Australian Screen Education articles from June 2006

Australian Screen Education archives from June 2006

Events.
June 22, 2006... If you know of a Media related event that other teachers could get excited about, email the details to atom@ atomvic.org We reserve the right to make the final call on whether the event is worthy of listing. TEXT TO SCREEN PROGRAM ...

The 2005 Atom Awards: a wealth of talent.
June 22, 2006... THE ATOM Awards Ceremony is slightly different from your average awards ceremony. It is the one awards ceremony for film, television and multimedia that appreciates the work of students, from primary through to tertiary levels, and industry...

The living image: French cinema from the Lumieres to the banlieux.(movies)
June 22, 2006... There is a tradition in French academic philosophy emphasizing experience over consciousness, the world over the self. Such an emphasis has marked French cinema in a fundamental way. To survey French filmmaking is to engage with the conditions...

Ned Kelly rides again ... and again and again: a friend of mine tells of the family legend that her great-grandmother, a settler with many children of her own, delivered Ned Kelly.
June 22, 2006... My three-year-old grandson points to a small garden statue of Ned Kelly, about 1 1/2 metres high, in a town to the south-east of Melbourne, and knows who it is intended to be. A stall at the Mornington market on a Wednesday in November 2005 was...

Gimme some truth: the documentary films of John Pilger: Australian journalist John Pilger first came to prominence for his war reporting which covered Cambodia, Vietnam, Egypt, India, Bangladesh, Biafra and the Middle East.(John Richard Pilger)
June 22, 2006... AS a documentary-maker, he possesses an uncanny ability to convey the mindless horror and brutal stupidity of colonial wars in an almost dispassionate, deadpan manner. Although an expat, Pilger is the quintessential laconic Aussie reporter,...

Telling the story.(instructional movies at primary schools)
June 22, 2006... Finding Time to Teach Oracy ACTIVITIES designed to teach literacy can often 'double up' as opportunities for learning and practising skills in speaking, listening, viewing and writing. Students are frequently engaged in talk activities of...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: using the IMDB to generate teaching ideas.(A MIDDLE YEARS TEACHER RESOURCE)(Internet Movie Database)(Cover Story)
June 22, 2006... Introduction WHETHER you begin with the Roald Dahl book, the 1971 film starring Gene Wilder or the 2005 film starring Johnny Depp, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory provides 'gazillions' of opportunities to have fun learning about...

Hating Alison Ashley introducing the comedy genre.(A MIDDLE YEARS TEACHER RESOURCE)
June 22, 2006... Ten Reasons to Teach Hating Alison Ashley Hating Alison Ashley is an excellent way to introduce the comedy genre because it: 1. Is a fun, Australian film based on Robin Klein's popular novel. 2. Depicts the personal journey of the...

Inside the whale: a closer look at 'Whale Rider'.(A CLOSER LOOK AT ...)(Movie Review)
June 22, 2006... Whale Rider is a film that has everything going for it: an indigenous people and their myth-rich culture, whales, (which, were it not tempting fate, I would say were flavour-of-the-month), a remote rural arcadia set in a stunning landscape...

Crimes of the heart.(A CLOSER LOOK AT ...)
June 22, 2006... TEN years ago Robyn Hughan wrote lyrics for a song called 'Crimes of the Heart', inspired by her concern about child abuse. He dares lay a hand upon her soul As he destroys her morale The child inside calls out Not to be touched without a...

How to write a script: this article takes students inside the scriptwriter's head and provides opportunities for critical analysis, developing media literacy skills, writing and media production.(The Inside Story)
June 22, 2006... THE entire unit can be photocopied and distributed to students, read and discussed. The article is based on the Australian Children's Television Foundation's (ACTF) TV series Noah & Saskia for the Middle Years. To find out more details about...

Mixing media: Microsoft's Movie Maker, montage and war poetry in the English classroom.(TEACHING MEDIA)
June 22, 2006... Introduction THIS task was designed to allow students to experiment with the technique of montage as a vehicle for composing their own war poetry. The montage task was developed for a Year 10 Intermediate class, and could be adapted for...

Get away from me, you bitch! Demon mothers, psycho sons and the 'Scream' trilogy.(TEACHING MEDIA)
June 22, 2006... 'Maternal abandonment causes serious deviant behaviour.' (Billy Loomis, Scream) MOTHERS are formidable and prevalent creatures in the realm of cinematic horror. The quartet of Alien movies for example, rips open every possible maternal...

Teaching television at University: skills for the 'real world'.(Queensland University of Technology )
June 22, 2006... The Bachelor of Creative Industries (Television) IN 2004, Queensland University of Technology introduced the first undergraduate degree at an Australian university focused specifically on television--not film and television, not...

Film, Television and New Media in Queensland: the 2006 syllabus.(TEACHING MEDIA)
June 22, 2006... IT is twenty-five years since Queensland's senior secondary media education course Film and Television was introduced in approximately thirty schools. In 2006 a new subject, Film, Television and New Media, will take its place, and media...

The Matrix: cult classic or computerized con?(1931-2005 FILM AS TEXT)
June 22, 2006... The first image on the screen is of a computer print-out. Nothing you can actually read or understand. Then there's a conversation between a woman and a guy about Morpheus, followed by some men in dark glasses racing around after a very...

The 2005 ATOM awards winners.
June 22, 2006... 1 Best Junior (K-8) Multimedia Production ALL ABOUT ANTS Mitchell Molenaar, James Cogan, Philip Neivandt and Jake Barby--Larta Primary School 2 Best Tertiary Music Video MUPH AND PLUTONIC: HEAPS GOOD Anto Skene--Dudeio Studios 3 Best...

Into the tangle: perspectives on narrative in Lantana.(FILM AS TEXT: 1931-2005)
June 22, 2006... Preface Lantana (Ray Lawrence, 2001) is a multi-layered film that explores the nature of adult relationships and the inevitable crises faced by many adults. Marriage breakdown, coping with grief caused by the loss of a child and multiple...

The Truman Show and the programming of reality.(1931-2005 FILM AS TEXT)
June 22, 2006... Peter Weir's directorial filmography is something of a curiosity. Having been at the helm of some fifteen features in just over three decades, he is not an overly prolific director, and his films cover a such a broad range of styles and...

Somewhere in the night: Memento.(1931-2005 FILM AS TEXT)
June 22, 2006... In the opening shot of Christopher Nolan's Memento (2000) we see a Polaroid photograph fade to a blank sheet of paper. As you watch the shapes dissolve and the colours disappear, you become aware that here is a film with a bravura sense of...

It's the music that matters? Brassed Off.(1931-2005 FILM AS TEXT)
June 22, 2006... Despite what you may have heard, Brassed Off (Mark Her1996) is not a feel-good comedy: it's a war film--a film bout class warfare. To an allegedly egalitarian Australian audience, this may not be immediately obvious; but as the world moves...

Max Fatchen: The River Kings: the River Kings by Max Fatchen is the story of Shawn, a young county boy dreaming of a better life working the riverboats on the River Murray.( )(Critical Essay)
June 22, 2006... ESCAPING his callous stepfather and overworked mother, Shawn runs away from the hard life he has endured on the family selection and joins the crew of the ramshackle boat known as the Lazy Jane. It is here that he finds a new family, albeit a...

Andrew Goode: Love Tricycle: everything you wanted to know about animation but did not know who to ask!
June 22, 2006... THE short animated film Love Tricycle will appeal to anyone interested in understanding or working in the world of creative animation. The film has a love triangle storyline with delightful music that keeps the viewer entranced. Following the...