What is GENERAL Media Production and Analysis all about?
The General Media Production and Analysis course aims to prepare all students for a future in a digital and interconnected world by providing the skills, knowledge and understandings to tell their own stories and interpret others’ stories. Students will be creating their own Media productions as well as interpreting and analysing the techniques and representations used by contemporary Media, while considering the impact of audiences and their context.
Who should select these units in Year 11?
This course is ideally suited to students with an interest in a range of Media types. Students should be creative and active participants in all class work. Previous experience in the subject is not necessary. Students wishing to work in technical Media and/or study Creative Industries at TAFE when they leave school should consider this course.
Pathway
Students who enrol in this course would be suited to General Media Production and Analysis in Year 12. Students can also use their work in these units as part of a portfolio entry to Media TAFE courses or SAE.
Areas of Study
UNIT 1 – MASS MEDIA
- Media Languages
- Production Contexts
- Popular Culture
- Production Skills
UNIT 2 – POINT OF VIEW
- News and Current Affairs
- Sub-culture audiences
- Representation
- Non-fiction narratives
To provide for different learning styles a variety of assessment tasks are used. For each course of study tasks are selected from:
- Music Videos
- News Broadcasts
- Written Responses
- Poster/ Graphic Work
- Film Editing and Special Effects
UNIT 3 – Entertainment
- Analyse films and fanzines in terms of narrative, SWAT codes & controls/constraints.
- Produce a film in groups, sticking to a specific genre.
- Create a Fanzine designed to appeal to a specific audience using a particular interest.
UNIT 4 – Representation and Reality
- Analyse Breakfast TV as a Media Text
- Produce a Breakfast TV show, following codes and conventions
- Analyse the codes used in Talkback Radio texts and how they entice listeners.
To provide for different learning styles a variety of assessment tasks are used. For each course of study tasks are selected from:
- Essay Responses
- Poster/Graphic Work
- Audio Visual Productions: Film and Breakfast Television
- Visual Productions: Fanzines
