YEAR 11 MEDIA ARTSPopular Culture - Music Video

Lesson Objectives and Goals

• Learn a little about Mrs James and each other

• Know how to access information on Mrs James Website

• Understand the Unit Learning Outcomes

• Be familiar with the course and assessments

• Begin to think about the concept of Popular Culture Representation in Music Video

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Something About Mrs James

Class Expectations

• Respect

• Towards each other by listening, giving constructive comments and feedback.

• Towards Mrs James, who wants your learning journey to be fun, motivating and successful

• Prepared to Work

• You should arrive to class on time with the required items such as portfolio, writing equipment, personal learning device (Laptop or iPad) and USB

Class Expectations

• Homework

• If we achieve the goals we set at the beginning of the lesson there will be no homework. If not you may need to complete unfinished tasks at home.

• Blog

• I expect you to contribute to the blog once a week, using respect and maturity in your posts

• Assignments

• Time will be allocated during class to work on the assessment tasks but it is expected that you will need to work on them at home in order to complete them at my expected high standard

Website: www.mediawithmrsjames.weebly.com

Media  Arts  with  Mrs  James  is  an  interactive  website  where  you  will  find  all  the  information  you  need  to  complete  the  unit  such  as;  course  outline,  assessments,  tasks,  weekly  lesson  plans,  the  blog  and  helpful  resources  

Introduction to the Course

• Unit 1 Popular Culture Description

“This focus involves identifying what is meant by ‘popular’ culture and considering the types of media, ideas and audiences from which popular culture evolves. Students analyse, view, listen to and interact with a range of popular media, develop their own ideas, learn production skills and apply their understanding and skills in creating their own productions”. (WACE  Syllabus  2015  )    

A  copy  of  the  syllabus  is  available  on  the  website    h"p://mediawithmrsjames.weebly.com/resources-­‐‑and-­‐‑examples-­‐‑yr-­‐‑11-­‐‑12.html  

Course Overview

• Course Outline is located on the website

http://mediawithmrsjames.weebly.com/popular-culture--music-videos.html

• Assessment Tasks

•Task  1  –  Production  of  a  Music  Video  •Task  2  –  Essay  response  to  media  language  and  representation  of  music  videos  •Task  3  –  Advertising  Poster  Reflection  Essay  in  response  to  the  audience  •Task  4  –  Production  of  Advertising  Poster  •Task  5  –  In  Class  Essay  in  response  to  the  production  of  music  video  •Task  6  –  Wri+en  Exam  

h"p://mediawithmrsjames.weebly.com/assessments-­‐‑year-­‐‑11-­‐‑and-­‐‑12.html

Time LineOverview of task due dates and flow of the course for Term One

Week 2-4 Week 5 Week 6-7 Week 8-9

• Task 1 Discussion/ Implementation

• Task 2 Discussion/ Implementation

• Task 1 Pre Production due for feed back

• Task 2 Essay Final Draft Due

• Task 1 Production week 7

• Task 2 Final Essay Due week 6

• Task 1 Post Production and final product due week 9

Time LineOverview of task due dates and flow of the course for Term Two

Week 1-2 Week 3-4 Week 5-6 Week 7

• Task 3 Discussion/ Implementation

• Task 4 Discussion/ Implementation

• Task 3 &4 due in week 3

• Task 5 Discussion/Implementation

• Task 5 In Class Essay week 5

• Task 6 Discussion/Revision

• Exam Week • Task 6

Weeks 8 to 10

•Parent  Night  Week  8  •Parents  will  be  invited  to  a0end  a  viewing  of  

the  music  videos  and  poster  display  •Students  will  be  required  to  give  a  short  

introduction  to  their  video.  

•Week  9  and  10  Introduction  to  Unit  Two  Journalism

1. What do you like about music videos?

2. What is the purpose of music videos?

3. What elements of music video interest you?

4. How is popular culture defined in music video?

5. Consider the subtext in music video