Year 12 OP Assessment Booklet 2019

YEAR 12 FILM TV AND NEW MEDIA (OP) COURSE OUTLINE

The OP Film, Television and New Media course encourages students to develop their ability to critique media texts produced in a wide variety of contexts and eras. There is also an emphasis on fostering design and production skills through the creation of texts. SEMESTER ONE SEMESTER TWO Unit 3: Social Media and Video Games

Unit 4: Alternative Film In this unit students will focus on alternatives to mainstream Hollywood films. The ways in which filmmakers find alternative pathways to production and distribution will be examined. Students will use their understanding of the history of alternative film production to inform their own work. Unit 5: Music Videos Students will have the opportunity to analyse a range of popular music videos and respond creatively or analytically.

This unit focuses on the massive impact of social media and video gaming on the global media landscape in recent times, and the ways in which new online communities have formed. Consideration of the cultural significance of these technologies will be given. The responses of media institutions and governments to the increasing democratisation of global digital communities will also be explored. A study of the emergence of new forms of communication practice will be central to this unit.

ASSESSMENT OUTLINE Assessment Outline: Students will have two formal assignment tasks relating to each of the course’s three elements: critique, design and production, throughout the course of the year. SEMESTER ONE SEMESTER TWO

12.1 Social Media and Young People Documentary/ Docu-Drama Design – Written Treatment and Script or Screenplay 12.2 Social Media and Young People Documentary/ Docu-Drama Production – Short Video (Individual or Group)

12.4 - Independent/ Alternative Film Design – Written Treatment

12.5 - Independent/ Alternative Film Production – Short Video

12.3 Video Games Critique - Analytical Essay

12.6 - Independent/ Alternative Film Critique – Oral Presentation 12.7 - (Production, Design, Critique) Student Choice Music video essay, design suite or film

The following table is used to determine the exit level of achievement: LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT MINIMUM COMBINATION OF STANDARDS Very High Standard A in any two exit criteria and a B in the third criterion High Standard B in any two exit criteria and a C in the third criterion Sound Standard C in any two exit criteria and a D in the third criterion Limited Standard D in any two exit criteria and an E in the third criterion

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