§-Media syllabus
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Media syllabus, dot point by dot point
Every dot point in the WA Media syllabus, with a focused answer for each. Click any dot point for a worked explainer, past exam questions and links to related points.
Unit 3: Media art
Module overview →How does a producer develop a recognisable aesthetic and personal style that marks them as an artist in media art?
Analyse how aesthetics and a recognisable personal style position the producer as an artist and shape audience response in media art
How does a media artist consider audience while planning, producing and refining an original media artwork?
Apply pre-production, production and post-production skills to create a media artwork that communicates intention to a target audience
How do mainstream and niche audiences interpret media art differently according to their context, values and experience?
Analyse how audiences interpret and respond to media art according to context, values and experience, including mainstream and niche audiences
How does media art reinforce or challenge dominant representations and stereotypes of groups, places and ideas?
Evaluate how media art reinforces, negotiates or challenges dominant representations and stereotypes, and the effect on audiences
How do producers use, blend and subvert genre conventions to position audiences and construct meaning in media art?
Analyse how genre conventions are used, hybridised and subverted to construct meaning and shape audience expectation in media art
How do producers combine technical, symbolic, written and audio codes to construct meaning in a media artwork?
Analyse how codes and conventions are manipulated to construct meaning, mood and themes in media art productions
How do media artists manipulate narrative elements and structures to challenge an audience's expectations?
Analyse how narrative elements and structures are manipulated in media art to construct themes and challenge audience expectations
How do producers construct point of view and perspective to position the audience to share or judge a character's experience in media art?
Analyse how point of view and perspective are constructed through codes and structure to position the audience in media art
How do editing, sound design, grading and refinement in post-production shape raw footage into a finished media artwork?
Apply post-production skills, including editing, sound design and grading, to refine raw material into a finished media artwork that realises the intention
How does thorough pre-production planning translate an intention into a workable plan for an original media artwork?
Apply pre-production skills, including concept, treatment, script, storyboard and scheduling, to plan an original media artwork for a target audience
How do production roles, technical craft and safe working practice combine to capture a media artwork as planned?
Apply production skills, fulfilling specific roles and using technologies safely and creatively, to capture an original media artwork
How are people, places, events and ideas constructed in media art, and how can a producer challenge dominant representations?
Analyse how representations are constructed and how media art can reinforce or challenge dominant representations
How does selection, emphasis and omission construct representations of people, places, events and ideas in media art?
Analyse how representations are constructed through the selection, emphasis and omission of reality, mediated by codes and conventions in media art
How do symbolic and audio codes construct meaning, atmosphere and theme in a media artwork beyond what the camera records?
Analyse how symbolic codes and audio codes are manipulated to construct meaning, atmosphere and theme in media art
How do camera, lighting and editing choices function as technical codes that construct meaning and mood in a media artwork?
Analyse how technical codes of camera, lighting and editing are manipulated to construct meaning, mood and aesthetic in media art
Unit 4: Power and persuasion
Module overview →How do persuasive producers target audiences by values and attitudes, and how does this positioning reflect, challenge or shape what audiences believe?
Analyse how persuasive media target and position audiences by values and attitudes, and how this reflects, challenges or shapes audience beliefs
How do genre conventions and audience engagement strategies make persuasive media effective for a target audience?
Analyse how genre conventions and audience engagement strategies are used to make persuasive media effective
How do the conventions of advertising, documentary and propaganda as genres shape the way persuasive media position audiences?
Analyse how the genre conventions of advertising, documentary and propaganda shape persuasive meaning and position audiences
How do ideology, values and bias shape the messages persuasive media construct, and how can audiences read them critically?
Analyse how ideology, values and bias underpin persuasive media messages and influence the meanings audiences construct
How do media institutions, their ownership and their commercial and regulatory contexts shape the persuasive messages audiences receive?
Analyse how media institutions, ownership and regulation influence the production and distribution of persuasive media
How do legal and ethical considerations shape what persuasive media producers may and should do?
Evaluate the legal and ethical issues that constrain and guide persuasive media production, including the gap between what is legal and what is ethical
How do media ownership, concentration and funding shape which persuasive messages are produced and circulated?
Analyse how media ownership, concentration and commercial funding influence the production and circulation of persuasive media
How do regulation, classification and codes of practice control and constrain persuasive media, and where are their limits?
Analyse how regulation, classification, censorship and codes of practice control and constrain persuasive media and protect audiences
How do persuasive media use codes, conventions and rhetorical techniques to position an audience toward a particular view?
Analyse how persuasive techniques are used across media forms to position audiences and shape values and attitudes
How do you plan, produce and justify an original persuasive media production and its accompanying production statement?
Plan, produce and refine an original persuasive media production for a target audience, and justify the choices in a production statement
How does the system of communication explain the way producers encode messages and audiences decode them in persuasive media?
Analyse the system of communication, including encoding and decoding, to explain how persuasive messages are produced and interpreted