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. 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 media’s role 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.
VCE Media supports students to develop and refine their planning and analytical skills, critical and creative thinking and expression, and to strengthen their communication skills and technical knowledge. Students gain knowledge and skills in planning and expression 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.
This study enables students to:
investigate and analyse their and others’ experience of the media
examine the relationship between audiences and 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 nature, roles, structure and contexts of creation and distribution of media forms and products
analyse media stories and narratives to understand how meaning is constructed and how audiences are engaged
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 skills in critically understanding the significance and aesthetics of the media
develop and refine skills in the design, production, evaluation and critical analysis of media products in a range of contexts and forms for different audiences.
Outcome 1: Media Representations
Students explore media representations in a range of media products and forms, and from different periods of time, locations and contexts, to explain how they are constructed, distributed, engaged with, consumed and read by audiences.
Outcome 2: Media Forms in Production
Students follow the media production process to design, produce and evaluate their own media representations for specified audiences in a range of media forms.
Outcome 3: Australian Stories
Students analyse how the structural features of Australian fictional and non-fictional narratives in two or more media forms engage, and are consumed and read by, audiences.
Outcome 1: Narrative, Style and Genre
Students analyse the intentions of media creators and producers and the influences of narratives on the audience in different media forms.
Outcome 2: Narratives in Production
Students apply the media production process to create, develop and construct their own narratives.
Outcome 3: Media and Change
Students discuss the influence of new media technologies on society, audiences, the individual, media industries and institutions.
Unit 1
Outcome 1: Media Representations
Outcome 2: Media Forms in Production
Outcome 3: Australian Stories
Unit 1 Examination
Unit 2
Outcome 1: Narrative, Style and Genre
Outcome 2: Narratives in Production
Outcome 3: Media and Change
Unit 2 Examination
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