VCE Media

(Casey, 2019)

Media is deeply embedded within life and culture at a local, national and global level. It entertains, teaches, informs and shapes audiences’ perception of their lives and the world in which they live.

VCE Media provides students with the opportunity to analyse media concepts, forms and products in an informed and critical way. Students consider narratives, technologies and processes from various perspectives, including an analysis of structure and features. They examine debates about the role of the media in contributing to and influencing society. Students integrate these aspects of the study through the individual design and production of their media representations, narratives and products.

This study provides students with the opportunity to examine the media in both historical and contemporary contexts while developing skills in media design and production in a range of media forms.

Students gain knowledge and skills in planning and expression that are valuable for participation in, and contribution to, contemporary society. This study leads to pathways for further theoretical and/or practical study at tertiary level or in vocational education and training settings, including screen and media, marketing and advertising, games and interactive media, communication and writing, graphic and communication design, photography and animation.

(VCAA, 2023)

Aims:

This study enables students to:

investigate and analyse their and others’ experience of the media
understand the codes and conventions that are used to construct media narratives and products
develop an understanding of traditional and contemporary media forms, products, institutions and industries through theoretical study and practical application
develop an understanding of the structure, nature and roles of media forms, products and contexts in the creation, production, distribution, consumption and reading of media products.
analyse media stories and narratives to understand how meaning is constructed and how audiences are engaged
examine and develop an understanding of the relationship between the media and audiences that produce and engage with it
develop the capacity to investigate, examine and evaluate debates around the role of contemporary media and its implications for society
develop and refine skills in critically understanding and analysing the significance, aesthetics and production of media products in a range of contexts and forms for different audiences.

(VCAA, 2023)

Unit 1

Media forms, representations and Australian stories

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UNIT 2

Narrative across media forms (NOT IN USE)

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UNIT 3

Media narratives and pre-production (NOT IN USE)

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UNIT 4

Media production; agency and control in and of the media (NOT IN USE)

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