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• Media Arts: Levels 9 and 10 description

  In Levels 9 and 10, students refine and extend their understanding and use of structure, intent, character, settings, viewpoints and genre conventions in their compositions. As they use media technologies they extend the use of media elements such as time, space, sound, movement and lighting....

  Level description | The Arts | Media Arts

• 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...

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• Media Arts: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, students build on their understanding of structure, intent, character, settings, viewpoints and genre conventions in their media artworks.

  Students extend use of media technologies and their understanding of story principles and media elements, such as the use of time, space,...

  Level description | The Arts | 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

• The Arts | Media Arts: Rationale and Aims

  The VCAA has published the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0. To view the curriculum, familiarisation resources and support material, go to the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 website.
  
  Go to the VCAA website to explore the timeline for familiarisation and implementation of...

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• 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

• VCAMAR046

  Analyse and evaluate a range of media artworks from contemporary and past times, including media artworks of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, to explore differing viewpoints and enrich their media arts making

  Elaborations

  • examining NITV (National Indigenous TV) news and sports programs to explore how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' perspectives create and challenge views in mainstream stories
  • investigating the differences between government regulation and self-regulation, for example, researching Australia’s classification system and its relationship to audience, in the production and reception of media artworks from different periods of time.
  • researching viral marketing campaigns and examining the social and ethical implications that arise in relation to choice of different platforms as drivers of distribution
  • exploring the role of media makers in challenging prevailing views on issues of contemporary relevance, for example, social and cultural issues presented in Australian film and television
  • identifying a variety of ways in which media can be produced, including through sole digital producers, cross-media organisations, public and private sector, and multinational organisations from different periods of time and cultures

  VCAMAR046 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 9 and 10 | Respond and Interpret

• 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

• 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

• Media Arts: Levels 1 and 2 description

  In Levels 1 and 2, students explore media arts and experiment with story and elements of media arts. They develop an understanding of a range of media artworks. They make and share their media artworks as artists and audience.

  Students become aware of structure, intent, character and settings as...

  Level description | The Arts | Media Arts

• The Arts | Media Arts: Structure

  The curriculum is structured around four strands, each of which involves making and responding.

  Strand	Explore and Represent Ideas	Media Arts Practices	Present and Perform	Respond and Interpret
  	Exploring and experimenting with ideas and representations using images, sound and text. Manipulating...

  Overview material | Media Arts

• 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

• 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

• 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

• VCAMAM030

  Develop skills with media technologies to shape space, time, colour, movement and lighting, within images, sounds or text when telling stories

  Elaborations

  • creating a short digital sequence that uses camera angles such as close-ups and medium close-ups to focus on character relationships, power relationships or mood
  • designing and creating an animated sequence that personifies inanimate objects
  • identifying and applying the conventions of web page design to engage and interact with a particular audience
  • editing a chase sequence, adding music to heighten the action and tension
  • editing images or soundtrack of a story to change or emphasise meaning, for example, using framing to represent tension between characters

  VCAMAM030 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 5 and 6 | Media Arts Practices

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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