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Structure of the General Syllabus - Year 11
Year 11 syllabus = two units, one pr semester, 55 class contact hours for each unit.
Unit 1 – Popular culture
Students analyse, view, listen to and interact with popular media, develop their own ideas, learn production skills and apply their understandings and skills in creating their own productions.
Unit 2 – Journalism
Students will further their understanding of journalistic media. Students will analyse, view, listen to and interact with a range of journalistic genres and they undertake more extensive research into the representation and reporting of groups and issues within media work.
Structure of the General Syllabus - Yr 12
Year 12 syllabus = two units, one pr semester, 55 class contact hours for each unit.
Unit 3 – Media art
Students will analyse, view, listen to and interact with contemporary and traditional examples of media art, identifying techniques and themes, meanings that are created and audiences’ interpretations.
They consider the representation of values and technological developments that influence perceptions of art within media work.
Unit 4 – Power and persuasion
The focus for this unit is power and persuasion. Through this broad focus, students extend their understanding of persuasive media, examining the way the media is able to reflect, challenge and shape values and attitudes. They critically analyse, view, listen to, and interact with a range of media work, considering the purposes and values of producers and audiences.
Structure of the General Syllabus - Year 11
Year 11 syllabus = two units, one pr semester, 55 class contact hours for each unit.
Unit 1 – Popular culture
Students analyse, view, listen to and interact with popular media, develop their own ideas, learn production skills and apply their understandings and skills in creating their own productions.
Unit 2 – Journalism
Students will further their understanding of journalistic media. Students will analyse, view, listen to and interact with a range of journalistic genres and they undertake more extensive research into the representation and reporting of groups and issues within media work.
Structure of the General Syllabus - Yr 12
Year 12 syllabus = two units, one pr semester, 55 class contact hours for each unit.
Unit 3 – Media art
Students will analyse, view, listen to and interact with contemporary and traditional examples of media art, identifying techniques and themes, meanings that are created and audiences’ interpretations.
They consider the representation of values and technological developments that influence perceptions of art within media work.
Unit 4 – Power and persuasion
The focus for this unit is power and persuasion. Through this broad focus, students extend their understanding of persuasive media, examining the way the media is able to reflect, challenge and shape values and attitudes. They critically analyse, view, listen to, and interact with a range of media work, considering the purposes and values of producers and audiences.
Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)
Syllabus Yr 11 & Yr 12
The Media Production and Analysis ATAR course;
Outcome 1 – Media ideas
Students use critical awareness and cultural understandings to explore and develop media ideas.
*understand how media communicate ideas in particular contexts and for different audiences and purposes
*explore technologies, codes and conventions to create meaning and develop ideas
*present ideas, designs and/or production plans.
Outcome 2 – Media production
Students use skills, techniques, processes, conventions and technologies to create media work for audience, purpose and context.
*use media skills, process and technologies
*use media codes and conventions for audience, purpose and context
*fulfil a range of production roles and responsibilities.
Outcome 3 – Responses to media
Students use critical, social, cultural and aesthetic understandings to respond to, reflect on and evaluate media work.
*understand how meaning is constructed in media work
*understand interrelationships between media work, cultural contexts and audiences
*use strategies to investigate and comment on media work and evaluate media productions.
Outcome 4 – Media in society
Students understand the role of media in society.
*understand the impact of technological developments, and controls and constraints, on media production and use
*understand the influence of social, historical and cultural contexts on media production and use
*understand how cultural values are influenced by the media and in turn influence media production.
Syllabus Yr 11 & Yr 12
The Media Production and Analysis ATAR course;
Outcome 1 – Media ideas
Students use critical awareness and cultural understandings to explore and develop media ideas.
*understand how media communicate ideas in particular contexts and for different audiences and purposes
*explore technologies, codes and conventions to create meaning and develop ideas
*present ideas, designs and/or production plans.
Outcome 2 – Media production
Students use skills, techniques, processes, conventions and technologies to create media work for audience, purpose and context.
*use media skills, process and technologies
*use media codes and conventions for audience, purpose and context
*fulfil a range of production roles and responsibilities.
Outcome 3 – Responses to media
Students use critical, social, cultural and aesthetic understandings to respond to, reflect on and evaluate media work.
*understand how meaning is constructed in media work
*understand interrelationships between media work, cultural contexts and audiences
*use strategies to investigate and comment on media work and evaluate media productions.
Outcome 4 – Media in society
Students understand the role of media in society.
*understand the impact of technological developments, and controls and constraints, on media production and use
*understand the influence of social, historical and cultural contexts on media production and use
*understand how cultural values are influenced by the media and in turn influence media production.
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