ARTS ELECTIVE:
Media

Year 9

What is the subject about?

This elective introduces you to learning about the film and television industry and how media products are made.

We explore composition of film and television by watching short films and feature films and analyse camera work, editing and storylines. We use digital SLR cameras, digital processing with Photoshop and Premiere Pro in our Adobe Creative Cloud suit and other media related software.

We introduce green screen, simple lighting techniques and image manipulation skills. And we analyse film genres and conventions including action, comedy, horror and practice making media products in small groups

Skills you will develop

Use the media codes and conventions to analyse and interpret media products.
Experiment with a variety of equipment like DSLR cameras, video cameras, media processing software, lighting rigs, microphones and props.
Develop visual language to communicate ideas of interest to a target audience.

Assessment

Poster and advertising project
Media research and film analysis
Student choice media film project

Pathways

Studying Media can lead to the following careers

Media Industry
Digital Illustrator
Photographer
Animator
Web Developer
Promotions and advertising
Journalism