Media Arts / Year 1 and 2 / Creating and making

Curriculum content descriptions

use media languages and media technologies to construct representations (AC9AMA2C01)

Elaborations
  • creating a story through a series of captioned or voice-over images or direct to camera footage; exploring composition through character creation using images, sounds, and/or animation; for example, claymation
  • selecting and editing images, sound and text to re-create the characters in well-known stories or songs, using Viewpoints to develop questions when making decisions about composition; for example, asking questions about use of elements and content such as, “What images will I keep or delete?”, “Which image interests me and why?”
  • capturing and sequencing images and text to create a media arts work, such as a comic book that retells familiar or traditional stories
  • producing and presenting a media arts work for a particular purpose; for example, creating an advertisement that recommends appropriate behaviour when using cameras
  • using features such as shot types in media arts works; for example, identifying long-shots, mid-shots and close-ups; discussing what the shots tell the audience about the story
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms

Image manipulation,  Camera shots,  Media arts

Interactive

Puppet Pals HD

This is a free application for the iPad that focuses on creating plays using a library of eight animated fairytale characters and five background scenes. It features video, audio and a record function, as well as the ability to import background scenes from personal photo libraries, create actors from photos, and save, ...

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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, ...