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• VCAMAR039

  Identify specific features and purposes of media artworks from contemporary and past times, including media artworks of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, to explore viewpoints and enrich their media arts making

  Elaborations

  • surveying the history of television programming in both public and private sectors, commenting on the differences between contemporary and historical examples.
  • comparing a media artwork such as an animation from a sole producer and an international organization, commenting on differences in style
  • analysing the role of media artworks and media artists in transmitting cultural information to create awareness of contemporary issues, including those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander media artists
  • conducting a case study of how the story from a Hollywood blockbuster film is adapted across media platforms to reach different audiences, for example, games players, social media users, television viewers
  • evaluating how the meanings of media artworks can vary for different audiences and in different contexts for example, the different meanings of media artworks produced for live concerts compared to those produced for viewing online.

  VCAMAR039 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 7 and 8 | Respond and Interpret

• The Arts | Media Arts: Rationale and Aims

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• VCAMAR012

  Respond to media artworks by answering questions using one word responses or images

  Elaborations

  • responding to various media artworks and indicating if they liked or disliked it and indicating a reason why they liked it
  • pointing to or naming some of the basic features of art work to others
  • talking about aspects of their own art works
  • identifying where they have experience media artworks in their lives and communities, for example, a special event or place or place such as ANZAC day, art gallery
  • identifying interests and preferences in media artworks they make and view

  VCAMAR012 | The Arts | Media Arts | Level C | Respond and Interpret

• 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

• 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

• VCAMAR024

  Respond to media artworks and consider where and why people in their local area make media artworks, including media artworks of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

  Elaborations

  • identifying where they might experience media artworks in their lives and communities, for example, considering how media artworks from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples sustain and communicate cultural knowledge
  • identifying the artistic intentions in media artworks they make and view
  • identifying features in media artworks, including elements such as time, sound, colour and lighting, and story principles such as characters and setting
  • identifying how media language and technologies are used to tell stories, for example, discussing how a family story is told using images and text

  VCAMAR024 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 1 and 2 | Respond and Interpret

• VCAMAE029

  Explore representations, characterisations and viewpoints of people in their community, using stories, structure, settings, and genre conventions in images, sounds and text

  Elaborations

  • applying the conventions of an established genre to an ordinary everyday event to create humour, for example, a visit to the library as an action movie or lunch as a sports commentary on the radio
  • exploring different power relationships and showing different perspectives on characters by framing images, for example, representing a power relationship drawn from their school or community
  • designing and drawing a game character for a particular genre, considering the appropriate costume, mannerisms and genre-specific dialogue
  • selecting combinations of media materials to represent the same person, location or idea in different ways in a multimodal form, for example, using different music or sound effects or images to represent the same story

  VCAMAE029 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 5 and 6 | Explore and Represent Ideas

• 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

• VCAMAE033

  Experiment with the organisation of ideas to structure stories through settings, genre conventions and viewpoints, in images, sounds and text

  Elaborations

  • creating multiple representations of the same person, place or concept, using different media, to create different viewpoints.in media artworks
  • experimenting with use of images, sounds and text and selected conventions to challenge existing stereotypes in society
  • combining established genre conventions such as framing in still and moving image, sound in radio plays or audio-visual artworks, and font size, shape and colour in print

  VCAMAE033 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 7 and 8 | Explore and Represent Ideas

• VCAMAM036

  Plan, structure and design media artworks for a range of purposes that engage audiences using media elements, technologies and production processes

  Elaborations

  • selecting footage captured on a camera, editing the footage into a sequence and applying a soundtrack that matches the edited sequence’s pace, rhythm and style
  • manipulating sound and camera angles to create mood and setting
  • manipulating and evaluating the use of media elements to create genres, for example, creating mood and setting through images, and sound and framing
  • applying image manipulation software to manipulate contrast, correct colour and add filters or text to an image, to enhance the mood or strengthen a point of view
  • documenting the use of technical and symbolic elements in media artworks providing specific examples that demonstrate an awareness of responsible media practices

  VCAMAM036 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 7 and 8 | Media Arts Practices

• VCAMAR028

  Identify intended purposes and meanings of media artworks considering who makes media artworks and the characteristics of audiences who view them in different social, historical and cultural contexts, including media artworks of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

  Elaborations

  • describing representations and interpreting meaning in media artworks from different social, cultural or historical contexts, for example, different ways traditional stories such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories can be retold using media technologies
  • comparing media artworks made for different purposes using appropriate language, for example, identifying similarities and differences between students’ representation of school and a television program’s representation of the same location
  • comparing a range of media artworks, including those in the community, commemorating different people, times and cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
  • writing about and discussing with others the meaning of their own media artworks using appropriate language

  VCAMAR028 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 3 and 4 | Respond and Interpret

• Media Arts: Level A description

  In Level A, students are exposed to media arts. They experience how media artworks can represent the world in which they live.

  Students become aware of character and settings as they explore sensory elements of media arts, explore ideas and assist in the construction of stories.

  Students experience...

  Level description | The Arts | Media Arts

• VCAMAR020

  Respond to media artworks by describing ideas, characters, settings and stories

  Elaborations

  • identifying characters and settings in media artworks
  • identifying differences and similarities of media artworks from different cultures and societies, such as viewing media artworks that tell stories from local Koorie cultures, and compare them with stories from contemporary Australian society
  • describing ideas in media artworks they make and view
  • identifying media artists and features of their practice, for example, describe what artists such as photographers, animators and filmmakers do

  VCAMAR020 | The Arts | Media Arts | Foundation Level | Respond and Interpret

• VCAMAR038

  Analyse how technical and symbolic elements are used in media artworks to create representations influenced by genre and the values and viewpoints of particular audiences

  Elaborations

  • analysing stereotypes, looking at what features have either been omitted or exaggerated in a media artwork
  • investigating the use of character types in fictional representations in comedies, to see how selected features allow for quick communication
  • deconstructing a magazine cover explaining how each of its elements, for example, font, masthead and positioning of imagery, contribute to the overall reading
  • analysing a still image on the basis of photographic composition, image effects, and framing, and how they influence meaning, for example, images representing different cultural groups or ethnicities in Australian society, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

  VCAMAR038 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 7 and 8 | Respond and Interpret

• 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

• Media Arts: Foundation Level description

  In Foundation, students explore media arts and learn how media artworks represent the world in which they live. Students make media artworks with their peers, and experience media artworks as audiences.

  Students become aware of character and settings as they explore ideas and construct stories....

  Level description | The Arts | Media Arts

• VCAMAP015

  Present media artworks that communicate a simple idea or story

  Elaborations

  • identifying the main features of a media art piece
  • creating art pieces to communicate ideas, concepts, feels and/ or experiences
  • creating a visual and sound picture card or poster using graphic software with the intention to meet an audience need, for example retell familiar l story or event to share with the class
  • exploring viewpoints – societies and cultures: For example, what images will I use to tell my story, or represent an event?
  • collecting and sharing, with permission of the people involved, class stories and presenting them in the form of a class photo story or PowerPoint
  • assisting in the producing and presenting of a media artwork for a particular purpose, for example, creating a poster about behaviour when using cameras in the room

  VCAMAP015 | The Arts | Media Arts | Level D | Present and Perform

• Media Arts: Levels 1 and 2 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 2, students describe the media artworks that they make and view, and describe where and why media artworks are made.

  Students use the story principles of structure, character, intent and setting, media technologies and the elements of media arts to make and share media artworks.

  Level description | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 1 and 2

• Media Arts: Level C description

  In Level C, students explore media arts. They explore and learn about how media artworks can represent elements of the world and that they can make media artworks to represent their ideas about the world. Students become aware of simple structure, character and settings as they explore ideas and...

  Level description | The Arts | Media Arts

• Media Arts: Levels 5 and 6 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 6, students explain how viewpoints, ideas and stories are shaped and portrayed in media artworks they make, share and view.

  Students use materials and media technologies to make media artworks for specific audiences and purposes, using intent, structure, setting and characters...

  Level description | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 5 and 6