Media cont’d

VCE Media supports students to develop and refine their planning and analytical skills, and their critical and creative thinking and expression, and to strengthen their communication skills and technical knowledge.

Students gain knowledge and skills in planning and expression that are 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.

Aims develop an understanding of traditional and contemporary media forms, products, institutions and industries through theoretical study and practical application. analyse media stories and narratives to understand how meaning is constructed and how audiences are engaged. examine and develop an understanding of the relationship between the media and audiences that produce and engage with it develop the capacity to investigate, examine and evaluate debates around the role of contemporary media and its implications for society.

This study enables students to: investigate and analyse their and others’ experience of the media. understand the codes and conventions that are used to construct media narratives and products.

• develop an understanding of the structure, nature and roles of media forms, products and contexts in the creation, production, distribution, consumption and reading of media products.

• develop and refine skills in critically understanding and analysing the significance, aesthetics and production of media products in a range of contexts and forms for different audiences.

Structure

UNIT 1: Media forms, representations and Australian stories

• Media Representations

• Media Forms in Production Australian Stories

UNIT 2: Narrative across media forms Narrative, Style and Genre Narratives in Production Media and Change

UNIT 3: Media narratives and pre-production Narratives and their Contexts Research, Development and Experimentation Pre-Production Planning

UNIT 4: Media production agency and control in and of the media

• Media Production Agency and Control in the Media

Students complete: four written SACs two SATS planning and creating a product in Units 1 and 2.

• two written SACs, and one SAT planning and creating a product in Units 3 and 4.

Further information on the study design can be found at:

VCE Media Study Design 2024-2028