Media

Purpose

Media is both a creative and analytical subject in which students develop proficiency in producing and interpreting media products. Students learn practical and theoretical skills to create media across a range of forms, including film, photography, print, and emerging platforms such as podcasting, vlogging, and mixed media. They are encouraged to use their creativity as a God-given gift, intentionally shaping media that reflects their values.

Students build their skills by analysing high-quality examples from professional practitioners and applying these insights to their own projects. They develop and refine their work through hands-on use of technologies such as video and still cameras and digital editing tools, creating media for specific audiences. Throughout the course, students critically examine how media influences beliefs and behaviours, and are challenged to use media to communicate positive messages in a broken world.

Structure and Content

Content and theory 

Students refine and extend their understanding and use of structure, intent, character, settings, viewpoints and genre conventions in their compositions. Students experience media arts from a range of cultures, times and locations. As they explore media arts in a range of forms, students learn that over time, there has been a development of different traditional and contemporary styles in media arts. They consider the local, global, social and cultural contexts that shape the purposes and processes in producing media artworks and evaluate the social and ethical implications of media arts.

Practical application 

As they use media technologies, they extend the use of media elements such as time, space, sound, movement and lighting. They analyse the way in which audiences make meaning and how audiences interact with and share media artworks. Students safely use media technologies. They maintain ethical practices and consider regulatory issues when using media technologies. Students develop a sophisticated understanding of their roles as artists and audiences as they engage with diverse media artworks.