
page
ART
CRAFT
AND
DESIGN
10
make and create
CAM
TECH
13
something for everyone
PHOTOGRPAHY
16
focus and capture
GRAPHIC
DESIGNS
20
digitalise your drawings
MEDIA
23
By Amelia Hall
magazines,music videos and infographics
BTECH
MEDIA
30
creating your future
L2
MEDIA
33
digital portfolio
FILM
36
scripts and short films
ESPORTS
39
online gaming design
By Beth Davies
By Rachael Willis
By Lucy Bone
FINE ART
By Eleanor Radford
By Katy Lane 4
By Finn Smith
By Sarah Waddington
DRAWING , PAINTING AND EXPLORING SELFEXPRESSION Eleanor's
portraiture
work
focuses on tone and detail of
the
making
face.
Her
techniques
mark allows
us to delve into chiaroscuro and think about the idea of 'what's behind the face?'
'Bethany' By Eleanor Radford
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BY BETH O'SULLIVAN
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TEXTILES
By Ella Smith
TEXTILES designing and making fabrics for fashion and interiors we explore fabric design, and digital design
By Ella Cookson 7
Our fabrics
exploring colour, print and sewing
Cultural cloth
first year Textiles students explored many techniques to complete their first project cultural cloth'. They have been introducing visual recording and focused surface patterning techniques using dye, print and stitch.
By Sadie Juby
By Chloe Wemyss
by
MAKE, PRINT, STITCH, STYLE
By Ollie Plamadyala
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By Ollie Plamadyala 9
ART, CRAFT & DESIGN
By Rachael Willis
MAKE AND CREATE Diverse artwork from prints to paintings and a mixed media pieces to ceramic sculptures, graphic outcomes, photography, collage and textiles
By Ella 10
BY PARKER BROWN 11
MAKE YOUR PRINT ON THE WORLD
Are students get to work 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional, above you can see many tiles created by many of our students these have now been plastered on one of the walls in the art department, collectively they have created a beautiful display of art and unity.
the final collage was put together by Erin Leyburn and Amelie Sims
By Mia Bevan
12
CAM TECH ART
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Digital cam tec also offers students to look at photography and graphics, they can work on digital pieces which later can be translated and made into physical art
Pottery our clay room allows students to make and create pottery and sculptures opening more opportunities for the future
by Greta Tambascia
FIND YOUR CREATIVE STYLE, SCULPT YOUR FUTURE By Emily McBrayne
By Robin James
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By Emily McBrayne experimentation on print making, looking specifically at design fabrics for interiors 15
PHOTOGRAPHY
By Eleni Gerogiou
By Eleni Gerogiou
By Heather Wright By Eleni Gerogiou
By Heather Wright 16
BY PIPPA LOGAN
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IT STARTS WITH A LENSE
By Pippa Logan
uoigoreG inelE yB
By Eleni Gerogiou
By Heather Wright
18
By Lucy Jones 19
GRAPHICS
By Eleanor Radford
Graphic communications , exploring typography, branding and illustration.
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Opportunities
students get the opportunity to also use print techniques to create their graphics By Jasmine Bensarda
By Jess Holder
By Pippa Logan
DIGITAL ART
By Jess Holder
ByTom Coventry
21
By Beth O'Sullivan
This is an artist response to Sun Bai a digital artist illustrator
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MEDIA
By Taylor Ind
By Jake Jarvis watch here:
By Sarah Waddington
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TV, FILM, RADIO & GAMING By Bruno Mederios Carvalho
OUR STUDENT'S MUSIC VIDEOS
Click to Watch
Click to Watch
By Angel Richardson
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BY MEADBH CORBETT 25
BY GIORGIA TAMBASCIA 26
The Media Today Competition & Repetition in the Media Within the media today, everything seems repetitive with the same kind of ideas being used. Especially in film, there are no new genres, franchises are being reused just to keep it alive and to keep up with their competition in the entertainment industry. An example of this would be the James Bond franchise where films are being created based on the same structure and similar storyline and events used. Another example of repeated ideas would be the Fast and Furious series where it's almost predictable on what the film will include. Somehow these films almost all still do well in the industry as the public engross themselves in the loop of a franchise. However in some types of media - music - there is a lot more freedom to create a unique sound to suit an artist's image. For example The Weeknd and Kanye West as artists both maintain and create an image suited to their craft or for an album rollout. This allows a unique take on the music media and can potentially break that loop of reusing ideas over and over. Competition in the media and within social media is more prominent especially from the rise of TikTok, young people feel pressured to keep up with this invisible structure that society has created, as well as competition in the entertainment industry with film companies competing with each other to create the best selling film. Trends are reliant on platforms such as TikTok and Twitter where people come together and interact, sharing ideas and thoughts. These platforms can also make or break careers, for example Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” blew up on TikTok and is now certified 15x platinum. This can be a positive experience and an opportunity to learn from each other but it can be a negative experience where opinions and abuse can be affecting its users. Within the entertainment and advertising industry, creators are constantly competing with others, meaning that ideas and concepts of their creation become boring as it's been seen before. Trailers for films have the same structure and most films nowadays are predictable. Adverts seem to have become more focused on a hidden message or concept behind it, and takes away from the main idea / product that they are promoting. For example car adverts from brands such as Audi never properly comment on or show the basic idea of the car. They tend to branch off into a type of story line, to impress their audience and competition. An example of repetition in the media is Apple. Their products are all very similar and are almost “remixed” versions of each other. Apple’s advertising is iconic and recognisable from their minimalistic style, but also repetitive as they run in a similar format. This can be taken as a positive because this way it allows consumers to link the style of ads to Apple as a company. This example shows that repetition in the media can be used for good, especially for a company's benefit. Competition is constantly a thing in the media, whether it be within retail brands like Nike and Adidas or entertainment industries such as Netflix and Disney + both competing with each other. Netflix for example, creates documentaries that run in a certain structure, so much so that a Netflix documentary has its own stereotype, again from so much repetition creating these. Nike’s aesthetic and advertising strategy is aiming for a sports central look and repeat certain adverts, for example football related media. Customers interested in different markets see similar strategies in marketing media, for example companies working with social media and celebrity stars to promote their brand. This all comes under repetition in the media as people are consuming the same thing all the time, promoting these brands. Repetition within the media could be interpreted in different ways. It can be taken as a negative, for example on TikTok, their algorithm is designed to show you short videos on a never ending loop, meaning users are constantly scrolling through them. This loop can go on for hours and increases screen time massively due to the consumption of hundreds of videos being shown through the algorithm. It can become addictive but a way of TikTok keeping you on the app. By Imogen Dunne
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Social Media and the Community it has Created During Covid-19 What is the media to me? I see the media today as a place of wonder, a hub of information and a safe place to find peace and hope in the darkest times. 57% of the world's population use social media on a daily basis for practically everything from online shopping to seeing what that cousin you never really talk to is having for lunch. Whatever you can think of you can find on some form of media. We’ve just survived the biggest pandemic of the last 100 years and how did most people keep themselves entertained whilst trapped in their house? Social media. It was our way of keeping in touch with the world outside of the four walls of our homes, facetiming friends and family, holding zoom calls with teachers and watching Youtube and tic toks to see how other people were surviving the boredom that lockdown had brought to us. Adults spent more than 40% of their day on their devices but embarrassingly for me i spent nearly double that on my phone and laptop. I wasn't just gormlessly scrolling through Instagram however, I was always on Facetime with one of my friends. We started just catching up over things that had become first world problems in our lives, the lack of toilet paper in shops, how our latest baking excursions went and most of all how much we missed each other. These facetime sessions slowly progressed into a ‘Saturday night pub quiz’ where we'd take it in turns to pick a theme and make a quiz about them but the twist was we also had to dress up as a character from that theme. These 2 hour facetimes became the highlights of my week. Unfortunately I had a family member pass away during Covid and days before the funeral it was announced that only 10 family members could attend the funeral. This created stress in my family as such a momentous event couldn't be experienced as a full family unit. But luckily, a social media platform had been created where funerals were live streamed to the people who had access to the link and was available to download and keep forever. This platform brought light into my family after desperation and sadness from this announcement from our prime minister. This situation would have been the same for families who had weddings planned during this period and I can only imagine the stress they would have gone through. As the lockdown restrictions persevered, media platforms such as Facebook helped us to stay informed of how the situation was progressing and constantly changing. The clap for the NHS was streamed every Thursday on news channels and snapchat stories showing the sense of community Britain had developed over those past months. It was a time of disaster but that was over shone by the enthusiasm the public were showing. Yes, I agree social media has its darker sides but it has been a source of entertainment, support and information during the frustrating and never ending pandemic. So thank you social media for being the light for so many people during this time of need. By Maddie Laye
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What is the Media Today All About? The way the media influences people to look a particular way and act a particular way in today’s society is getting out of control. It’s like no one can ever do anything right and there is always someone behind a screen judging you, if you know them or not someone will always have an opinion on you. Body image is a dangerous, toxic mental health issue that is growing rapidly with the use of social media and influencers. Influencers post unrealistic images of themselves which are heavily photoshopped to make them look “picture perfect” this has a huge impact on people's mental health as they are normalising an image that isn't true, in turn this causes expectation to look the same, in the main an unattainable goal. An example to look at is an influencer called Trisha Paytas, she is known for photoshopping her images. This was recently seen in her huge skin care scandal. She was promoting a product and photoshopping her acne reduction results which weren't genuine. This is just one of many examples of how social media comes across as fake, creating huge pressure on those following them. Influences have a lot of control over how people view themselves and what they do on a day to day basis, they glamorise a life that just isn't realistic for the normal person. They portray eating healthy and constantly working out as easy “Good Lifestyle choices” advising this is what everyone should be doing. The Kardashians have portrayed this for many years, you could argue they started this trend. In my personal opinion I think it's very toxic. The Kardashians have never openly talked about their plastic surgery, they make it come across that the way they look is natural and not fake at all. Young teenagers who are looking up to them and calling them their idol should really be told the truth and not be told lies. This would help a lot of mental health issues people are struggling with. The word “perfect” is also a huge issue in teenage culture, it's such an unrealistic beauty standard, what is being perfect? The term is so subjective. No one is the same and no one should ever be told they need to be perfect. The beauty standard for girls is constantly growing. One day, you have to have a big bum and boobs to look good, the next it's a six - pack and glowing teeth. It's wrong that it's become socially acceptable for people to judge the way others look and for anyone to feel they have to uphold this look to fit in and feel accepted. It's literally a person behind the screens making women feel bad about themselves and making them feel like they have no power. Although Social media isn't always negative, it does have its positive aspects also, some influencers use their platform to spread positive messages. A prime example is Lizzo, she spreads body positivity by being real and honest by showing everyone her real self without caring what people will say. This breeds normality and acceptance for all of us. I believe that it’s very important to have this message accepted and portrayed, it shows a different light to social media and how there is a hope for change. Social media is an amazing platform to be creative and share your opinions, in the right way. It just gets toxic when the power is in the wrong person's hands. Now it's your turn, it's your turn to help this new generation not feel underpowered like we do. What are you going to do to change? How are you going to help us?
By Chloe Wright
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BTEC MEDIA Allowing our students to create their future through a digital portfolio, exploring film, media and many more outlets to widen their learning
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BY CAITLIN REDPATH
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Our magazines students are able to create example magazine as part of their course work, we can see that in this one they have also explored the theme of identity
MAKE YOUR MAGAZINE
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L2 MEDIA Students have created a series of products for their digital portfolio, ready to be used in the creative industry, we explore elements of film and media whilst analysing and understanding its content
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PHOTOGRAPH YOUR FUTURE AND CREATE YOUR DREAM
Allowing our students to be creatively free to create what they want, allowing their personality to shine through their work and allowing identity to be seen.
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FILM
By Ryan May-Miller
Watch, engage critically with and explore a wide range of films; analyse and respond to a variety of films from different cultural perspectives
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Short Films This short film is titled 'Hairspray' and is made by a second year Film Student student, Ryan Baker
FILM YOUR FUTURE
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this is an example of one of the student's short film scripts 38
ESPORTS Endorsed by the British Esports association, learn how to pursue a career in the multibillion pound Esports industry through this exciting new qualification
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MEET THE TEAM Giorgia Tambascia- Editor in Chief, Features editor and Art director Alvita Babu- assistant editor
MEET THE DEPARTMENT Fine art - Laura Starke Textiles - Grace Fincham, & Alexa Allen Art Craft & Design - Tamsin Eagle Cam Tec Art - Lee Anne Hampson Photography - Amber Newell & Tom Cops Graphic Design - Tom Cops Media Studies - Katie Harnett Btec Media - Natasha Bickelmann & Matt Morley L2 Media - Jess Spicer Film Studies - Niamh James Esports - Stuart Folkes & Nik Turner
our open day
By Asher Ross
made by our teachers as an example of laser cutting
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Vocational Art student ,Greta Tambascia, created this competition winning design for 'A Place to be Proud' Awards, Basingstoke