Welcome to VCE Media Studies!
Taken from the 2012 study Design
The media is a diverse, dynamic and evolving collection of forms used to inform, communicate with and connect people. Media influence the way people spend their time, help shape the way they perceive themselves and others, and play a crucial role in the creation and exchange of personal, social, cultural, national and global identities. The media entertain, educate, inform and provide channels of communication. This takes place within the broader context of: industrial organisation; political and market structures; professional practices; creative processes; traditional, contemporary and emerging technologies; regulation; and the need to attract and maintain audiences. The relationships between such frames of reference and audiences shape media products and the ways in which they are developed, constructed, distributed and consumed.
Notions of audience underlie the creation, distribution, consumption and reception of media texts. Media texts are representations of social, personal and cultural reality, which have been constructed through a process of selection and omission, using media codes and conventions. Codes and conventions may be common to all media products, or specific to individual media forms, texts, genres and styles.
VCE Media provides students with the opportunity to analyse media products and concepts in an informed and critical way. Students consider media texts, technologies and processes from various perspectives, including an analysis of structure and features. They examine industry production and distribution context, audience reception and the media’s contribution to and impact on society. This aspect of the study is integrated with the individual and collaborative design and production of media representations and products. VCE Media supports students to develop and refine their analytical, critical, creative thinking and expression. Students strengthen their communication skills and technical knowledge. This study is relevant for students who wish to pursue further formal study at tertiary level or in vocational education and training settings. The study provides knowledge and skills in creative thinking, planning, analysis, creative expression and communication valuable for participation in and contribution towards contemporary society.
LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT
Units 1 and 2
Procedures for the assessment of levels of achievement in Units 1 and 2 are a matter for school decision.
Assessment of levels of achievement for these units will not be reported to the Victorian Curriculum and
Assessment Authority. Schools may choose to report levels of achievement using grades, descriptive
statements or other indicators.
The media is a diverse, dynamic and evolving collection of forms used to inform, communicate with and connect people. Media influence the way people spend their time, help shape the way they perceive themselves and others, and play a crucial role in the creation and exchange of personal, social, cultural, national and global identities. The media entertain, educate, inform and provide channels of communication. This takes place within the broader context of: industrial organisation; political and market structures; professional practices; creative processes; traditional, contemporary and emerging technologies; regulation; and the need to attract and maintain audiences. The relationships between such frames of reference and audiences shape media products and the ways in which they are developed, constructed, distributed and consumed.
Notions of audience underlie the creation, distribution, consumption and reception of media texts. Media texts are representations of social, personal and cultural reality, which have been constructed through a process of selection and omission, using media codes and conventions. Codes and conventions may be common to all media products, or specific to individual media forms, texts, genres and styles.
VCE Media provides students with the opportunity to analyse media products and concepts in an informed and critical way. Students consider media texts, technologies and processes from various perspectives, including an analysis of structure and features. They examine industry production and distribution context, audience reception and the media’s contribution to and impact on society. This aspect of the study is integrated with the individual and collaborative design and production of media representations and products. VCE Media supports students to develop and refine their analytical, critical, creative thinking and expression. Students strengthen their communication skills and technical knowledge. This study is relevant for students who wish to pursue further formal study at tertiary level or in vocational education and training settings. The study provides knowledge and skills in creative thinking, planning, analysis, creative expression and communication valuable for participation in and contribution towards contemporary society.
LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT
Units 1 and 2
Procedures for the assessment of levels of achievement in Units 1 and 2 are a matter for school decision.
Assessment of levels of achievement for these units will not be reported to the Victorian Curriculum and
Assessment Authority. Schools may choose to report levels of achievement using grades, descriptive
statements or other indicators.