MEDIA NAME: LAVERTON P-12 COLLEGE UNITS:VCE SUBJECT OVERVIEW UNIT DESCRIPTION Media is ubiquitous in today’s world. Embedded UNIT 1 SUBJECTS FROM in life and culture, media entertains, teaches Students analyse how representations, YEAR 10 DOES and shapes audience perceptions, and the narrative and media codes and conventions THIS FOLLOW ON worlds in which they live. Representation of contribute to the construction of media. They FROM? ideas, realities and imagination are constructed explore the reciprocal influence of media on Media and deconstructed, remixed and reimagined Australian culture and gain an understanding of Design with increasing technological sophistication. the power of audiences. Students learn how to Music Production In VCE Media, students examine how and why tell their own stories through a range of media Comput the media both constructs and reflects reality, forms. and how audiences engage with, consume, read, create and produce media products. A UNIT 2 significant component of this subject is practical Students further develop their understanding - students have the opportunity to develop, of narrative in media forms. They analyse the design and produce their own media products, influence of developments in media technologies in a range of different forms, including film, on individuals and society. Students undertake photography, radio, video games and digital production activities to design and create media publications. narratives that demonstrate an awareness of the structures and media codes and conventions appropriate to corresponding media forms. SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT WHAT KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS WILL I BUILD? ASSESSMENT COULD INCLUDE: • Analytical skills • Essays • Critical and creative thinking • research projects • Practical knowledge of digital applications • Practical tasks documented in a folio. • End of year exam.