Making

Ideas

Exploration of how narrative structures and tension engage an audience (ACAMAM062)

Exploration of stories and ideas from different viewpoints (ACAMAM062)

Skills

Exploration and experimentation with the codes and conventions of media:

  • technical (sequencing and editing images to support particular purposes; camera shots (close-up, mid-shot, long shot); camera angles (low angle, high angle, eye-level))
  • symbolic (using costumes and props to represent people as fictional and/or non-fictional characters; manipulating familiar places to create fictional settings; manipulating natural light to enhance a shot; using body language to create meaning)
  • audio (loudness and softness; music to convey a mood; sound effects)
  • written (selecting text to strengthen a viewpoint and engage an audience)

when producing media work (ACAMAM063)

Production

Uses narrative structures to create tension and engage an audience (ACAMAM064)

Uses different viewpoints in story making to engage an audience (ACAMAM064)

Protocols (permission for images and videos of individuals to be used, use of borrowed materials) in media work (ACAMAM060)