Media

Year 9 Media further develops the skills and learning situations encountered in Year 8. While there is a significant theory input, the Year 9 course focuses on refining and developing higher order skills in a number of practical and creative media tasks.

Specifically the course investigates the medium of film and television, along with film and television genres. Studies include the nature and characteristics of specific genres, such as Soapies, Sitcoms, Dramas, Westerns, Action, and Suspense Films. Students will also identify how audiences can be manipulated into a response through the manipulation of both genre conventions and filmic language. Students will be required to script and use video production techniques to produce a Suspense film and will use advanced post-production editing software to create special effects and implement advanced edits.