ACAMAR065

Explain how the elements of media arts and story principles communicate meaning by comparing media artworks from different social, cultural and historical contexts, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander media artworks

Elaborations

• identifying story structures or particular technical or symbolic elements, such as shot type, sound quality, lighting or setting, that contribute to formation of genre in media artworks (Skills: Literacy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking)
• researching and comparing historical and contemporary media representations and explaining how context influences the characters, stories and values portrayed in the media artworks; for example, comparing TV representations of family (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)
• discussing the role of media artworks in sharing cultural information about a group of people and their spirituality and enhancing the value placed on people and environment (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding)
• Considering viewpoints - societies and cultures: For example - How are values demonstrated in this media representation? Can we judge a culture from popular media images? (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking)
• describing protocols about acceptable and unacceptable use of borrowed material in making and publishing media artworks (Skills: Literacy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)
• discussing issues around safety and sensitivity in relation to acceptable and unacceptable use and/or reference to personal and cultural images, sounds and texts when making and publishing media artworks (Skills: Literacy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)

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