Media Arts / Year 9 and 10 / Creating and making

Curriculum content descriptions

apply production processes and use media arts concepts to construct representations and produce media arts works that communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning, and confirm or challenge the expectations of specific audiences (AC9AMA10C02)

Elaborations
  • filming a short sequence to show a conflict, and selecting camera angles, lighting and costume to convey meaning through silent film, music video, stop motion or computer animation, experimenting with filming and framing the subject, and using basic shot types, angles and lighting to control picture space and mood
  • collaborating with communities to explore, challenge and celebrate local histories, cultures and identities; for example, using protocols from their school or school sector as a guide to contacting local First Nations Australian communities and establishing a learning partnership or using recognised online resources
  • using mise-en-scène, camera work, sound, editing and media technologies in ways that are typically used in a genre, auteur or film movement to safely, ethically, legally and responsibly design, produce and edit a narrative media arts work that conforms to or challenges the conventions, to communicate their understandings of the world around them, while also building relationships with and engaging audiences
  • using Viewpoints to frame questions and evaluate how their intentions are being communicated; for example, considering how and why meaning and experiences, political statements, critical theories and emotions have been used during post-production work
  • creating multiple representations of the same person, place or concept in different media and for different intentions, considering audience interaction and the ways that media conventions can portray different perspectives
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms

Image manipulation,  Audiences,  Animation,  Aboriginal art,  Australian art,  Torres Strait Islander art,  Camera shots,  Media arts,  Film editing,  Sound effects,  Print media,  Photography,  Page layout,  Stagecraft,  Settings (Narratives),  Aboriginal media,  Symbols,  Torres Strait Islander media

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The Boat: Unit of work

This unit of work has been written to support the short story collection The Boat. Identity is a significant theme along with definitions of place, concepts of home, emotional and geographical dislocation, and trust. This unit provides practical teaching ideas, an assessment task and an essay by Catherine Cole

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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 ...

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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, ...