Resources and lessons for
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Students in Year 7-10

​This is for YOU, the student! Yes a whole page that is about linking you to lessons, resources and sharing the passion for film, television, design, multi-media and more.

LESSON RESOURCE LINK FOR STUDENTS 
YEARS 7-8 
​Topic 1: Language for the Screen: Film – respond and interpret
Topic 2: Filmmaking check list – media arts in practice 

LESSON RESOURCE LINK FOR STUDENTS 
YEARS 9-10
Unit Topic Year 10: 
Language for the Screen: Representation of Teens in Film - respond and interpret (VCAMAR045)
 'Making A Teen Short Film' - media arts in practice (VCAMAM042)
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YEAR 7 TO 8 LESSON RESOURCES

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Topic 1: Lesson Resource

Students Year 7-8 -
​"LANGUAGE FOR THE SCREEN" FILM. 

1. Meaning in Film (cinematic language)
2. Culture and Context (Values, beliefs, viewpoints – e.g. War films, indigenous film)
3. Purpose and audience (form, genre theory)
4. Constructing Reality, “representations and the symbolic”  (codes and conventions)
5. Cinematography and Camera Techniques: 
   1. Shot sizes
   2. Framing
   3. Composition
   4. Depth of Filed
   5. Camera angles and movement
6. Mise-en-scene –production design, costume design, props (how style, colour, texture, creates meaning)
7. Lighting – techniques and visual styles
8. Editing – shot by shot relationship of screen language (how it creates meaning)
9. Sound design and music (how it creates meaning)

Topic 2: Lesson Resource

Students Year 7-8:
​ "FILMMAKING - checklist"

1. Development: ​idea, pitch, concept, story
2. Pre-production: Synopsis, script and treatment, storyboards, shot-list, design -art department and costumes, locations, recce, Budget, production documents, casting, rehearsals, audience
3. Production: equipment, Shoot-day requirements, location, sound recording, call sheets, crew roles and on-set protocols, safety reports
4. Post-Production: Editing, grading, music and sound composition, distribution

Topic 3: Lesson Resource

Students Year 7-8
Lesson in development

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YEAR 9 TO 10 LESSON RESOURCES

Year 9: In Development

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Unit Topic: Lessons and Resources
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Students Year 10: LANGUAGE FOR THE SCREEN

• Unit Representation of Teens in Film
• 'Making A teen Short Film'

​OVERIVIEW/ASSESSMENT MATERIAL
LESSON 1: Representation, stereotypes, identity and self 
LESSON 2: Film Comparison analysis:
                   Mean Girls (2004)
                     Love, Simon (2018)
LESSON 3: Film Comparison analysis:
                   Looking for Alibrandi (2000)
                   Bend It Like Beckham (2001)
                       Beneath Clouds (2002)
LESSON 4: Quiz and 5-Shot sequence exercise
LESSON 5: Pre-production: planning, storyboarding
LESSON 6: Production: 'Making A Teen Short Film' 
​LESSON 7: Post-Production: Editing
LESSON 8: Finish film, evaluation and screening
EXHIBITION PAGE - Launch your film for assessment

Unit Topic: Lessons and Resources

In Development



​OVERIVIEW/ASSESSMENT 
LESSON 1
LESSON 2
LESSON 3
LESSON 4
LESSON 5
LESSON 6
LESSON 7
LESSON 8

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Technical codes and Symbols 

Source: TED ed.
Video overview on media art and the codes and symbols involved in making meaning..

RESOURCE SITES AND INFO

• https://www.acmi.net.au

         Educational resource section 

• https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/Secondary
  Fuse is Victorian government initiative for unified resource in media education 
• https://nofilmschool.com 

​​        ​ Filmmaking site with education and who to videos

• https://lessonbucket.com

​​        Australian media practicitioner webpage with insightful resources for teaching and learning.

• https://www.arteducation.org.au

         Supporting materials for arts in Australia with information on exhibitions

• https://www.artsaccess.com.au/gallery/

         Reference to contemporary artists 

• https://www.artshub.com.au

         Information with local knowledge on art, media and events around Melbourne and Australia. Lesson ideas and current arts issues.​​​

• https://www.nfsa.gov.au/learning/educational-resources/film-australia-collection
  National film and sound archives. Fantastic resource for teachers searching Australian content in film, television and multimedia.

RESOURCES TO SUPPORT PRODUCTIONS: FOR STUDENTS
 
Studio Binder – all in one project management tool
https://app.studiobinder.com/company/5c9d573e526c1259ae75bebb/currentUser/5c9d573e526c1259ae75bebb/projects/5c9d57741a1f361c14a08fc9/document/5c9d57a16be2555af5d045ac
 
ALL YEARS
Studio binder offers application that can house projects – script, storyboards, callsheet, shotlist. Fantastic all in one resource for every student and teacher.

FUSE
https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/Resource/LandingPage?ObjectId=282e3a2d-b08e-4caa-a956-a1b8beef2178&SearchScope=All
 
ALL YEARS
Fuse is Victorian government intiative for students and media education.

“Every art communicates because it expresses. It enables us to share vividly and deeply in meanings…”
John Dewey, Art as Experience

Filmmaking - a creative process

Set up and props

on set

more specialised equipment

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