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• 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

• VCAMAR032

  Explain how the elements of media arts and story principles communicate meaning and viewpoints by comparing media artworks from different social, cultural and historical contexts, including media artworks of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

  Elaborations

  • identifying story structures or particular technical or symbolic elements, such as shot type, sound quality, lighting or setting, that contribute to formation of genre in media artworks
  • researching and comparing historical and contemporary media representations and explaining how context influences the characters, stories and values portrayed in the media artworks, for example, comparing TV representations of families
  • discussing the role of media artworks in sharing cultural information about a group of people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and their spirituality using appropriate images and story principles
  • describing protocols about acceptable and unacceptable use of borrowed material in making and publishing media artworks
  • discussing safety issues and cultural sensitivities in relation to acceptable and unacceptable use to personal and cultural images, sounds, and texts when making and publishing media artworks

  VCAMAR032 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 5 and 6 | Respond and Interpret

• 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

• 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

• 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

• VCAMAE041

  Manipulate media representations to identify and examine social and cultural values and beliefs

  Elaborations

  • exploring cultural, social and environmental issues represented in the media and re-imagining and remixing alternate versions to present a variety of perspectives on these issues.
  • utilising the techniques of ‘culture jamming’ to change the meanings of well-known media artworks such as popular advertisements
  • exploring the communication of cultural and social values in Australian music videos, for example, those by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists

  VCAMAE041 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 9 and 10 | Explore and Represent Ideas

• VCAMAP023

  Create and present media artworks that communicate ideas and stories to an audience

  Elaborations

  • capturing and sequencing images and text in a multimodal presentation that demonstrates a range of stories
  • collecting and sharing stories from a range of community areas, starting with their local area, and including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and presenting them in a multimodal form
  • creating, rehearsing and recording a sound sequence for a specified audience
  • producing and presenting a media artwork for a particular purpose, for example, creating an animation based on a class discussion on a social issue or theme

  VCAMAP023 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 1 and 2 | Present and Perform

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• VCAMAR045

  Analyse and evaluate how technical and symbolic elements are manipulated in media artworks to challenge representations framed by social beliefs and values in different community and institutional contexts

  Elaborations

  • explaining how technical and symbolic elements, such as camera techniques, editing, sound rhythm and mise-en-scène, evoke a personal response such as excitement or fear, or convey an issue or idea such as differing opinions about climate change
  • reviewing a media artwork and adding to, disputing or endorsing the opinions expressed by another source
  • comparing the same idea, event or story presented in artworks in different media, explaining how different technical and symbolic elements are used to engage audiences and influence personal perceptions, for example, comparing two media artworks dealing with a current news event
  • deconstructing a film or television work that includes representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to analyse and evaluate the representation of traditional beliefs and values within contemporary cultures

  VCAMAR045 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 9 and 10 | Respond and Interpret