Year 8 Media builds upon the skills introduced in Year 7. Students are presented with more advanced filming techniques, with the core focus being cinematography and editing. Students practice emulating ‘good’ cinematography through the creation of a conversation scene. Similarly, students will experiment with both expansion and compression of time through editing, producing a short narrative. In addition, students also learn the mechanics of representation in the media through a breakdown of symbolic meaning within media texts and will have the opportunity to recut a film trailer to suit a different genre.