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• The Arts | Visual Communication Design: Learning in Visual Communication Design

  In Visual Communication Design, students develop the skills and practice to communicate ideas and messages in visual communications. Visual communication design practice includes the use of design thinking skills and design as a process. Drawing conventions and the use of design elements and principles...

  Overview material | Visual Communication Design

• VCADAD036

  Structure dances using choreographic devices and form

  Elaborations

  • selecting, combining, refining and sequencing movement using choreographic devices such as transitions, variation and contrast and choreographic forms such as binary, ternary and narrative
  • using questions to analyse the form and use of elements in a dance, for example, how elements of dance been used by the choreographer to express their stated intention, what choreographic devices are evident in the dance, what choreographic form has been used
  • analysing and evaluating structural choices made by documenting their process in a journal, blog or video recording, securing permissions as necessary
  • responding to feedback by changing aspects of the dance to enhance communication of ideas, for example, by changing the order and pattern of dance movement, phrases or sequences or by using choreographic devices
  • using collaborative planning, selection and evaluation process to structure group dances

  VCADAD036 | The Arts | Dance | Levels 7 and 8 | Dance Practices

• VCADRR046

  Analyse a range of drama from contemporary and past times, including the drama of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to explore differing viewpoints and develop understanding of drama practice across local, national and international contexts

  Elaborations

  • evaluating conventions from past forms and styles to consider how these can be incorporated into own drama and contemporary practice, for example, ‘How successful were the actors and director in conveying the playwright’s stated intent? How successfully have the design elements been incorporated into the drama?
  • identifying and describing the actor-audience relationship in different dramatic contexts, forms and styles
  • linking conventions from different forms with purposes, origins and contexts
  • identifying the impact of media, and social and technological changes on drama practice, for example, interactions between kinaesthetic and visual aspects of dance in forms that incorporate digital components
  • interrogating the cultural and social roles and responsibilities of the theatre industry, recognising the power of drama in advocating for, and being a catalyst of change, for example, investigating how the work by contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and performers for television, film, circus and comedy is impacting on community understanding about issues such as land rights and reconciliation

  VCADRR046 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 9 and 10 | Respond and Interpret

• The Arts | Dance: Learning in Dance

  In Dance, students explore the elements of dance, skills, techniques and processes through the practices of choreography, performance and appreciation. The body is the instrument of expression and students use combinations of the elements of dance: space, time, dynamics and relationships, to communicate...

  Overview material | Dance

• VCADAR004

  React to dance

  Elaborations

  • experience dance in their lives and as part of the school and local community, for example, experiencing dance which communicates cultural knowledge
  • exposed to dance that show that people have different feelings, experiences and ways of dancing
  • reacting to specific element within a dance for example movements the dancers perform, what are they wearing, kind of music are they dancing to

  VCADAR004 | The Arts | Dance | Level A | Respond and Interpret

• VCADAR008

  Respond to own and others’ dance

  Elaborations

  • experiencing, react and responding to dance which present different places and reason why people dance
  • experience dance in their lives and communities, for example, being part of school and community events
  • responding to dances they make and view, for example, what they like/ dislike, how the dance made them feel

  VCADAR008 | The Arts | Dance | Level B | Respond and Interpret

• VCAMAE017

  Explore ideas characters and settings in images, sounds and multi-modal texts

  Elaborations

  • exploring sound to communicate ideas, for example, creating sound effects to enhance the mood or main idea of a story
  • experimenting with images, for example, retelling a story of a school day in a series of captioned images
  • experimenting with technologies to capture sound
  • selecting and editing images and/or sounds to create characters from well-known stories or songs

  VCAMAE017 | The Arts | Media Arts | Foundation Level | Explore and Represent Ideas

• VCAMAE021

  Experiment with ideas and develop characters and settings through stories using images, sounds and text

  Elaborations

  • exploring and experimenting with sound to communicate ideas, for example, creating sound effects to enhance the mood of a story
  • experimenting with image, text and character, for example, retelling a story of the school day in a series of captioned images
  • experimenting with media technologies in still or moving images moving images to tell a story

  VCAMAE021 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 1 and 2 | Explore and Represent Ideas

• VCAMAP019

  Present media artworks that communicate ideas

  Elaborations

  • capturing and sequencing images to create comic books that retell familiar and traditional stories to share with the class
  • selecting images to tell a traditional story
  • collecting and sharing class stories and presenting them in the form of a class news bulletin
  • producing and presenting a media artwork for a particular purpose such as a school event

  VCAMAP019 | The Arts | Media Arts | Foundation Level | Present and Perform

• VCADRP031

  Perform devised and scripted drama that develops narrative and uses performance styles and design elements to engage an audience

  Elaborations

  • creating narrative and tension to communicate dramatic meaning
  • exploring and applying different performance styles, and drawing on drama from other locations, cultures and times as sources of ideas in their own drama, and considering any protocols for representing community or cultural stories in performance, for example, working with the local Koorie community to create a drama about the different uses of the land on which the school is situated
  • using evaluative questions to refine drama during rehearsal, for example ‘What do you intend audiences to experience and understand from the drama?’

  VCADRP031 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 5 and 6 | Present and Perform

• VCADRR016

  Respond to drama and describe some of the characteristics they observe

  Elaborations

  • responding to who, what, where questions in relation to Australian drama, including drama of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
  • participate in teacher directed class discussions about likes, dislikes, opinion about a play
  • guided to explore the basic features of their own and others performance such as what features they like best, characters, special effects
  • identifying drama to places and spaces at school and in the community

  VCADRR016 | The Arts | Drama | Level D | Respond and Interpret

• VCAMAE005

  Respond to characters and settings through images, sounds and multi-modal texts

  Elaborations

  • experiencing various media art experiences related to local stories, ideas
  • experimenting with image, for example, assisting to capture images to be taken by a camera or other device to represent a day, assisting to retell a story of the school day by selecting and arranging images
  • experiencing how objects and images can be linked to stories or songs as a way of representing the ideas in the song or story
  • exploring composition by selecting and ordering images and/or sounds to assist in the creation of a media artwork or represent a preferred stories or songs

  VCAMAE005 | The Arts | Media Arts | Level B | Explore and Represent Ideas

• VCAMAM043

  Plan, structure and design media artworks for a range of purposes that challenge the expectations of specific audiences by particular use of media elements, technologies and production processes

  Elaborations

  • refining use of production skills by working collaboratively to ensure that work meets expectations, for example, fulfilling a brief developed by in-school clients
  • designing media artworks to communicate with a particular audience, for example, applying genre conventions that engage the interests of a specific cultural or social group.
  • trialling and refining different layouts, designs and platforms for a website or virtual world, keeping the content consistent with the expectations of the end users, and with awareness of appropriate internet protocols

  VCAMAM043 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 9 and 10 | Media Arts Practices

• VCAMAM042

  Develop and refine media production skills to integrate and shape the technical and symbolic elements in images, sounds and text to represent a story, purpose, meaning and style

  Elaborations

  • refining use of production skills by working collaboratively to ensure that work meets expectations, for example, fulfilling a brief developed by in-school clients
  • designing media artworks to communicate with a particular audience, for example, applying genre conventions that engage the interests of a specific cultural or social group.
  • trialling and refining different layouts, designs and platforms for a website or virtual world, keeping the content consistent with the expectations of the end users, and with awareness of appropriate internet protocols

  VCAMAM042 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 9 and 10 | Media Arts Practices

• VCAMAP007

  Share media artworks that communicate ideas or familiar story

  Elaborations

  • selecting and sharing class stories and presenting them to others
  • indicating objects and items in artwork, e.g. house, mum
  • using media tools to communicate observations, feeling or experience
  • assisting in the collecting and sharing, with permission of the people involved, class stories and presenting them in various form such as PowerPoint, choice option page in Boardmaker interactive or PowerPoint, school newsletter
  • assisting in the creating of photo stories and seeking permission to share it with peers another class

  VCAMAP007 | The Arts | Media Arts | Level B | Present and Perform

• VCAMAP044

  Plan, produce and distribute media artworks for a range of community, institutional contexts and different audiences, and consider social, ethical and regulatory issues

  Elaborations

  • producing media artworks for safe posting on suitable social media sharing sites, taking account of ethical and legal responsibilities
  • using critical theories when creating media art works, for example, analysing the social and ethical implications of a viral marketing campaign
  • investigating the production context of a media artwork and producing the work within a specified budget and timeline
  • organising and curating a school media arts festival or exhibition

  VCAMAP044 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 9 and 10 | Present and Perform

• VCAMAR016

  Respond to media artworks and describe some of the characteristics they observe

  Elaborations

  • demonstrating acceptable audience behaviour when attending school functions
  • discussing and expressing an opinion about the way artwork was created including expressing what features they like best in others’ arts work
  • discussing basic features of their own and others’ arts work such as identifying main materials used, characteristics of the art work and what the piece is about
  • investigating where the class experience media artworks in their lives and communities and exploring the purpose of the pieces, for example, what is media artworks are used to communicate cultural knowledge

  VCAMAR016 | The Arts | Media Arts | Level D | Respond and Interpret

• VCAMAR008

  Respond to media artworks

  Elaborations

  • indicating what they liked in an artwork by pointing
  • demonstrating artworks they like through repeated viewing and choice making, for example selecting an image to indicate media artwork they want to view, picture/ song do you want/ like
  • exploring and responding to artworks as part of an audience for a short period of time
  • experience media artworks at school and in the local community
  • exploring features of media artworks by indicating elements they like, such as sound, image, colour

  VCAMAR008 | The Arts | Media Arts | Level B | Respond and Interpret

• VCADRP015

  Present drama that communicates major elements of stories and/or experiences

  Elaborations

  • perform in a simple drama/play
  • demonstrate acceptable audience behaviour in the classroom and when attending school functions
  • explore or re-enacting cultural or community story with the assistance of representatives from the community
  • rehearsing and performing sequences of ideas to communicate stories through drama
  • exploring viewpoints related to meaning and interpretations: For example – What do you want your audience to think about your drama? What did this drama make you think about? How did you feel when making/watching the drama?
  • exploring evaluations: What did you like best in the drama? Why?

  VCADRP015 | The Arts | Drama | Level D | Present and Perform

• VCADRR032

  Explain how the elements of drama and production elements communicate meaning by comparing drama from different social, cultural and historical contexts, including in the drama of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

  Elaborations

  • reviewing their own drama, outlining how they used elements of drama and narrative structures and the consequences of collaborative processes
  • identifying and discussing different performance styles and the portrayal of different roles and relationships in the drama
  • talking and writing about drama from other places and times and how it may contribute to their own drama, and how cultural understandings shape meanings in drama
  • identify the features of drama from different times and places, for example, investigate ways that drama created by contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander drama practitioners and drama created by contemporary drama practitioners based in a school’s/region’s sister city in Asia, communicate stories

  VCADRR032 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 5 and 6 | Respond and Interpret