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• VCAMAE025

  Investigate and devise representations of people in their community, through settings, ideas and story structure in images, sounds and text

  Elaborations

  • creating a sequence of images, sounds and text or a combination of these, to clearly establish the beginning, middle and end of a story or an event
  • constructing realistic representations of the classroom and then re-constructing fictional versions of the same space
  • taking a series of photographs that show themselves and their friends as comic superheroes and villains, through setting, costume and body language
  • experimenting with tension to create and sustain meaning in the structure of a media artwork, for example, creating relationships between scenes in a documentary
  • experimenting with images to structure a narrative, for example, ordering and reordering images

  VCAMAE025 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 3 and 4 | Explore and Represent Ideas

• VCAMAM022

  Use media technologies to capture and edit images and sounds and text to tell stories

  Elaborations

  • using digital cameras to capture still or moving images, reviewing captured images, zooming in and out, and deleting unwanted images, to sequence a story
  • using sound recording technology to create, record and edit sound effects to support a story
  • using computer software to add captions to images to enhance meaning to a series of still images
  • selecting and arranging images, sounds and text to organise the structure of a story

  VCAMAM022 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 1 and 2 | Media Arts Practices

• VCAMAM026

  Use media technologies to create time and space through the manipulation of images, sounds and text when telling stories

  Elaborations

  • experimenting with camera placement and settings to frame the subject, using basic shot types, angles and lighting to control picture space
  • applying text to accompany still or moving images, for example credits in a title sequence selecting appropriate fonts, colour and suitable length of time for display
  • practising recording sound on a variety of devices to explore volume, layering and the use of voice to create a sense of place
  • experimenting with ways of formatting and laying out a story using software and appropriate text conventions, for example, for the front page of a newspaper story

  VCAMAM026 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 3 and 4 | Media Arts Practices

• VCAMAP027

  Plan, create and present media artworks for specific purposes with awareness of responsible media practice

  Elaborations

  • storyboarding and filming a short sequence showing a conflict by selecting camera angles, lighting and costume to convey meaning without dialogue
  • planning and scripting a radio advertisement for a school event representing the public image the school seeks to promote
  • planning to document a school excursion for publication on the school’s intranet, including seeking permission to take photos of class members
  • using responsible media practices when making media artworks, for example, considering how to represent multiculturalism in a documentary of a community event

  VCAMAP027 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 3 and 4 | Present and Perform

• VCAMAP011

  Present media artworks that communicate an idea or concept

  Elaborations

  • using software to create an art work that expresses and communicates an experience in structured learning experiences
  • talking about aspects of their work, by pointing to and naming some basic features of their own art works to others
  • sequencing images and text to create books that retell familiar events and traditional stories to share with the class
  • producing and presenting a media artwork for a particular purpose, for example, creating an advertisement that recommends appropriate behaviour when using a tablet in a structured learning experience

  VCAMAP011 | The Arts | Media Arts | Level C | Present and Perform

• VCAMUP011

  Perform a short piece of music they have learnt

  Elaborations

  • communicating observations or experience through music making
  • beginning to identify some instruments in a piece of music
  • performing a simple learnt rhythm sequence, song, chant or music
  • making music in structured learning experiences to communicate ideas, concepts, observations, feelings and/or experiences.
  • communicating about aspects of their own performance, or their music to others by answering questions
  • improvising patterns of body movement, such as clapping or stamping and accompanying familiar music
  • improvising with voices and sound sources to express ideas, thoughts and feelings

  VCAMUP011 | The Arts | Music | Level C | Present and Perform

• VCADAR038

  Analyse how choreographers use elements of dance and production elements to communicate intent

  Elaborations

  • deconstructing sections of a dance, for example identifying and describing recurring movement/s within sequences or the use of the elements of dance and production elements in a contemporary dance choreographed by an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
  • identifying and interpreting how interrelating elements, choreographic devices such as variation, contrast and transition and forms are used to communicate intent.
  • presenting an informed opinion about a dance performance using descriptive, style-specific terminology, for example, identifying philosophical, ideological or political perspectives presented in the dance and considering how these perspectives affect the audience’s interpretation
  • accessing and researching choreographers’ works through real or virtual performances to research choreographers’ intentions

  VCADAR038 | The Arts | Dance | Levels 7 and 8 | 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

• VCADRP023

  Present drama that communicates ideas, including stories from their community, to an audience

  Elaborations

  • presenting scenes in which they apply story structures to set the scene, link action and create an ending, such as re-telling a cultural or community story with the assistance of representatives from the community
  • following cues and using voice and movement to link action, ideas and stories in their drama
  • considering meanings and interpretations when rehearsing and performing sequences of ideas to communicate stories through drama, for example, ‘what do they want the audience to think about their drama?
  • enhancing ideas and stories in their drama by using available software and technologies, for example, using a mobile device to add sound effects to a performance

  VCADRP023 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 1 and 2 | Present and Perform

• VCAMAP031

  Plan, produce and present media artworks for specific audiences and purposes using responsible media practice

  Elaborations

  • designing a storyboard that reflects a key scene in a sequence, for example, an opening scene of a film that shows camera angles, transitions, edits, voice and soundtrack
  • designing a navigational plan for a game, using multiple levels and obstacles, for example, creating and designing problems to be solved in order to progress to a new level
  • creating a script for a radio production and documenting the appropriate permissions required for music and voice talents if it were to be aired on community radio
  • considering the ethical implications of using different cultural images, including those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, in publishing media artworks, for example, when making and publishing cultural images in an artwork

  VCAMAP031 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 5 and 6 | Present and Perform

• VCAMUE025

  Use imagination and creativity to explore pitch, rhythm/time and form, dynamics and tempo using voice, movement and instruments

  Elaborations

  • varying the use of the elements of music to create different effects, for example, singing with gradual dynamic and tempo changes or altering the expressive shape of repeating phrases
  • exploring and varying instrumental timbres in isolation and combination, for example, playing softer or louder, or changing the playing technique on an instrument
  • identifying and explaining features in music using terminology and a range of notation
  • using imagination to explore concepts, for example, lightness and weight, considering the effective use of the elements
  • using movement to demonstrate an understanding of musical form, for example, changing actions as the music changes or devising a movement sequence to show different sections in a song or instrumental piece.

  VCAMUE025 | The Arts | Music | Levels 3 and 4 | Explore and Express Ideas