Media Arts / Year 9 and 10 / Creating and making

Curriculum content descriptions

design and structure media arts works that examine and communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning (AC9AMA10C01)

Elaborations
  • using media technologies, languages and representations when designing a media arts work such as a computer game, community service announcement, website or music video, with the intention of developing audience awareness of a social or cultural issue
  • using media technologies to design a media arts work that communicates stereotypical representations for a specific target audience; for example, creating a film poster for a genre that relies on stereotypical representations, a music video that perpetuates stereotypical representations of youth, a movie trailer that manipulates genre conventions to meet audiences expectations, or a social media campaign to advertise a community event
  • designing the camera work, sound, editing or mise-en-scène to construct alternative representations of people, places, ideas and events in a narrative media arts work such as a genre film, music video, documentary or animation
  • examining the way technical and symbolic codes and conventions of specific film, television or radio genres have been used in a media arts work to communicate values, themes or ideas to an audience; using pre-production processes such as a shot list, shooting script, screenplay, treatment or storyboard to trial ideas, designing a different media arts work that communicates or challenges these values, themes or ideas; for example, a film trailer, short genre film or soundscape
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
ScOT terms

Literary devices,  Attitudes,  Stereotypes,  Image manipulation,  Social media,  Camera shots,  Cinematography,  Media arts,  Print media,  Photography,  Page layout

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While The Billy Boils: Unit of work

Fifty-two of Henry Lawson’s stories and sketches, first published in newspapers and magazines from 1888 onwards, were gathered in the collection While The Billy Boils. This unit focuses on that collection of writing and provides practical teaching ideas, an assessment task and an essay by Peter Craven.

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The Jerilderie Letter: Unit of work

This unit of work has been written to support the text The Jerilderie Letter by Ned Kelly. In the letter Kelly tries to justify his actions, including the murder of three policemen in 1878 at Stringybark Creek. This unit provides practical teaching ideas, an assessment task and an essay by Germaine Greer.

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Tell Me I’m Here: Unit of work

This unit of work has been written to support the memoir Tell Me I’m Here. The book is a moving account by writer, broadcaster and filmmaker Anne Deveson of her son’s losing battle with schizophrenia. This unit provides practical teaching ideas, an assessment task and an essay by Stephanie Dowrick. Teaching activities explore ...

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The Making of Monsters

In this lesson, students will investigate monsters in film and across cultures. Students will analyse film scores and soundtracks that feature monsters. Students will create original conceptions of a monster to present in a multimedia presentation.

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Australian collection

This database features a selection of Australian artworks from QAGOMA. The searchable database provides artwork images, background information about the artist and the artwork, classroom activities, a glossary of key terms and curriculum alignment information for teachers. Search results can be refined by theme, period, ...

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Indigenous Australian collection

This federated search from the QAGOMA database features a selection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artworks from the collection. The searchable database provides artwork images, background information about the artist and the artwork, a map of major Indigenous regions in Australia, classroom activities, a glossary ...