Content: Film, television and new media are out primary sources of information and entertainment.  They are important channels for communication and cultural exchange.  Moving image media enables us to understand and express ourselves as Australian and global citizens, consumers, workers and imaginative beings.  They also provide a means to connect with and learn about our own and other cultures and practices. Moving-image media production and use has always been an evolving field with continual changes in practices and processes.  Exploring these changes Investigating “new” media is more than investigating changes in technologies and the ways it is used – it deals with existing technologies and developments in formats through which local and global communities interact with and through the media as well as “new” issues associated with access, ownership, control and regulation.

 

Students will study Film, Television and New Media through five key concepts that operate in the contexts of production and use.  These key concepts, which draw on a range of contemporary media theories, are:

Assessment: Student achievement will be assessed according to the three (3) criteria of Design, Production and Critique.

 

Career pathways: If you’re interested in writing, journalism, directing, photography, production, acting, editing or the media field in general, Film, Television and New Media will open the door as well as qualifying you for an OP, you will have the opportunity to produce audio visual texts for portfolio entry into film courses.  Past students have enjoyed success in nation-wide short film competitions and have been financially renumerated while working with outside groups.

 

Costs: covered by the Resource Hire Scheme plus individual student levy to cover additional costs of Film, Television and New Media

 

Email: dweek2@eq.edu.au