\n\nRationale
\n\nThis study provides students with the opportunity to examine the media in both historical and contemporary contexts while developing skills in media design and production in a range of media forms.
\n\nVCE Media provides students with the opportunity to analyse media concepts, forms and products in an informed and critical way. Students consider narratives, technologies and processes from various perspectives including an analysis of structure and features. They examine debates about the media’s role in contributing to and influencing society. Students integrate these aspects of the study through the individual design and production of their media representations, narratives and products.
\n\nVCE Media supports students to develop and refine their planning and analytical skills, critical and creative thinking and expression, and to strengthen their communication skills and technical knowledge. Students gain knowledge and skills in planning and expression valuable for participation in and contribution to contemporary society. This study leads to pathways for further theoretical and/or practical study at tertiary level or in vocational education and training settings; including screen and media, marketing and advertising, games and interactive media, communication and writing, graphic and communication design, photography and animation.
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\nAims
This study enables students to:
\n\ninvestigate and analyse their and others’ experience of the media
\n\texamine the relationship between audiences and the media
\n\tunderstand the codes and conventions that are used to construct media narratives and
\n\n\tproducts
\n\tdevelop an understanding of traditional and contemporary media forms, products, institutions
\n\n\tand industries through theoretical study and practical application
\n\tdevelop an understanding of the nature, roles, structure and contexts of creation and
\n\n\tdistribution of media forms and products
\n\tanalyse media stories and narratives to understand how meaning is constructed and how
\n\n\taudiences are engaged
\n\tdevelop an understanding of the relationship between the media and audiences that produce
\n\n\tand engage with it
\n\tdevelop the capacity to investigate, examine and evaluate debates around the role of
\n\n\tcontemporary media and its implications for society
\n\tdevelop skills in critically understanding the significance and aesthetics of the media
\n\tdevelop and refine skills in the design, production, evaluation and critical analysis of media
\n\n\tproducts in a range of contexts and forms for different audiences.
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Structure
\n\nThe study is made up of four units:
\nUnit 1: Media forms, representations and Australian stories
\nUnit 2: Narrative across media forms
\nUnit 3: Media narratives and pre-production
\nUnit 4: Media production and issues in the media