Mr Brenssell's Year 13 Media Course Outline

1. Media Studies 301

2. Congratulations On making It this Far!

3. Course Outline Media Studies 301BN

4. 20 Credits 12 Internal 8 External What’s on Offer

5. FUN Hard Work Creativity Connections Understanding Industry Knowledge Responsibility Personal Ownership What’s really on offer

6. 3.2 Explain How Meaning is Created in Media Texts (4 Credits) 3.6 Develop a Concept and Treatment for a Media Product (2 credits) 3.8 Create a Media Product Using Appropriate Media Technology (6 credits) A.S Standards Internal

7. 3.1 Demonstrate Understanding of a Specific Media Industry (4 Credits) 3.4 Explain the interrelationship between society and a media genre (4 Credits) A.S Standards External

8. 3.1 Media Industry NZ Advertising Industry

9. 3.2 Close Reading Music Videos (Directors Study)

10. 3.4 Genre Study U.S Sit Coms

11. 3.6 Create & Present A Pitch Pitching Your Media Product

12. 3.8 Media Production Short Film

13. Or Other Stuff Year Book Radio Show Music Video

14. Term ONE – In the classroom - Teaching The Screen – Five weeks of film language, discourse theory and close reading A.S 3.4 Explain the interrelationship between society and a media genre – U.S Sit Com’s A.S 3.2 Explore the language of a medium – Music Videos – (Director Study) No Secrets – What are we studying

15. Term ONE - Outside the classroom – One 2 minute short film Three Photo Essays A 5 minute class presentation – Pitch for a Short Film Write a script for a Short Film based on an existing short story you have read Two Close Readings No Secrets – What are we studying

16. This year your media product will be short film. This can be a problem, Why? Because most High School short films suck, Why? Because students really don’t know what they’re doing Teaching The Screen

17. What will we be doing? We will look at film as a language We will focus on a handful of simple but effective techniques that turn stupid into awesome Teaching The Screen

18. We will understand why these techniques work We will understand how to communicate these techniques (handy for the essay thingy’s)

19. We will learn how to pitch an idea We will learn how to write a script

20. I want to win the inaugral CHS film festival! We need to learn these things because of 2 reasons…

21. 2. I want to win the CANTOM Invision Film Competition!

22. And if you think that’s A lot of work, Wait till Term 2

23. Questionnaire Create a Media Representation of Yourself from the Lego, Coloured Paper, Felts, etc