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Catalyst • Junior Secondary Curriculum • Handbook 2019 Discovery Course Year 7 Media Film Production Media Film Production is an introductory course available for Year 7 students who have a keen interest in films and the production process and want to develop the practical skills needed to create their own work. It is a hands-on course with a focus on experimentation and narrative development. The focus of this Discovery course is: Media Film Production explores media concepts, and challenges students to implement them into their own body of work. Students will view, listen, read, analyse and discuss media, considering how people, events and issues are represented. Students will create, produce and present their own works in Media. Working independently and in collaboration with others, students will become confident and competent in using media technologies to express their ideas. • Video production skills in cinematography and editing • Codes and conventions • Narrative structure and characterisation • Audience, context and content • The production of narrative • Leadership and group work skills For additional details about this Arts Discovery course, please contact: In this course, students will explore different practical media forms, focusing on visual narrative of short films. Students will learn skills associated with storyboarding, brainstorming ideas, pre-planning, producing and editing multiple short films in post-production. Discovery Course Year 7 Mr Brad Minchin Director of Media [phone] [email protected] Robotics The Robotics course is designed to introduce students to the world of robotics. They will develop an appreciation for systems that are required to control and program a robot to undertake a particular function. • Build suitable robots for a task • Create flow charts to help construct programs that will enable their robot to perform specific tasks • Document the journey as they work through the challenges. Key topics include: • Investigate different applications of robotics technology, from industrial robots through to humanoid forms For additional details about this Technology Discovery course, please contact: Mrs Carol Puddicombe Head of Technology and Enterprise [phone] [email protected] • Investigate how robots are constructed and what makes them work • Use the design process to create solutions to a number of challenges using the Lego EV3 robotics equipment 36