Media Study Notes

On completion of this unit the student should be able to use evidence, arguments and ideas to discuss audience agency, media influence, media regulation and ethical and legal issues in the media. Students analyse the changing relationship between the media and audiences, the influence of both, how media is used by globalised media institutions, governments and individuals, and the regulation of the media and audiences in Australia.

On completion of this unit the student should be able to produce, refine, resolve and distribute to a specified audience a media product designed in Unit 3. Students move from production into post-production, where the manipulation, arrangement or layering of the ideas and material generated in pre-production and production leads to the realisation of their pre-production plans, reflecting on and seeking feedback to refine and resolve their products.

On completion of this unit the student should be able to research and document aspects of a media form, codes, narrative conventions, style, genre, story and plot to inform the plan for a media production. Students investigate, research and experiment with a selected media form to inform the development of their proposed production, developing knowledge of narrative, genre, style, media codes and conventions, and the works of media practitioners relevant to their proposed production.

On completion of this unit the student should be able to develop and document a media pre-production plan demonstrating the student's concepts and intentions in a selected media form for a specified audience. Students use industry-specific planning, both written and visual, to complete a pre-production plan that incorporates a clear narrative for a specified audience in a selected media form.

On completion of this unit the student should be able to analyse the construction of media narratives; discuss audience engagement, consumption and reading of narratives; and analyse the relationship between narratives and the contexts in which they are produced. Students examine the use of codes and narrative conventions to structure meaning and explore how a media creator has used these tools to produce a media narrative, and consider the role that context plays in the production, distribution and reading of media products.