VCE Studio Arts + VCD

​Unit 2: Narrative across media forms

 

Assessment:

The following outcomes will be assessed through a range of tasks by means of audiovisual/audio sequences, radio or audio sequences, photography, print layouts, sequences or presentations using digital techniques, posters, written responses or oral reports.

• Outcome 1 - Narrative, style and genre

• Outcome 2 - Narratives in production

• Outcome 3 - Media and change

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Fictional and non-fictional narratives are fundamental to the media and are found in all media forms. Media industries such as journalism and filmmaking are built upon the creation and distribution of narratives constructed in the form of a series of interconnected images and/or sounds and/or words, and using media codes and conventions. New media forms and technologies enable participants to design, create and distribute narratives in hybrid forms such as collaborative and user-generated content, which challenges the traditional understanding of narrative form and content. Narratives in new media forms have generated new modes of audience engagement, consumption and reception. In this unit students further develop an understanding of the concept of narrative in media products and forms in different contexts. Narratives in both traditional and newer forms include film, television, sound, news, print, photography, games, and interactive digital forms. Students analyse the influence of developments in media technologies on individuals and society, examining in a range of media forms the effects of media convergence and hybridisation on the design, production and distribution of narratives in the media and audience engagement, consumption and reception. Students undertake production activities to design and create narratives that demonstrate an awareness of the structures and media codes and conventions appropriate to corresponding media forms.

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The unit consists of three outcomes which see students complete:

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