Killing me softly video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTlmho_RovY
Jean Kilbournes double headed thesis. She views that violence towards woman is subtly encouraged by advertisements by protraying them as objects. Would be a great topic to use for media representation, or use as how with comunication model could be applied to her arguement.

Blocking the Net

Highlights the debate on blocking the internet by using classification board ACMA.
http://news.sbs.com.au/insight/episode/index/id/59#watchonline

Media Debates

Everette E Dennis & John C Merrill, 1991Longman Publishing Group

This book has a collection of media issues that you could run as a classroom debate. It would be good as a guide to address Unit 4 outcome 3, Media Infuence.

Metro Magazine

Metro Magazine is a magazine that is published by ATOM. It has articles and analysis on current films and media. Would be useful to subscribe to and keep up to date. Would give ideas for film narrative. Unit 3 outcome 1, narrative

A first look at communication theory

Emory Griffin, 2009, Mc-GrawHill Companies

A book that has good descriptions of communication theories. There is nice little cartoons and graphic that explain the theories. The illustrations would be good to use to expain the theories in a visual way to students.
Help for an in depth understanding of the theories, for Unit 4, Outcome 3 Media Influence.

Digital resource finder for Film Australia

This website is an excellent tools for find resources for teaching a number of subjects. Could be used to address all of the units across VCE, you just need to search

Grid systems in graphic design: a visual communication manual for graphic designers

by Josef Mhuller-Brockmann, 1996, Heer Druck AG
Outlines conventions that are used in good magazine and/or poster layout. Also explain type and it's history. Good to use for Unit 2, Outcome 1, Media production, when explaining the codes of newspapers or magazines.

michael's yellow book

Edited/ collated by Michael Considine
This a selection of articles, examples, explanations of everything in the current VCE media study guide. Good to keep and add things too. Useful for all sections of the study guide.

Womens' weekly covers

 A great selection of old Women's weekly magazine covers. The covers depict what was going on at the time in history. Easily address Unit 4, Outcome 2 Social Values.

Swinburne On Line Professional Development

This is from the Swinburne On Line Professional Development
Teachers and Students Resource Page for Media
It includes documents and links listed below are intended to help students learn about the relationship between the media and the social values of the culture in which media texts exist. Unit 4 outcome 2, social values.

A stop motion animation

This could be used to show students a clever and simple stop motion animation. It could be adapted students making an animation that explains communication theory.

The changing portrayal of adolescents in the media since 1950

Patrick E. Jamieson, Daniel Romer Oxford University Press, 2008

This book looks at how adolescents in the media have been depicted since 1950. It highlights the ideal fitness represented with 'superheros' and the issues relating to body perceptions.

Excellent to use for Unit 1, Outcome 1, on Representation

Making sense of media: key texts in media and cultural studies

Arthur Asa Berger, 2005 Blackwell publishing, Ch 6  pp49 -57

A piece about undertanding fairytale novels. Good to use when addressing genres. Unit 3 outcome 1, narrative

Television, globalization and cultural identities

Chris Barker -1999 Open University Press,

Violence on television: distribution, form, context, and themes

Barrie Gunter, Jackie Harrison, Maggie Wykes - 2003
A book that examines that findings from studies that look into children watching television and the effects it can have on children. It is quite detailed and only extracts would be needed to illustrate the findings.

Good to address Unit 4, Outcome 3 Media Influence.

Cinematic Sociology: Social Life in Film

Jean-Anne Sutherland, Kathryn Feltey, 2009 Pine ford press.

This book looks at ways to interpret and develop analytical skills when watching film text. It has a focus on how culture is reflected in film. good to use for Unit 3 outcome 1, narrative , and Unit 4 outcome 2, social values.

Rinso Washing Powder: A Bachelor Grey, 1942

This ad would be good to use to illustrate social values in Media text which can address Unit 4, Outcome 2.

Australian Screen: the education collection

 Developed by Curriculum Corporation through The Le@rning Federation.

Clips that can be used for educational purposes. It includes George Millars century of Australian film and many more. Excellent because it also has teachers notes. Could be used for various areas of the study guide as it is a library of clips.

Tutorial: Create a Stop-Motion Animation Movie using Digital Camera

A blog that shows an easy way to make stop-motion animation.

Useful for Unit 3 Narrative, Outcome 2 applying production methods.

The MTV Classroom: A guide to Teaching Music Videos

Amanda Levido, Screen Education, Issue 54, 2009 pp31-33

This article would be useful if your students are particularly interested in music and video producation. It gives activities that could be for students to start looking and critically analysing music videos.

Useful for Unit 3 Narrative, Outcome 2 applying production methods.