The Arts
Rationale: VCE Art introduces the role of art, in all forms of media, in contemporary and historical cultures and societies. Students build an understanding of how artists, through their practice and the artworks they produce, communicate their experiences, ideas, values, beliefs and viewpoints. In this study, students view artworks and investigate the working practices of artists from different cultures and periods of time. Unit 1 and Unit 2 are divided into two sections: Written work – Analysing and interpreting artworks. Practical work – Folio and body of work
AR011 UNIT 1: ARTWORKS, EXPERIENCE AND MEANING
Areas of Study:
- Artworks and Meaning
- Art making and Meaning
Unit 1 – Outcome 1
Students will gain experience in the analysis and interpretations of artworks. By using the “Structural and Personal Frameworks” students will develop skills in talking and writing about art, exploring the meanings and messages of the artworks.
Unit 1 – Outcome 2
Students will develop confidence in their own artistic practice through the exploration of techniques, materials and processes using imagination and observation in a range of tasks. Students will experiment with a range of materials and art forms, and use a visual diary to document and reflect on their ideas and experimentation.
Assessment: You must pass both the practical and the written work to pass overall.
AR022 UNIT 2: ARTWORKS AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
Areas of Study:
- Contemporary artworks and culture
- Art making and contemporary culture
Unit 2 – Outcome 1
Students will analyse, interpret and compare artworks from different cultures and times. Students will explore the role and purpose of art in different cultural contexts and times. They will also explore diverse and alternative approaches to making and presenting art. The “Cultural and Contemporary Frameworks” will be used to analyse, interpret and compare artworks.
Unit 2 – Outcome 2
Students will continue to use the art process and visual language to explore and experiment with materials and techniques. Students will develop personal and creative responses to their own artistic practice in relation to the theme of culture and contemporary ideas and art practices. Again a visual diary is used to document and reflect on their ideas and experimentation.
Assessment: You must pass both the practical and the written work to pass overall.
Rationale: In VCE Drama, students tell stories, explore ideas, make sense of their worlds and communicate meaning through the practice of performance-making. VCE Drama connects students to multiple traditions of drama practice across a range of social, historical and cultural contexts. Through the processes of devising and performing drama, students investigate self and others by exploring and responding to the contexts, the narratives and the stories that shape their worlds. Students develop an appreciation of drama as an art form through their work as solo and ensemble performers, and engagement with professional contemporary drama practice. The study of drama may provide pathways to training and tertiary study in acting, dramaturgy, theatre-making, script writing, communication and drama criticism.
DR011 UNIT 1: INTRODUCING PERFORMANCE STYLES
This unit focuses on creating, presenting and analysing a devised solo and ensemble performance that includes real or imagined characters. The study of three or more performance styles from a range of social, historical and cultural contexts is also included in the study. This unit also involves analysis of a student’s own performance work and a work by professional drama performers.
Areas of Study
- Creating a Devised Performance
- Presenting a Devised Performance
- Analysing a Devised Performance
- Analysing a Professional Drama Performance
Outcomes
You should be able to:
- Use play-making techniques to devise performances based on stories and/or characters, as well as describe the dramatic processes used to create and develop this performance work.
- Use expressive skills, theatrical conventions and stagecraft to perform stories and characters to an audience.
- Manipulate the actor-audience relationship during a performance.
- Create, sustain and develop a role that applies the transformation of symbol, character, time and place.
- Use appropriate drama terminology to analyse and to evaluate their own and others performance.
DR022 UNIT 2: AUSTRALIAN IDENTITY
This unit focuses on the use and documentation of the processes involved in constructing a devised solo or ensemble performance. Students create, present and analyse a performance based on a person, an event, an issue, a place, an artwork, a text or an icon from a contemporary or historical Australian context. Students further develop their knowledge of the conventions of transformation of character, time and place, the application of symbol, and how these conventions may be manipulated to create meaning in performance and the use of dramatic elements and production areas.
Areas of Study
- Using Australia as Inspiration
- Presenting a Devised Performance
- Analysing a Devised Performance
- Analysing an Australian Drama Performance
Outcomes
You should be able to:
- Use a range of stimulus material from a contemporary or historical Australian context in the creation of a performance, as well as document and record the processes used to shape and develop this performance.
- Manipulate dramatic elements, theatrical conventions and stagecraft in the presentation of a performance work to an audience.
- Use the language of drama to analyse the development of your own performance work.
- Identify use of theatrical conventions, describe the performance style and analyse and evaluate how dramatic elements have been used in a professional performance.
Assessment for Units 1 & 2: S or N based on the achievement of the outcomes specified above.
Rationale: The media have a significant impact on people’s lives. The media entertain, educate, inform and provide channels of communication. The media not only comment on culture, they reflect the society which creates them. The study of media includes media forms such as the press, radio, film, TV, and photography, and media processes such as publishing, advertising, news production, and popular culture.
ME011 UNIT 1: MEDIA FORMS, REPRESENTATIONS & AUSTRALIAN STORIES
Areas of Study
- Media Representations
- Media Forms in Production
- Australian Stories
Outcomes
- You will learn to describe the way that the media constructs a reality and explain how the process of representation influences this.
- You will work in two or more media forms to design and create media products.
- Develop an understanding of the features of Australian fictional and non-fictional narratives in different media forms.
What do you actually do?
- Analyse advertising, photography and film
- Create print advertising
- Film, record and edit media products
Assessment: S or N based on the demonstrated achievement of the outcomes specified above.
ME022 UNIT 2: NARRATIVE ACROSS MEDIA FORMS
Areas of Study
- Narrative, Style and Genre
- Narratives in Production
- Media and Change
Outcomes
- You will analyse the intentions of media creators and producers and the influences of narratives on the audience in different media forms
- You will apply the media production process to create, develop and construct narratives.
- You will discuss the influence of new media technologies on society, audiences, the individual, media industries and institutions.
What do you actually do?
- Analyse narratives
- Create short films
- Look at the impact of new media technologies
Assessment: S or N based on the demonstrated achievement of the outcomes specified above.
Rationale: Music Performance aims to broaden and enrich students’ musical experience, to assist students to develop personal awareness of the expressive and aesthetic qualities of music and to encourage a life-long engagement with music and music making. Music Performance involves synthesis of knowledge of the music works being performed and requires the use of an instrument to interpret and realise the work, as well as knowledge and understanding of how to use an instrument to produce and manipulate sound. Music performance also empowers students to take charge of their own development as a musician by refining approaches to practise and finding solutions to technical problems.
Areas of Study
- Performance
- Preparing for Performance
- Music Language
Participation in a school based ensemble is necessary to fulfil the requirements of the Performance
Area of Study
Outcomes
You should be able to:
- Prepare and perform a program of group and solo works.
- Demonstrate and discuss techniques relevant to the performance of selected works.
- Identify, re-create, extend and notate music language components and short phrases, and describe ways elements of music may be interpreted.
Assessment: S or N based on whether the student has demonstrated the set of the outcomes specified for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
- Solo performance
- Group performance
- Demonstration of exercises
- Oral presentation
- Aural/written test
- A practical musicianship test
MC012 UNIT 2: MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Areas of Study
- Performance
- Preparing for Performance
- Music Language
- Organisation of Sound
Participation in a school based ensemble is necessary to fulfil the requirements of the Performance
Area of Study
Outcomes
You should be able to:
- Prepare and perform a program of group and solo works.
- Demonstrate and discuss techniques relevant to performance of selected works.
- Re-create, extend and notate music language components and short phrases, and describe ways elements of music may be interpreted.
- Devise a composition or improvisation that uses music language evident in work/s being prepared for performance.
Assessment: S or N based on whether the student has demonstrated the outcomes specified for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
- Solo performance
- Group performance
- Demonstration of exercises
- Oral presentation
- Aural/written test
- Composition and/or improvisation and report
- A practical musicianship test
Rationale: VCE Studio Arts broadens students’ understanding of, and ability to engage with, artworks. It equips students with the knowledge and skills to pursue an art studio practice and follow tertiary and industry pathways in Fine art, research and education. The study also offers students opportunities for personal development and encourages them to make an ongoing contribution to society and the culture of their community through lifelong participation in the making and viewing of artworks.
SA011 UNIT 1: STUDIO INSPIRATION AND TECHNIQUES
Areas of Study
1. Researching and Recording Ideas
- Outcome 1: You will be able to identify sources of inspiration and artistic influences and outline individual ideas, art forms and aesthetic qualities, and translate these into visual language.
2. Studio Practice
- Outcome 2: You will be able to produce at least one finished artwork and progressively record the development of your studio practice, conveying individual ideas through the exploration of materials and techniques in selected art form/s.
3. Interpreting Art Ideas and Use of Materials and
Techniques
- Outcome 3: Through various written texts you will be able to discuss the artistic practice of artists from different times and cultures, their sources of inspiration, materials and techniques for at least two artworks by each artist.
SA022 UNIT 2: STUDIO EXPLORATION AND CONCEPTS
Areas of Study
1. Exploration of Studio Practice and Development
of Artworks
- Outcome 1: You will be able to develop an individual exploration proposal to form the basis of a studio process, and from this produce
and document a variety of potential directions in a visual diary for at least one artwork.
2. Ideas and Styles in Art Works
- Outcome 2: Through various written tasks you will be able to compare a range of historical and contemporary art periods, styles or movements, and analyse the ways in which artists communicate ideas, develop styles and demonstrate aesthetic qualities in artworks.
Rationale: Visual communication design can inform people’s decisions about where and how they live and what they buy and consume. The visual presentation of information influences people’s choices about what they think, what they need or want. The study provides students with the opportunity to develop informed, critical and discriminating approaches to understanding and using visual communications, and nurtures their ability to think creatively about design solutions. Design thinking, which involves the application of creative, critical and reflective techniques, supports skill development in areas beyond design, including science, business, marketing and management.
The rapid acceleration of the capabilities and accessibility of digital design technologies has brought new challenges to visual communication design practices. Through the consideration of ethical and environmental sustainability issues, students are able to make informed choices that affect current and future practices. The study of Visual Communication Design can provide pathways to training and tertiary study in design and design-related studies, including communication, industrial and fashion design, architecture and media.
VC011 UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN
Areas of Study
- Drawing as a Means of Communication
- Design Elements and Design Principles
- Visual Communication Design in Context
Outcomes
- Draw using a range of methods, media and materials
- Design effective visual communications through exploration of the design elements and design principles
- Describe visual communications and how they are influenced by past and present social and cultural factors.
What do you actually do?
- Experiment and explore creative drawing with a range of art materials
- Design, advertise and promote in the areas of making and marketing
- Research historical designs and discuss their impact in today’s world.
VC022 UNIT 2: APPLICATIONS OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION WITHIN DESIGN FIELDS
Areas of Study
- Technical Drawing in Context
- Type and Imagery in Context
- Applying the Design Process
Outcomes
- Create presentation drawings that effectively communicate information and ideas for a selected design field
- Manipulate type (lettering and images) to create visual communications suitable for print and screen-based presentations
- Engage in stages of the design process to create a visual communication appropriate to a given brief.
What do you actually do?
- Create drawings suitable for industrial and environmental design
- Produce designs where lettering is the key focus, commonly explored with packaging, posters, film and screen
- Document a folio with specific steps to achieve final design according to a client’s needs.
Assessments for unit 1 and 2: S or N based on the demonstrated achievement of the outcomes specified.
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