Cambridge IGCSE Art and Design 0400 — 2006 Oct/Nov Paper 3 · Variant 1

0400/31/O/N/06 · 100 marks · ≈113 min

The question paper and its mark scheme, free to read here and free to download. This is Cambridge’s own paper, exactly as it was sat.

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Question paper4 pages

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Mark scheme2 pages

Answers below. Sit the paper first if you are practising.

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Question paper, page 1

This document consists of 3 printed pages and 1 blank page. SP (SC) S96596/3 © UCLES 2006 [Turn over UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education ART AND DESIGN 0400/03 Paper 3 Design Study October/November 2006 10 hours To be given to candidates on receipt by the Centre. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, Centre number, candidate number and question number clearly on the top right-hand corner of the front of each sheet of paper. Design for one of the subjects overleaf. In addition to the examination piece, up to three A2 (420 x 594 mm) sheets of supporting work should be submitted. These should be the sheets of preparatory work undertaken after the receipt of this question paper. All questions are for designs on paper. Candidates should not produce work in any other medium. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together at the top left-hand corner of each sheet. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. www.XtremePapers.com

Question paper, page 2

2 0400/03/O/N/06 1 Design using Lettering Design a logo for a company supplying photographic equipment and materials. The name of the company, ASPECT, must be included in your design. In addition show how the logo might look on packaging or a business card. 2 Illustration and Calligraphy Either (a) Design the cover for a holiday travel brochure entitled WATERWAYS, produced by a company named GONDOLA. Or (b) Using a calligraphic script with which you are familiar, write out the following poem and add a decorative border and/or illustration. Venice Water and marble and that silentness Which is not broken by a wheel or hoof; A city like a water-lily, less Seen than reflected, palace wall and roof, In the unfruitful waters motionless, Without one living grass’s green reproof; A city without joy or weariness, Itself beholding, from itself aloof. Arthur Symons 3 Environmental and Structural Design Using a rhomboid ground plan, design an aviary to surround a pond and water cascade for birds at a Wild Life Centre. Consider the placing of perches and platforms and the inclusion of trees, shrubs and plants. Show in an artist’s impression how your design might look from one side. 4 Interior Design Design a stained glass window for the main stairwell in the entrance foyer of a Cinema based on one of the following themes: (a) Science Fiction (b) Animation (c) Historical Drama 5 Fashion Design With reference to seafood, shells and nets, design a costume for a participant in a festival at a fishing port. © UCLES 2006

Question paper, page 3

3 0400/03/O/N/06 6 Fabric Design From observations of the Art Deco style or Op Art, design a repeat pattern for a headscarf or a necktie. 7 Printmaking A print based on one of the following themes: (a) Feathers (b) Instruments (c) Puppets 8 Photography Make a personal response to one of the following themes: (a) Dance (b) Unwrapped (c) Elevated You must process and print your own photographs. One main and two supporting photographs should be submitted. All three studies may be mounted on one side of thin card not exceeding A2 in size. Alternatively, they may be contained in a clear plastic A4 cover. Contact prints of negatives showing other possible angles and views must be included as part of the accompanying preparatory work. © UCLES 2006

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4 0400/03/O/N/06 BLANK PAGE Copyright Acknowledgements: Question 2(b) © Arthur Symons; ‘Venice’, The Oxford Book of Short Poems, Oxford University Press. Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity. University of Cambridge International Examinations is part of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge.

Mark scheme, page 1

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2006 question paper 0400 ART AND DESIGN 0400/03 Paper 3 (Design Study (External)), maximum raw mark 100 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and students, to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began. All Examiners are instructed that alternative correct answers and unexpected approaches in candidates’ scripts must be given marks that fairly reflect the relevant knowledge and skills demonstrated. Mark schemes must be read in conjunction with the question papers and the report on the examination. The grade thresholds for various grades are published in the report on the examination for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses. • CIE will not enter into discussions or correspondence in connection with these mark schemes. CIE is publishing the mark schemes for the October/November 2006 question papers for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level syllabuses. www.XtremePapers.com

Mark scheme, page 2

Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – OCT/NOV 2006 0400 3 © UCLES 2006 KNOWLEDGE WITH UNDERSTANDING 1 recognise and render form and structure; [15] 2 appreciate space and spatial relationships in two and three dimensions, and understand space in terms of pictorial organisation; [15] 3 use chosen media competently, showing clarity of intention and to be able to explore surface qualities; [10] 4 handle tone and/or colour in a controlled and intentioned manner. [10] INTERPRETATIVE AND CREATIVE RESPONSE 5 express ideas visually; [10] 6 respond in an individual and personal way; [5] 7 demonstrate quality of idea as seen by interpretation rather than literal description of a theme; [0] 8 make aesthetic judgements. [15] PERSONAL INVESTIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT 9 impress with personal vision and commitment, and make purposeful movement towards maturity; [2] 10 research appropriate resources; [5] 11 assess a design problem and arrive at an appropriate solution; [10] 12 show the development of ideas in a series of rough layouts or experiments which lead to the final solution. [3] Total Marks [100]

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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2006 Oct/Nov, Paper 3 · Variant 1. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.

A76/100
C54/100
E34/100
F25/100