By the end of Year 10, students analyse how social and cultural values and alternative points of view are portrayed in media artworks they make, interact with and distribute. They evaluate how genre and media conventions and technical and symbolic elements are manipulated to make representations and meaning. They evaluate how social, institutional and ethical issues influence the making and use of media artworks.
Students produce representations that communicate alternative points of view in media artworks for different community and institutional contexts. They manipulate genre and media conventions and integrate and shape the technical and symbolic elements for specific purposes, meaning and style. They collaboratively apply design, production and distribution processes.
Topics Included:
Analysis of media artworks from contemporary and past times
Experimentation with ideas and stories that manipulate media conventions and genres
Development and refinement of media production skills
Planning, production and distribution of media artworks, considering social, ethical and regulatory issues
Assessment:
Analysis of media
Individual responses - oral, written, multimodal
Group responses – oral, written, multimodal
Skill development in:
Image manipulation
Film techniques
Media creation applications/software
Production of:
An individual media production
A group media production
Folio – evidence of planning, preparation and evaluation
Final media production (may include: short film, animation, webpage, series of photographic images)
Presentation to an audience, with artists’ statement
Additional Costs:
Costs for excursions that include entry fees and transport.
Length of course: Semester
Course Outline
By the end of Year 10, students analyse how social and cultural values and alternative points of view are portrayed in media artworks they make, interact with and distribute. They evaluate how genre and media conventions and technical and symbolic elements are manipulated to make representations and meaning. They evaluate how social, institutional and ethical issues influence the making and use of media artworks.
Students produce representations that communicate alternative points of view in media artworks for different community and institutional contexts. They manipulate genre and media conventions and integrate and shape the technical and symbolic elements for specific purposes, meaning and style. They collaboratively apply design, production and distribution processes.
Topics Included:
Assessment:
Analysis of media
Skill development in:
Production of:
Additional Costs:
Costs for excursions that include entry fees and transport.