This document summarizes the visual arts course offerings at Fairvale High School for years 9-10 and 11-12. It outlines 5 elective courses students can choose from: Visual Arts, Ceramics, Visual Design, Film and Video, and Photography. Each course is designed to help students develop skills in specific visual art areas. The courses involve learning techniques like drawing, painting, sculpture, and digital media. Ceramics focuses on handbuilding and wheel work. Visual Design teaches design principles. Film and Video covers video production and editing. Photography teaches film processing and digital photography. A list of possible art-related careers is also provided.

1. Visual Arts
Subject selections for years
9& 10 and 11 & 12

2. Stage 4
(year 7 & 8)
Visual Arts
Mandatory
Stage 5 Stage 5 Stage 5 Stage 5
(year 9 & 10) (year 9 & 10) (year 9 & 10) (year 9 & 10)
Photographic and Visual Arts Visual Design Ceramics
Digital Media Elective Elective Elective
Elective
Stage 6 Stage 6 Stage 6 Stage 6
(year 11 & 12) (year 11 & 12) (year 11 & 12) (year 11 & 12)
Photography, Video Visual Arts Visual Design Ceramics
and Digital Imaging Elective Elective Elective
Elective Board developed Content endorsed Content endorsed
Content endorsed UAI
Community, other education and learning, and workplace

3. Visual Arts
At Fairvale High School, the Visual Arts faculty
offer students the opportunity to select from five different
courses.
These courses are designed to help cater for excellence
in specific areas for years 9 & 10 and 11 & 12.
Note you do not need to have previous art experience
to select any of the art electives.
Visual Arts
Ceramics
Visual Design
Film and Video
Photography

4. Visual Arts
elective

5. Visual Arts
Visual Arts offers opportunities to develop your own interests, to
be self-motivated and active learners.
Students experience the practice of art criticism, art
history and artmaking such as: drawings, printmaking,
digital media, collage, painting, computer generated
artworks, ceramics, sculpture, film, installations,
textile, designed images, jewellery, wearables.
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10. Ceramics
elective

11. Ceramics
Within the Ceramics course you will develop your skills in
a range of handbuilding techniques, wheel work, slipcasting,
sculptural forms, kiln technology, mix media,and decorative
surface treatment and glaze technology.

13. Visual Design
elective

14. Visual Design
Visual Design plays a significant role in our world as
mostly everything around you has been designed by
design artists. Examples: car, clothes and fashion,
jewellery and accessories, bags, magazine layouts
and cartoons, furniture.

16. Photography
&
Film and Video
NOTE:
The Photography & Film and Video course run
under the Board of Studies course
“Photography, Video and Digital Imaging”,
therefore you are not allowed to select
both of these subjects

17. Film and Video
elective

18. Film and Video
(Photography, Video and Digital Imaging)
In Film and Video you will learn to use a digital video and
photographic camera. you will be able to create your own
DVDs and Video. You will learn how to edit your footage and
add sound and special effects. Learn how to create a short
claymation movie. You will also experience behind the scene
techniques such as lighting, acting, film genres and styles,
writing storyboards, pre-production and post production
experiences, animation.

19. claymation

20. Photography
elective

21. Photography
(Photography, Video and Digital Imaging)
In this course you will learn to use an SLR camera
and process your own film and develop black and
white photographs in the darkroom. Take digital
photographs, manipulate and create
computer-generated images. Learn different
photographic styles and genres.

23. Some Occupations
in the art field
• Graphic designer Beauty therapist
• Architect Jeweller
• Costume maker Signwriter
• Cartoonist Camera operator
• Fashion designer Make-up artist
• Graphic artist/designer Painter and decorator
• Web designer Hairdresser
• Art teacher Florist
• Photographer Journalist
• Interior designer Museum curator
• Advertising manager Archaeologist

24. REMEMBER TO SELECT SUBJECTS
THAT YOU ENJOY AND ARE GOOD AT.
THINK ABOUT YOUR FUTURE AND
POSSIBLE CAREER CHOICES.
GOOD LUCK.
Visual Arts Faculty