Media elements

When students are engaging in media arts - be it through making or responding - they need to have an understanding of the elements of media. According to ACARA (2013), these are composition, time, space, sound, movement and lighting. When creating their own work, thinking about these elements is important in order to create an interesting and effective piece. When responding to others' work, it can be a very helpful exercise to analyse why the artist may have chosen to do things a certain way, and how it contributes to their telling of the story.

During our media arts workshop, we created a photo story. During the making of our piece, we had to consider these elements and choose the most effective way to portray the story we wanted to tell.

References

Ewing, R., & Gibson, R. (2011). Transforming the curriculum through the arts. Melbourne: Palgrave Macmillan.

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (2013). Revised Draft Australian Curriculum: The Arts Foundation to Year 10. Retrieved from http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/_resources/draft_arts_curriculum_22_february_2013.pdf