AC9AMA6E01 Years 5 to 6 The Arts

Content descriptor explore ways that media languages and media technologies are used in media arts works and practices across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts

Elaborations

• • Elaboration investigating characters in games, considering issues such as stereotyping or bias as background to designing and drawing a game character for a particular genre, and considering the appropriate costume, cultural background and/or sample dialogue
• • Elaboration exploring status, such as power relationships, and showing different perspectives of character by using framing, colour and costume to create a hero or villain character
• • Elaboration using Viewpoints to develop questions that explore the impact of media technologies on the way the audience experiences a story in media arts; for example, “How can I change the meaning of a story by changing or adding a soundtrack to my images?”, “How can I use framing to demonstrate a power relationship between characters in the story?”
• • Elaboration researching and comparing media representations created in different times and places, and explaining how context influences the characters, stories and values portrayed in media arts works; for example, comparing TV representations of family
• • Elaboration using Viewpoints to develop questions to explore new ideas; for example, “How are values demonstrated in this media representation?”, “Can we judge a culture from popular media images?”
• • Elaboration exploring how context influences the characters, stories and values portrayed in media arts works; for example, comparing online advertisements that convey safety messages
• • Elaboration discussing the role of media arts works in sharing cultural information about a group of people and their spirituality, and enhancing the value placed on people and the environment