TERTIARY & CAREER PATHWAYS:
Camera technician, film and TV camera operator, photographer, film maker, multimedia developer, event designer, AV technician, AV retailer, journalist, film and TV editor, lighting director, film and TV producer
In this course students develop and practise the techniques of video production, and study media productions, on film and television. Students explore a range of camera and computer techniques and create short films in response to a brief. Students develop computer software skills in Adobe Premiere enabling them to produce a collection of video and audio works. They learn the art of video editing, sound production and mixing, colour correction, acting directing, story and script writing, storyboarding and production design. Students analyse media productions and consider the local, global, social and cultural contexts that shape the powerful media products we experience every day.
Learning Standards:
EXPLORE & REPRESENT IDEAS
- Experiment with ideas and stories that manipulate media elements, and genre conventions to construct new and alternative viewpoints in images, sounds and text
- Manipulate media representations to identify and examine social and cultural values and beliefs
MEDIA ARTS PRACTICES
- Develop and refine media production skills to integrate and shape the technical and symbolic elements in images, sounds and text to represent a story, purpose, meaning and style
- Plan, structure and design media artworks for a range of purposes that challenge the expectations of specific audiences by particular use of media elements, technologies and production processes
PRESENT & PERFORM
- Plan, produce and distribute media artworks for a range of community, institutional contexts and different audiences, and consider social, ethical and regulatory issues
RESPOND & INTERPRET
- Analyse and evaluate how technical and symbolic elements are manipulated in media artworks to challenge representations framed by social beliefs and values in different community and institutional contexts
- Analyse and evaluate a range of media artworks from contemporary and past times, including media artworks of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, to explore differing viewpoints and enrich their media arts making
Assessment:
There will be a variety of tasks undertaken from the following:
- Experiments in Video Production
- Short Film Production
- Analysis of Films
- Topic Tests
Contributions to class discussions and completion of class work will also be considered
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