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• 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: Levels 3 and 4 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 4, students describe similarities and differences between media artworks they make and view. They discuss how and why they and others use images, sound and text to make and present media artworks. They identify the characteristics of audiences who view media artworks and the...

  Level description | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 3 and 4

• Media Arts: Levels 5 and 6 description

  In Levels 5 and 6, students develop their use of structure, intent, character and settings by incorporating viewpoints and genre conventions in their media art works. They explore and use media technologies and media elements such as time, space, sound, colour, movement and lighting, and evaluate...

  Level description | The Arts | Media Arts

• 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

• 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

• VCAMAP037

  Present media artworks within different community and institutional contexts for different audiences, with consideration of ethical and regulatory issues

  Elaborations

  • promoting a school event through different media and online formats, making decisions about time, technological processes, ethical and economic constraints
  • uploading a media artwork designed to engage a specific audience, using appropriate rights and permissions, for example, distributing a music video they have made online
  • justifying their choices for distribution of media artworks for a particular audience
  • understanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural protocols for using images of people appropriately
  • understanding the different institutional contexts when presenting media artworks to specific audiences, for example, the differences between the private sector and the public sector television programming

  VCAMAP037 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 7 and 8 | Present and Perform

• The Arts | Media Arts: Learning in Media Arts

  In Media Arts students engage with communications technologies and cross-disciplinary art forms to design, produce, distribute and interact with a range of print, audio, screen-based or hybrid artworks. Students explore, view, analyse and participate in media culture from a range of viewpoints...

  Overview material | Media Arts

• VCAMAM035

  Develop and refine media production skills using the technical and symbolic elements of images, sounds and text to represent a specific story, purpose and meaning

  Elaborations

  • creating their own media artworks that fulfil audience expectations through story structure, such as including a point of conflict, building characters and achieving a resolution
  • discussing how genres can be created through settings, images and sound, for example, creating mood and setting through images, sound and framing
  • exploring genres such as narrative, non-narrative, experimental and documentary styles, and making a trailer in a similar style
  • preparing a news story in print and for online publishing, and discussing the differences in the structure of content, meaning and delivery between the two media
  • documenting the process of making their media artwork in journals, blogs, video or audio recordings, analysing and evaluating the structural choices they made
  • analysing and evaluating the different contexts of media artworks and their effect on meaning for an audience, for example, how media artworks change when viewed outside the cultural context of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

  VCAMAM035 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 7 and 8 | Media Arts Practices

• 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