ACAMAR061

Identify intended purposes and meanings of media artworks, using media arts key concepts, starting with media artworks in Australia including media artworks of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Elaborations

• identifying meaning and describing representations in media artworks from different social, cultural or historical contexts, for example, different ways traditional stories are retold using media technologies (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Intercultural Understanding)
• comparing media artworks made for different purposes using appropriate language, and identifying possible differences in audiences' interpretations (Skills: Literacy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)
• Considering viewpoints - evaluations: For example - What is similar or different to my school/home in a television representation of school/home? (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking)
• examining media artworks in their community and comparing these to other media artworks commemorating different people, times and cultures (Skills: Literacy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Intercultural Understanding)
• writing about and discussing with others the meaning of their own media artworks using appropriate language (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)

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