Media Studies 301

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Course OutlineMedia Studies 301BN

20 Credits

12 Internal

8 External

What’s on Offer

FUN Hard Work Creativity Connections Understanding Industry Knowledge Responsibility Personal Ownership

What’s really on offer

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

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

3.1 Media Industry

NZ Advertising Industry

3.2 Close Reading

Music Videos(Directors Study)

3.4 Genre Study

U.S Sit Coms

3.6 Create & PresentA Pitch

Pitching Your Media Product

3.8 Media Production

Short Film

Or Other Stuff

Year BookRadio ShowMusic Video

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

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

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

What will we be doing?

1. We will look at film as a language

2. We will focus on a handful of simple but effective techniques that turn stupid into awesome

Teaching The Screen

3. We will understand why these techniques work

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

5. We will learn how to pitch an idea

6. We will learn how to write a script

I want to win the inaugral CHS film festival!

We need to learn these things because of 2 reasons…

2.

I want to win the CANTOM Invision Film Competition!

And if you think that’sA lot of work,

Wait till Term 2

Questionnaire Create a Media Representation of Yourself

from the Lego, Coloured Paper, Felts, etc