Visual Arts 11/12 IRP

Media Arts 11




Image-Development and Design Strategies (Perceiving/Responding)

Students perceive and respond to images in ways that demonstrate awareness of the sources, techniques, and strategies of image development and design.
It is expected that students will:
  • compare the effect of images developed using two or more media arts technologies
  • relate the design of media arts images to content and function
  • identify the impact of traditional and modern technologies on image development and design
  • analyse ethical, moral, and legal considerations associated with using media arts technology for image development

Image-Development and Design Strategies (Creating/Communicating)

Students create images reflecting their understanding of a wide variety of image sources, techniques, and image-development and design strategies.
It is expected that students will:
  • create media arts images using a variety of design strategies and image sources to reach a specific audience or achieve a specific purpose
  • solve a design problem using one or more media arts technologies
  • use a variety of media arts technologies and design strategies to create a series of images focussing on one subject or theme
  • create images using sound and movement

Context (Perceiving/Responding)

Students perceive and respond to images and the ways these images reflect and affect personal, social, cultural, and historical contexts.
It is expected that students will:
  • identify roles that media arts have in reflecting, sustaining, and challenging beliefs and traditions
  • analyse how context and purpose influence the content and form of media artworks
  • explain personal interpretation of and preferences for selected media artworks
  • demonstrate an understanding of various career options in the media arts

Context (Creating/Communicating)

Students create images that communicate understanding of and appreciation for the influence of personal, social, cultural, and historical contexts.
It is expected that students will:
  • create images using media arts technology that:
    • defend values and traditions
    • reflect the characteristics of other artists, movements, and periods
    • reflect historical and contemporary themes
  • create a media artwork for a specific audience
  • evaluate audience response to a presentation of media artworks

Visual Elements and Principles of Art and Design (Perceiving/Responding)

Students perceive and respond to images in ways that demonstrate their understanding of the visual elements and principles of art and design.
It is expected that students will:
  • critique the use of the visual elements and principles of art and design in a variety of media artworks
  • identify symbolic and cultural associations of particular visual elements and principles of art and design in media arts
  • compare the application of particular visual elements and principles of art and design in selected media artworks

Visual Elements and Principles of Art and Design (Creating/Communicating)

Students create images that communicate their understanding of and appreciation for the visual elements and principles of art and design and how they are used to communicate.
It is expected that students will:
  • use media arts technology to create images that demonstrate particular visual elements and principles of art and design
  • use media arts technology to manipulate selected visual elements and principles of art and design in order to:
    • alter the meaning or effect of images
    • reflect stylistic or cultural influences

Materials, Technologies, and Processes (Perceiving/Responding)

Students perceive and respond to images from a variety of different types of artworks in ways that demonstrate their understanding of how the choice of materials, technologies, and processes affects images.
It is expected that students will:
  • analyse how materials, media arts technologies, and processes are used to affect the meaning of images
  • demonstrate an understanding of the evolution of media arts technology used to make images
  • consistently use appropriate vocabulary when discussing media artworks and associated materials, technologies, and processes

Materials, Technologies, and Processes (Creating/Communicating)

Students create images that demonstrate their ability to communicate effectively using a variety of materials, technologies, and processes.
It is expected that students will:
  • use a variety of materials, media arts technologies, and processes to create images
  • apply appropriate materials, media arts technologies, and processes to achieve their intent in media artwork
  • use and maintain materials, equipment, and work space in a safe and environmentally sensitive manner

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