ECA732 Arts Education Curriculum Inquiry - Senior Years - Media Arts

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WELCOME TO YEAR 12 MEDIA ARTS

This year you will move beyond simply consuming media to creating, analysing and explaining it. We will explore how media shapes ideas, influences behaviour and communicates meaning across platforms such as television, podcasts, social media and video games.

You will investigate how media texts are constructed through codes, conventions and creative choices that engage and persuade audiences. Together we will examine the ways people, ideas and cultures are represented, and question whose voices are included, amplified or excluded.

Your major project will be the creation of a Media Product in a format of your choice. This could be a podcast, stop motion video, zine, short film or another format you propose. It should be informative, engaging and accessible to its audience.

Throughout the year you will reflect on your creative decisions, consider the ethical responsibilities of media makers, and analyse how media can shape perceptions and influence social and cultural understanding.

By the end of the course you will understand media as a powerful tool for storytelling, influence and change, and be able to communicate ideas with clarity and purpose. The skills you develop here will prepare you for further study in media, communication, film, journalism, design and related creative industries, as well as providing critical thinking and analytical skills valuable in any career path.

TEACHER FACING DOCUMENTS

Here you will find the related teacher documents for AT1.

Curriculum-informed Statement of Intention
Professional Learning Audit
Teacher Facing Unit 3 & 4 Planner

Unit 3 & 4 Overview

UNIT 4

What’s this unit about?

Unit 4 is about completing and refining the media product you started in Unit 3 and presenting it to your chosen audience. You will polish your editing, sound and visuals, respond to feedback and prepare your work for screening, publication or posting. You will also explore the relationship between media and audiences, looking at who holds power, the role of regulation and ethics, and how technology changes media use. This unit combines independent production work with discussion of real media issues and is assessed through an agency and control task and your final media product with a written or oral justification.

Let’s create the future, one media product at a time.

UNIT 3

What’s this unit about?

Unit 3 focuses on how stories are told in film, television, games and other media, and why they affect audiences. You will look at how codes, conventions, story structures and production choices create meaning, and how culture and society influence them. Alongside this, you will develop your own media product from concept to early production, creating plans like storyboards and scripts to show your ideas. This unit mixes analysis with hands-on work and is assessed through a narrative and ideology task and a media production design plan.

Unit 3 & 4 Overview

UNIT 3

What’s this unit about?

Unit 3 focuses on how stories are told in film, television, games and other media, and why they affect audiences. You will look at how codes, conventions, story structures and production choices create meaning, and how culture and society influence them. Alongside this, you will develop your own media product from concept to early production, creating plans like storyboards and scripts to show your ideas. This unit mixes analysis with hands-on work and is assessed through a narrative and ideology task and a media production design plan.

UNIT 4

What’s this unit about?

Unit 4 is about completing and refining the media product you started in Unit 3 and presenting it to your chosen audience. You will polish your editing, sound and visuals, respond to feedback and prepare your work for screening, publication or posting. You will also explore the relationship between media and audiences, looking at who holds power, the role of regulation and ethics, and how technology changes media use. This unit combines independent production work with discussion of real media issues and is assessed through an agency and control task and your final media product with a written or oral justification.

Let’s create the future, one media product at a time.

UNIT 3

Area of Study

Narratives and Media Production

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OUTCOME 2 Coming Soon
OUTCOME 3 Coming Soon

UNIT 4

Area of Study

Agency, Control and Production

OUTCOME 1 Coming Soon
OUTCOME 2

ASSESSMENTS

In VCE Media, your results come from three parts. School-assessed Coursework (SACs) are tasks you complete during Units 3 and 4 that assess your understanding of theory and your progress in production. The School-assessed Task (SAT) is your major media product, developed in Unit 3 and completed in Unit 4, along with supporting documentation. The end-of-year exam tests content from both units, including narrative, media production, and agency and control. Your SACs, SAT, and exam are all combined to give your final study score.

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SATs Coming Soon
EXAM Coming Soon

Within this unit you will use a range of resources to help you learn, create and prepare for assessment. These include past VCE Media exams and examiners’ reports to understand how questions are asked and marked, case studies of films, TV shows and other media texts to see theory in action, and tutorials on production skills such as editing, sound design and lighting. You will also have access to planning templates, storyboards and scripts to guide your own media product, as well as articles, videos and toolkits that explore issues like representation, ethics and media regulation. All resources are chosen to support both your creative work and your understanding of media concepts, making sure you are ready for your SACs, SAT and the final exam.

Annotated Resource List

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This year you will move beyond simply consuming media to creating, analysing and explaining it. We will explore how media shapes ideas, influences behaviour and communicates meaning across platforms such as television, podcasts, social media and video games.

You will investigate how media texts are constructed through codes, conventions and creative choices that engage and persuade audiences. Together we will examine the ways people, ideas and cultures are represented, and question whose voices are included, amplified or excluded.

Your major project will be the creation of a Media Product in a format of your choice. This could be a podcast, stop motion video, zine, short film or another format you propose. It should be informative, engaging and accessible to its audience.

Throughout the year you will reflect on your creative decisions, consider the ethical responsibilities of media makers, and analyse how media can shape perceptions and influence social and cultural understanding.

TEACHER FACING DOCUMENTS

Unit 3 & 4 Overview

UNIT 4

Let’s create the future, one media product at a time.

UNIT 3

Unit 3 & 4 Overview

UNIT 3

UNIT 4

Let’s create the future, one media product at a time.

Area of Study

Area of Study

ASSESSMENTS

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