Resources and lessons for
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VCE Students 

LESSON RESOURCE FOR STUDENTS: UNIT 1 & 2
Unit 1: Media Forms, representation and Australian Stories
Unit 2: Narrative across forms

​LESSON RESOURCE FOR STUDENTS: UNIT 3 & 4
Unit 3: Media Narratives and pre-production
Unit 4: Media production and issues in the media

VCE MEDIA: STUDY DESIGN
This study provides students with the opportunity to examine the media in both historical and contemporary contexts while developing skills in media design and production in a range of media forms
(VCE Study Design 2017-2022 p, 5): 

​This course enables students to (VCE Study Design 2017-2022 p, 6):
  • investigate and analyse their and others’ experience of the media
  • examine the relationship between audiences and the media
  • understand the codes and conventions that are used to construct media narratives and products
  • develop an understanding of traditional and contemporary media forms, products, institutions and industries through theoretical study and practical application
  • develop an understanding of the nature, roles, structure and contexts of creation and distribution of media forms and products
  • analyse media stories and narratives to understand how meaning is constructed and how audiences are engaged
  • develop an understanding of the relationship between the media and audiences that produce and engage with it
  • develop the capacity to investigate, examine and evaluate debates around the role of contemporary media and
    its implications for society
  • develop skills in critically understanding the significance and aesthetics of the media
  • develop and refine skills in the design, production, evaluation and critical analysis of media products in a range of contexts and forms for different audiences.

Statement of Intent - approach to resource list/content design

STATEMENT OF INTENT

​My strength as an educator will be to encourage students to engage in critical thinking, while giving 'voice' to their creativity (Smit, ECL761, 2019).

The VCE Media Arts study design represents a scope of study that appeals to my personal and professional philosophy; linking critical and creative thinking to practical real-world outcomes. I have taken a socio-constructivist framework (Vygotsky 1978, Paiget 1954), that embraces embodied and a critical pedagogy to facilitate student learning as a process, that can be critical and exploratory. The Study Design (SD) emphasise that stories are embedded in ‘life and culture’ working at a personal, local, national and global level (SD 2018, p. 5) has inspired me. Indeed the SD requirement and a teaching strategy which fosters creative communication opportunities and connection to global audiences, resonates with me.Stuart Hall (1997, 2013), Roland Barth (1997), David Bordwell (2019) and Kristen Thompson (2019) are theorist that provide a background to explore and examine representation, narrative and ideology. Real-world media examples have been utilised within the study design to enhance real-world connections to media institutions, producers and distributors– engaging students to reflect and critic on audience reception with a variety of media products and forms; their agency, their participation and their engagement. Students will also develop and utilise critical literacy and visual literacy skills (Luke and Freebody 1990) to engage in avariety of technologies as tools for learning (ICT Literacy in VCCA and AISTL standards 1.4). ICT activities, assessments and learning platforms have been incorporated throughout Unit 3 and 4 .
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Yearly Planner Units 3 & 4

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 LESSON RESOURCES

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UNIT 1:
Media Forms, representation and Australian Stories 

UNIT 2: 
Narrative across forms

UNIT 3:
​Media Narratives and pre-production

UNIT 4:
Media production and issues in the media 
Textbooks for this course:​
Description:the textbook of choice for this course. Students encouraged to get eBook copy or hardcopy. A lot of questions, activities, resources come from this book. ​
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Hugh Mason-Jones / Ben Hoban / Lauren Humphris / Lisa Blumenstein / Nick Booth / Vic Tietze / David Caust Media Reframed: VCE units 1-4, (2018), Cambridge University Press.
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Dunscombee (et.al), 2018, Heineman Media,Pearson Australia,

Additional reference books for this course

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Hall S, Evans J, Nixon S 2013, 2nded, Representations, Culture and Signifying practices, Sage Publications. (1997 First edition) and Roland Barthes article “ Rhetoric of the Image”. Description: theoretic underpinning to aid students critical thinking. Theories around representation, ideology , production, consumption within our society.
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Bordwell, Film Art: An Introduction (2019),Ed 12, Description:cinematic language, image, ideology and narrative construction. Great resource for deep learning.
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Caldwell, T, 2017, Film Analysis Handbook, 2ndEdition.Description: supplement to help students analyse an image. This is used to support the material in the textbooks.

Internet and weblink

www.lessonbucket.com
Australian media practitioner webpage with insightful resources for teaching and learning.  

https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/Resource/LandingPage?ObjectId=282e3a2d-b08e-4caa-a956-a1b8beef2178&SearchScope=All
​Fuse is Victorian government initiative for students and media education
LIST OF RESOURCES FOR UNIT 3 & 4
Annotated list to download is below:
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Assessment Unit 3 & 4:

Further General resource for you  
         Educational resource section 
​​        ​ Filmmaking site with education and who to videos
​​        Australian media practicitioner webpage with insightful resources for teaching and learning.         Supporting materials for arts in Australia with information on exhibitions
         Reference to contemporary artists 
         Information with local knowledge on art, media and events around Melbourne and Australia. Lesson ideas and current arts issues.​​​
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.

Technical codes and Symbols 

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