MYP: Connecting to Learning Art and Film

Art

YEAR 7

Statement of Inquiry: An understanding of the media and techniques used to make art can help us to take action and change how we see and represent the world around us.

Transforming textiles

The restrictions of the past two years have given us opportunities to reflect on places of significance to us - places we miss, places we have visited, imaginary places we have created. Students have been exploring such places of significance though the medium of textiles. Special thanks to Zaharva Elenberg who donated a large box of fabric samples for us to explore colour and texture.  

YEAR 8 

Statement of Inquiry: Observing natural phenomena and structures inspires artistic understanding of form.

Organic form

Since returning on site, students have been busy creating sculptures that have been inspired by their investigations into organic form. They have used a range of materials in their creations., including cane, wire, tape, tissue paper, paper mache and plaster strips. Many of the sculptures are abstract in nature but represent elements of nature. 

YEAR 10

Diploma early commencement program

Year 10 Visual Arts students have now begun the Diploma Early Commencement Program. This program focuses on setting students up to understand the Visual Arts Diploma course and begin work to develop necessary skills and ways of working that will assist them in their senior years. 

They have been completing a figure drawing program, starting with gestural drawing followed by longer poses. Over the coming weeks students will experiment with printmaking, collage and painting using the figure as their main focus. The classroom has been both exciting and energetic. 

Fleur Fogarty, Lewis Kingston, Natalie Kunst

teachers of MYP Art

fleur.fogarty@preshil.vic.edu.au

lewis.kingston@preshil.vic.edu.au

natalie.kunst@preshil.vic.edu.au

Film - Year 10

Film Appreciation: Japanese Post-War Cinema

Statement of Inquiry: The visual culture of countries communicates ideas about civilisations and social histories.

Film Appreciation is a theoretical subject that focuses on responding, understanding, interpreting and appreciation of film. In Semester 2, students studied Japanese Post-War films including Kenji Mizoguchi’s Ugetsu (1953) and Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (1954) among others. For this unit they completed a comparison table between two of these films that compared the cultural contexts, how stylistic techniques were used by directors, and identified and explored three subtopics relevant to their chosen films. 

Film Production and Socially Distanced Film Making

Statement of Inquiry: Unexpected situations provide new opportunities for technical innovations and exploration of identity.   

Film Production is a practical subject that focuses on skills and techniques for film production. In Term 3, students began work on a collaborative short film. They began pre-production processes including brainstorming, scripts and shot lists in small groups. Unfortunately, during lockdown they were unable to film and edit these films as intended. During lockdown, students produced individual 'Socially Distanced" films. They could select from the following topics: A Tour of my 5km Zone, Lockdown Survival Skills, The Ultimate Toastie!, 2021 a Lockdown Odyssey, Presser (In the style of Utopia) or could negotiate their own individual project. When students returned to onsite learning, they completed editing their individual films and started to experiment with film production in anticipation for the DP Film Early Commencement Program. 

Matt Barker

teacher of MYP Film & Media

matthew.barker@preshil.vic.edu.au