11 Media Studies

SACE Stage 1: 10 Credits / 1 Semester / The Arts

SACE Website:   https://www.sace.sa.edu.au/web/media-studies/stage-1

Pre-Requisite: An achievement level of “C” or better for year 10 visual art/ design/ digital media and/or year 10 literacies. Recommended for pursuing creative arts with film / screen media foci.

SUBJECT OVERVIEW

Students will develop media literacy through knowledge and understanding and skills in production. Students will research, discuss, and analyse various media texts, interact with, and create media products.

Students will explore the role of media in Australian and global contexts, and how media can influence the way people receive and interpret information about the world. Students will respond in small production teams documenting their process in folio formats of pre- production, production and post-production. Students will work collaboratively and individually reflect/evaluate film making intentions.

Examples of possible topics:

  • Images of youth in media
  • Making of the news
  • Advertising
  • Careers in media
  • Creating multimedia texts
  • Representations in media
  • Media audiences
  • Media and leisure
  • Media and the global community or topics negotiated with the teacher.

This course is recommended for students intending to progress to Stage 1 creative arts with a film/screen focus.

This course leads to Stage 1 and 2 Creative arts.

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ASSESSMENT

Folio (40%): multimodal resources, e.g., notes, sketches, emails, archival material. All material must be copyright free, or permissions granted.

Interaction Study (20%): Written Text 800 words

Product (40%): Documentary video (5-minute maximum). Individual students evaluate their selected role in the production process in a 2-minute oral assessment.

Additional Information

Students will require:

  • A large USB
  • Colour printing is recommended, students should be prepared to spend extra on their printing account
  • Any unusual additional material that students individually require
  • Possible $10 film excursion fee

Last Updated: July 2024