Media and Film, Television & New Media fosters creative and expressive communication. It explores the five key concepts of technologies, representations, audiences, institutions and languages.
Students learn about film, television and new media as our primary sources of information and entertainment. Students creatively apply film, television and new media key concepts to individually and collaboratively make moving-image media products, and investigate and respond to moving-image media content and production contexts. They develop knowledge and skills in creative thinking, communication, collaboration, planning, critical analysis, and digital and ethical citizenship.
Year 11
| Unit 1: Foundation | Unit 2: Story Forms |
How are tools and associated processes used to create meaning: How are institutional practices influenced by social, political and economic factors How do signs and symbols, codes and conventions create meaning? | | How do representations function in story forms? How does the relationship between story forms and meaning change in different contexts? How are media languages used to construct stories | |
| Case Study Investigation | Multi-Platform Project | Stylistic Project | Exam |
Year 12
| Unit 3: Participation | Unit 4: Identity |
Participation How do technologies enable or constrain participation? How do different contexts and purposes impact the participation of individuals and cultural groups? How is participation in institutional practices influenced by social, political and economic factors? | | Identity How do media artists experiment with technological practices? How do media artists portray people, places, events, ideas and emotions How do media artists use signs, symbols, codes and conventions in experimental ways to create meaning? | |
| Case Study Investigation | Multi-Platform Project | Stylistic Project | External Exam |
Opportunities
- Excursion to Gympie Gold Film Festival
- Submit your film in the Noosa High Oscars – NOSCARS
- Take part in filming events for the school such as Celebration of Excellence, Graduation
Careers
A course of study in Film, Television and New Media can establish a basis for further education and employment in the fields of information technologies, creative industries, cultural institutions, and diverse fields that use skills inherent in the subject including advertising, arts administration and management, communication, design, education, film and television, and public relations