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. 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. 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

• analyse media stories and narratives to understand how meaning is constructed and how audiences are engaged

• develop the capacity to investigate, examine and evaluate debates around the role of contemporary media and its implications for society

• 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.

Prior Learning: No prerequisites for Unit 1, 2 and 3; but students must undertake Unit 3 prior to Unit 4.

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/vce/media/MediaSD_2018.pdf