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Pulse Exhibition at AGWA

A sneak peek at Year 12 Visual Art ATAR students Luca Datodi and Thomas Macknay’s artwork which was exhibited at The West Australian Pulse Perspectives Exhibition opening at the Art Gallery of WA at the end of April 2023. Luca Datodi’s etching titled ‘Uniformity’ is made up of 6 photographically etched plates based on photographs Luca took of his sculpture Ghillie. Thomas Macknay’s digital print titled ‘Riding Around in HeadSmashed-in Buffalo Jump’ (left) explores childhood memories and nostalgia during a time of transition into adulthood.

Year 12 ATAR Design Photoshoot Day

Our Year 12 ATAR Design Photography and Graphics students have been busy developing their body of work in response to their individual design briefs. The projects cover a diverse field base, from promotional graphics for a golf tournament, designs for a new mountain bike track, a relaunch of a retro Pontiac car but as an electric model and designs for an original novel cover. Here you can see a photoshoot day where they gathered raw material for their graphics from several venues including the Wembley Golf Course, Cottesloe beach and the city. We look forward to seeing the portfolios develop further into the year.

Intersection

Intersection is the inaugural showcase of musical works devised and realised by students, staged at FORM Gallery in Claremont. This event showcased the collaborations undertaken by Scotch College and Presbyterian Ladies’ College students with non-music students. It featured the world premieres of contemporary films, dance performances and musical works from students in Years 10, 11 and 12. “It’s been challenging but also rewarding to design my own real-life project with another area of the Arts (Film). I’ve had to be involved in all the moving parts, from creating the music, recording 8 musicians, and working with the director of the film”. Caelan Browne (Year 12)

Media Perspectives Award

Each year the Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) host an annual showcase of the top graduating student work. In WA this event was held on March 8th, at the Burswood Community Cinemas. It was a wonderful evening under the stars that inspired our current Media and Film students as they head into their own film productions. It was made particularly special as our very own OSC Oli Brown’s film “Evanesce” was one of the 17 films screened. His film is a beautifully crafted study of how our elderly cope with being alone. It was wonderful to see Oli’s work on the big screen, and we all are very proud of his achievement. Oli says, “I wanted to make an impactful film that represents the problem of loneliness in elderly people, as they are often forgotten about and underrepresented in society for being, ‘out-of-date’”.

Film Production –Behind the scenes

Our Year 11 ATAR Media, General Media and IB Film students are engaged in various film production tasks. These include Teen Genre Films, German Expressionism sequences and ‘Day in 60’ edits. Students are working through the Production Stage of the creative process where their narrative ideas are coming to life. The focus in Year 11 is to hone practical skills and build expertise in a variety of production roles; cinematographer, editor, art director and sound designer. Students are learning how to effectively light a film set, use camera rigs, and apply camera movement with purpose. The ATAR students are currently working towards participating in a Critique Day where the ‘rough cut’ will be viewed by peers who will offer constructive criticism prior to the fine cut submission.

Treasure Island rehearsals

Treasure Island rehearsals are well underway with Year 11 and 12 students from Scotch and PLC developing a wide range of skills in the process. Preparations began with an accent workshop with Voice and Performance Trainer, Julia Moody whose extensive experience as previous Head of Voice in the Acting Department at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts for 21 years proved extremely valuable when teaching the cast how to produce authentic sounding Cornish and Cockney accents. Another important skill cast members must learn is stage combat, for it would not be swashbuckling adventure without some exciting sword fights choreographed by Nastassja Norwood from Stage Combat Perth.