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• The Arts | Media Arts: Scope and Sequence

  The curriculum sets out what students are expected to learn and is designed as a continuum of learning. The curriculum is being presented in a scope and sequence chart to support teachers to easily see the progression and assist in planning teaching and learning programs to meet the diverse needs...

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• 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

• 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

• 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

• VCAMAP019

  Present media artworks that communicate ideas

  Elaborations

  • capturing and sequencing images to create comic books that retell familiar and traditional stories to share with the class
  • selecting images to tell a traditional story
  • collecting and sharing class stories and presenting them in the form of a class news bulletin
  • producing and presenting a media artwork for a particular purpose such as a school event

  VCAMAP019 | The Arts | Media Arts | Foundation Level | Present and Perform

• 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

• 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