Media Arts / Year 5 and 6 / Exploring and responding

Curriculum content descriptions

explore ways that media languages and media technologies are used in media arts works and practices across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts (AC9AMA6E01)

Elaborations
  • investigating characters in games, considering issues such as stereotyping or bias as background to designing and drawing a game character for a particular genre, and considering the appropriate costume, cultural background and/or sample dialogue
  • exploring status, such as power relationships, and showing different perspectives of character by using framing, colour and costume to create a hero or villain character
  • using Viewpoints to develop questions that explore the impact of media technologies on the way the audience experiences a story in media arts; for example, “How can I change the meaning of a story by changing or adding a soundtrack to my images?”, “How can I use framing to demonstrate a power relationship between characters in the story?”
  • researching and comparing media representations created in different times and places, and explaining how context influences the characters, stories and values portrayed in media arts works; for example, comparing TV representations of family
  • using Viewpoints to develop questions to explore new ideas; for example, “How are values demonstrated in this media representation?”, “Can we judge a culture from popular media images?”
  • exploring how context influences the characters, stories and values portrayed in media arts works; for example, comparing online advertisements that convey safety messages
  • discussing the role of media arts works in sharing cultural information about a group of people and their spirituality, and enhancing the value placed on people and the environment
General capabilities
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural Understanding
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms

Literary devices,  Theatrical genres,  Attitudes,  Culture,  Cultural contexts,  Settings (Narratives)

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Teaching with videogames: media literacy and 'Untitled Goose Game'

In this lesson sequence, students explore characters as a central part of storytelling and think about why audiences have so much fun with the trope of a mischievous anti-hero. They then look at the impact of shifting point of view in a story by forming a news team creating a special news edition about "the day the goose ...

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Creation, Creation

This site features the work of upper primary school students who made short films exploring the great mysteries that they would like an answer to. Use the resource as inspiration for engaging with the process of film-making or to explore some creative narrative arcs.

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Making a Mini-documentary, Ep 2: Scripting and storyboarding a video interview

How do you decide on the questions for a video interview? What about how it's going to be filmed? Catherine Marciniak and Benj Binks from ABC Open provide some great tips on scripting and storyboarding a video interview. This is one of eight clips on making a mini-documentary.

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Making a Mini-documentary, Ep 5: Interviewing tips for a video interview

You've got your questions, your equipment, your location and your interviewees. How do you do the interview? Catherine Marciniak and Benj Binks from ABC Open have some practical advice for you. This clip is one of eight on making a mini-documentary.

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Making a Mini-documentary, Ep 6: The shots tell the story in a video interview

You don't want your video interview to be just a 'talking head'. What shots can you take to make your story more interesting? Benj Binks from ABC Open has some ideas on what you might do and how to do it. This clip is one of eight on making a mini-documentary.

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Koorie Cross-Curricular Protocols for Victorian Government Schools

The Koorie Cross-Curricular Protocols for Victorian Government Schools are applicable to schools intending to develop activities that involve the use of Koorie cultural expressions, including stories, songs, instrumental music, dances, plays, ceremonies, rituals, performances, symbols, drawings, designs, paintings, poetry, ...

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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 ...