Media arts / Year 9 and 10

Curriculum content descriptions

Evaluate how technical and symbolic elements are manipulated in media artworks to create and challenge representations framed by media conventions, social beliefs and values for a range of audiences (ACAMAR078)

Elaborations
  • discussing film work they have made and viewed to identify and explain how technical and symbolic elements, such as camera techniques, editing, sound rhythm and mise-en-scène, evoke a personal response such as excitement or fear, or convey an issue or idea such as differing opinions about climate change
  • reviewing a media artwork and adding to, disputing or endorsing the opinions expressed by another source
  • Considering viewpoints – evaluations: For example – How do the technical and symbolic elements in an artwork evoke a personal response? How can I change meaning through ‘culture jamming’?
  • comparing the same idea, event or story presented in artworks in different media, explaining how different technical and symbolic elements are used to engage audiences and influence personal perceptions, for example, comparing two media artworks dealing with a current news event
  • deconstructing film or television work that includes representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
  • ICT capability Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
ScOT terms

Film editing,  Sound effects,  Photography,  Stagecraft

Interactive

Vivid Sydney – 77 Million Paintings

A series of video interviews with Nick Robertson about Brian Eno's '77 Million Paintings' installation, which was part of an exhibition in Vivid Sydney 2009. The resource includes clips of the installation.

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The myth of the kelpies

This resource is an introduction to the nature of kelpies in Scots and Gaelic folklore, and to Pictish portrayals of ‘fabulous beasts’. Learning activities involve investigating and reflecting on the popularity of Andy Scott’s sculptures and evaluating Pictish images as possible representations of Kelpies. This lesson can ...

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Aboriginal peoples and the media

Students explore the key role that the media plays in today’s society, in particular its impact on a range of non-Aboriginal peoples’ perceptions of Aboriginal peoples, cultures and contemporary issues. The representation of Aboriginal peoples and cultural images from pre-invasion to today are investigated and compared. ...

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Costumes of the Performing Arts Collection

Explore some of the costumes curated from the Adelaide Festival Centre’s performing arts collection. Find supporting information and discussion questions to inform conversations about design, and the ways in which performances are conceptualised.

Interactive

Camp Windmill Interactive

This webpage aims to develop understandings of the ‘camp’ genre of theatre through interviews with performers, images and short film clips.

Video

The Swamp

This resource features the Yolngu-made film The Swamp. Students are provided with the opportunity to watch it and engage in a discussion exploring its genre, deviations from traditional documentary format, its impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytelling, challenges faced by the Yolngu people, and the film's ...