VCE Media 2018 2023 Implementation briefing May July

VCE Media 2018 - 2023 Implementation briefing May – July 2017

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Implementation in 2018 q. Units 1 & 2 and Units 3 & 4 q. Available online on VCAA website • • • Study Design Advice for Teachers List of resources School Assessed Task Assessment Advice (February 2018) Sample exam / exam questions (early 2018)

Part 1 STUDY OVERVIEW

VCE Media Study Design Teachers should thoroughly familiarise themselves with the Study Design including: • • • Introduction, Rationale and Aims (p. 5 - 6) Structure (p. 6) Assessment and Reporting (p. 8) Cross-Study specifications (p. 9 - 11) Units 1 – 4 (p. 12 – 29)

Study Overview: Units 1 & 2 Unit 1: Media forms, representations and Australian Stories • Area of Study 1: Media representations • Area of Study 2: Media forms in production • Area of Study 3: Australian stories Unit 2: Narrative across media forms • Area of Study 1: Narrative, style and genre • Area of Study 2: Narratives in production • Area of Study 3: Media and Change

Study Overview: Units 3 & 4 Unit 3: Media narratives and pre-production • Area of Study 1: Narrative and ideology • Area of Study 2: Media production development • Area of Study 3: Media production design Unit 4: Media production and issues in the media • Area of Study 1: Media production • Area of Study 2: Agency and control in and of the media

Key changes 2012 -2017 2018 - 2023 12 Areas of Study Units 1 - 4 11 Areas of Study Units 1 - 4 • • Unit 1 – 3 AOS Unit 2 – 3 AOS Unit 3 – 3 AOS Unit 4 – 3 AOS • Content focused • Memorisation • • Unit 1 – 3 AOS Unit 2 – 3 AOS Unit 3 – 3 AOS Unit 4 – 2 AOS • Stronger relationship between the Areas of Study. • More application of knowledge and skills in production. • Enquiry based, critical and creative thinking. • Higher order thinking

Assessment weightings 2012 - 2017 Weight 2018 - 2023 Weight Unit 3 & 4 Assessed Coursework • U 3 Outcome 1 • U 4 Outcome 2 • U 4 Outcome 3 18% Unit 3 & 4 Assessed coursework • U 3 Outcome 1 • U 4 Outcome 2 20% School Assessed Task • U 3 Outcome 2 & 3 • U 4 Outcome 1 37% School Assessed Task • U 3 Outcome 2 & 3 • U 4 Outcome 1 40% End of year examination • U 3 Outcome 1 • U 4 Outcome 2 & 3 45% End of year examination • All outcomes of Unit 3 & 4 40%

Part 3 CROSS STUDY SPECIFICATIONS

Cross Study Specifications Pge 9 - 10 • Cross Study Specifications have been added in the front of the Study to clarify the key concepts that underpin all 4 UNITS of the Study. • Evidence of these are found in each Area of Study. • The Cross-Study Specifications will be assessed in the examination, School Assessed Task and School Assessed Coursework.

Media Products Media products are the consumable output designed by media creators and producers that are distributed to, engage with, consume and read by audiences. Media products may be described as tangible or intangible. • Tangible the length of time the audience engages with the product. EG: Posters, photography, print • Intangible – the creator or producer structures the time the audience will engage. EG: Film, television, radio/audio Cross Study Specifications – Pge 9

Media Forms • Construction of a media product is dependent on the style and genre of the product and the intended audience, location, context and time in which the product was created, produced, distributed, consumed and read by audiences. • Refers to the technological means and channels by which the media is created, produced, distributed, consumed and read. Cross Study Specifications – Pge 9

Media forms • Moving image For example: Film, television, video, animation • Still image For example: Photography – analogue and digital • Audio For example: Radio, podcast • Print For example: Magazine, comic, graphic novel, newspaper, poster • Digital Online video and audio, podcast, magazine, comic, graphic novel, newspaper, video game, blog, website, app • Convergent or hybridised media The combination or joining of two media forms

Media Codes and Conventions Follow the language of the Victorian and Australian Curriculum. Media Codes • Technical, written and symbolic codes used to construct or suggest meaning in media forms and products. • For example, camera, acting, setting, mise en scene, editing, lighting, sound, special effects, typography, colour, visual composition, text and graphics. Media conventions • Rules or generally accepted ways of constructing form and informing meaning in media products. • For example, story principles, form and structure, generic structures, character and story arcs, cause and effect, point of view, the structuring of time, elements of a page layout, paper stock for print, titles and credit sequences, hyperlinking, framing and mounting of images. Cross Study Specifications – Pge 10

Media Narratives • Narrative is used to describe fictional and non fictional media stories in all media forms. • The term ‘story’ refers to all events that contribute to the narrative Cross Study Specifications – Pge 9

Media Narratives • Media industries are built upon the creation and distribution of stories. • Stories are constructed in the form of a systematically organised series of interconnected images, sounds and/or words using media codes and conventions. • The creator and the audience share an understanding of both the construction, distribution, consumption and reception of stories. Cross Study Specifications – Pge 9

Media Narratives • Digital media forms enable creators and participants to develop and distribute stories in hybrid forms • Collaborative and user-generated content, challenging the traditional understanding of story forms • Advances new modes of audience engagement. Cross Study Specifications – Pge 9

Media production process • Audience engagement, consumption and reception. • Constraints – budget, time and skills • The stages are not static or linear but iterative and interrelated. • Underpinning and ongoing analysis, reflection and evaluation. Critical, creative and reflective thinking. Cross Study Specifications – Pge 10

Stages of Media Production Process • Development Exploration, experimentation, research • Pre-production – planning • Production Including reflection and evaluation. • Post –production – resolution, audience • Distribution – in context with feedback. Cross Study Specifications – Pge 10

Media language • Design, production, distribution, engagement, reception, reading and critique. • Terms used by media practitioners and institutions. • Used in construction of media products. • Used in the discussion of the ways the media communicates meaning to audiences. • Shared understanding of media codes, conventions and technologies dependent on media form, intent of the product, genre, style and the making of meaning. Cross Study Specifications – Pge 11

Part 5 UNITS 1 & 2: SPECIFIC CHANGES AND ASSESSMENT

Understanding the Study Design Each Outcome is described in terms of key knowledge and key skills Key knowledge Key Skills Provides the Content Provides the Application For example: • Explain • Discuss • Analyse • Explore • Develop • Document

Understanding the Study Design Unit 1 AOS 1: On completion of this unit the student should be able to explain how media representations in a range of media products and forms, and from different periods of time, locations and contexts, are constructed, distributed, engaged with and read by audiences. Key knowledge Media codes and conventions that are used to construct media products and meanings in different forms. (extract from study design) Key Skills Analyse the media codes and conventions used to construct media products and meanings in different media forms from different periods of time, locations and contexts. (extract from study design)

Unit 1: Media forms, representations and Australian stories • Area of Study One: Media representations • Area of Study Two: Media forms in production • Area of Study Three: Australian stories

Unit 1 AOS 1: Media Representations • Construction of meaning through representation. • Representation of values by the media creators and audience at the time, location and context of construction. • Social, technological, industrial and economic factors influencing representations. • Concept of audiences – participation, consumption, reception, production, curation and distribution of media products. • Construction of identity in media products – audience, creators, producers. Analyse and discuss

Unit 1 AOS 2 : Media forms in production • The media production process – pre-production, production and post production and distribution. • Focus on representation, construction of meaning, distribution, audience engagement, consumption and reception as inspiration • Students must work in two or more media forms that represent concepts studied in Area of Study 1. • Evaluate how the characteristics of their selected media forms influence the representation and construction of their productions. Describe, research, apply, evaluate

Unit 1 AOS 3: Australian Stories • Fictional and non fictional Australian narratives (stories) in two media forms. • Individual style through the use of crafting narrative and structures to engage audiences. • Audience engagement and readings of Australian stories. • Factors that impact audience engagement, reception and consumption. Analyse & Discuss

Assessment Unit 1 - Pge 15 For all three outcomes a range of assessment tasks can be used including the following: • Audio-visual or video sequence • Radio or audio sequence • Photographs • Print layouts • Sequences of presentations using digital technologies • Posters • Written responses • Oral reports

Unit 2: Narrative across media forms • Area of Study One: Narrative, style and genre • Area of Study Two: Narratives in production • Area of Study Three: Media and change

Unit 2 AOS 1 : Narrative, style and genre • How narratives construct realities and meaning for audiences. • The personal and distinctive style of media creators and producers in constructing narratives. • Historical, cultural and contextual factors and their influence on the construction of narratives. • Audience engagement, consumption and reception and their influence on the construction of narratives. Individual characteristics of audiences. • Students must study two narratives in different media forms. Analyse

Unit 2 AOS 2 : Narratives in production • Use of the media production process in the construction of narratives. • Development of skills in the use of media technologies • Specific audiences and constraints of contexts in the creation and production of media products. • Ethical, legal and community constraints in the production and distribution of media products. • Roles and responsibilities in the media production process. Design, Produce, Apply, Develop

Unit 2 AOS 3: Media and change • The nature and forms of new media technologies and their relationship to traditional media technologies. • The growth of digital technologies and their impact on audiences. • The influences of technological development, media convergence and hybridisation on society, audiences, individuals, media industries and institutions. • Social, ethical and legal issues in the media industry. • Technologies, processes of production, characteristics, distribution, consumption and reception of media products in new media forms. Identify, analyse, discuss, explain

Assessment Unit 2 – Pge 19 For all three outcomes a range of assessment tasks can be used including the following: • Audio-visual or video sequence • Radio or audio sequence • Photographs • Print layouts • Sequences of presentations using digital technologies • Posters • Written responses • Oral reports

Unit 3: Media narratives and pre-production • Area of Study One: Narrative and ideology • Area of Study Two: Media production development • Area of Study Three: Media production design

Unit 3 AOS 1: Narrative and ideology • The relationship between narratives and audiences and how they frame the nature, form and development of discourses in society. • How the construction, distribution, reception and consumption of narratives influence ideologies in society. • The framing of the nature, form and structure of narratives by ideologies in society. • Social, cultural, ideological and institutional contexts relating to periods of time and locations of production. • Purpose, genre, style, content, distribution, consumption and reception of media narratives. Explain, analyse, discuss

Media narratives for Unit 3 study • Fictional and/or non fictional narratives • Film and/or television and/or radio and/or audio (that can be broadcast or streamed) and/or photographic and/or print products. • One of the following: o o o At least two feature length film products of one hour or more in length or the equivalent in television, streamed, radio or audio products. Two photographic series of at least six images each. Two print productions of at least 15 pages each. • One media product must have been released in the five years prior to the commencement of the study.

Unit 3 AOS 2: Media production development • Students undertake an investigation of the media form to inform the development of their proposed production. • Contributes to the production design. • Research narrative, genre, style, media codes and conventions and aspects of the work of media practitioners relevant to the proposed production. • Production skills in a selected media form. • Documentation of research and annotated production exercises, reflection, experiments and evaluations. Explore, analyse, record, document, develop skills, evaluate

Unit 3 AOS 3: Media production design • The production design communicates creative vision and thorough planning. • Outlines the proposed audience in detail. • The production design includes a fictional and/or non fictional narrative for a specified audience in a selected media form. • Students must take into account the codes and conventions for the selected media form. methods, document, apply, create

Fictional and non-fictional products • • A video or film production of 3 – 10 minutes in length, including credit sequences. An animated production of no more than 10 minutes in length, including title and credit sequences. A radio or an audio production of a minimum of 8 minutes in length, including title and credit sequences. A digital or an analogue photographic presentation, sequence or series of a minimum of 10 original sourced images, shot, processed and edited by the student. A digital or traditional print production of a minimum of 8 pages produced and edited by the student. A digital and/or an online production that demonstrates comparable complexity consistent with the other media forms. A convergent or hybridised media production that incorporates aspects of a range of media forms and is consistent with product durations and the descriptors listed.

School based Assessment Unit 3 Outcome Assessment tasks Outcome 1 Analyse how narratives are constructed and distributed, and they engage, are consumed and a read by the intended audiences and present day audiences. Assessed with one of the following: • A written report • An essay • Short responses • Structured questions • An annotated visual report • An oral report • A presentation using digital technologies. Total Marks: 40 Assessed by School-assessed coursework for Unit 3: 10 percent

Unit 4 : Media production and issues in the media • Area of Study One: Media production • Area of Study Two: Agency and control in and of the media

Unit 4 AOS 1: Media Production • Production and post production of the media production process. • Use of media codes and conventions in production and post-production • Documentation of iterations and evaluation of the product after feedback. • Development, refinement and resolution of the media product is documented. • Sole direction of the student and documented in the media production design plan. methods, realise, apply, reflect, document

Unit 4 AOS 2: Agency and control in and of the media • The arguments and issues surrounding control of the media in a digitised world. • The dynamic and changing relationship between the media and its audiences. • The use of the media by globalised media institutions, the government and the individual • Regulation of the relationships between the media and its audience in Australia. • Ethical and legal issues in the production, distribution, consumption and reception of media products. Discuss, analyse, evaluate

School- based Assessment Unit 4 Outcome Assessment tasks Outcome 2 Assessed with one of the following: • A written report • An essay • Short responses • Structured questions • An annotated visual report • An oral report • A presentation using digital technologies. Discuss issues of agency and control in the relationship between the media and its audience. Total Marks: 40 School-assessed coursework for Unit 4 will contribute 10 per cent to the study score.

School Assessed Task Unit 3 & 4

Units 3 and 4 assessment weighting • • Unit 3 School-assessed coursework Unit 4 School-assessed coursework Unit 3 & 4 School-assessed task End-of-year examination 10% 40%

Assessment of Coursework and tasks • School Assessed Coursework tasks and School Assessed Tasks have changed: • To ensure authentication of student work: o o Commercially purchased SACs and SATs must be always modified. School Assessed Task and SAC information used from previous years must always be modified. It is the responsibility of the teacher to ensure that all SAC and SAT student work is authenticated.

VCE Media Advice to Teachers • Published online • It includes: v. Advice about developing a teaching and learning program v. Glossary of key terms v. Ideas for learning activities v. Assessment advice

VCAA Bulletin Online • The VCAA Bulletin VCE, VCAL and VET is now online • A free subscription is available at www. vcaa. vic. edu. au • See ‘Subscriptions’ at the bottom of the page • Follow the prompts to enter your details • Ensure your email address is entered correctly

Authentication Advice § Please refer to the Authentication information in the VCE and VCAL Administration Handbook, the Advice for Teachers and the information issued with the School Assessment Administration published by the VCAA each year. § The Authentication Record Form and Student Feedback form are a record of student’s undertaking of each SAT. § VCAA requires to view and confirm this documentation for Top Arts, Top Designs and Top Screen submissions and for School based audits. § The Authentication Record and Student Feedback sheets are the teacher verification that the student work is their own, and that they have sought copyright release. § Students are asked to sign after discussion with teacher. Remind them that they are signing that their work is their own

Copyright • Teachers should read through the information regarding seeking Copyright approval for application to the Season of Excellence. • Students should apply for copyright clearance EARLY. • Information regarding copyright for the Season of Excellence is on the Season of Excellence webpage. http: //www. vcaa. vic. edu. au/Pa ges/excellenceawards/seasonof excellence/index. aspx

Contact details Kathryn Hendy-Ekers VCAA Curriculum Manager, Visual Arts & Media Phone: 03 9032 – 1697 Email: Hendy-Ekers. Kathryn. L@edumail. vic. gov. au