MEDIA ARTS: Week 10 (photgraphic representation)

During our first media arts lesson we learnt about media arts in the primary classroom.

Media arts include:

• Film
• Photography
• Graphic novels
• radio
• newspaper

The Key elements in media arts Include:

• Representation
• Languages
• Technology
• Audience
• Institutions

Media arts is about Representation

  'Representation of how we represent reality'

Example: Grimm vs. Disney- the same story different representation.

As an audience or film maker, we interpret reality.
An activity that can be based on the concept of 'representation' which is a key idea in media arts can be as simple as having the students take a photo and place and adding word next to the image to say what that image represents to them.

In this week’s lesson, we were assigned to go around the university and take an image of our favourite place. For me, I knew that my favourite place wasn’t necessarily a place that was fun, but a place I needed and went to often. My image was of a photo taken of the education computer labs. And my word was 'reliability'

In my reality, the computer labs are an essential component for me in being successful as a student at university. I don’t have access to a computer or internet so the computer labs provide a place that I rely on. I found this activity interesting and I myself would defiantly conduct this activity in my own classroom. Incorporating the use of Photography and a photo editing system (to add the text) is a positive media arts lesson which also builds on a positive aspect. For students, they may find that school is actually a positive place, while extending on vocabulary.