Length: Single Semester or Full Year (10 credits each semester)
Contact: Arts Leader

Recommended Background

No pre-requisites. An advantage would be having satisfactory completion of a Year 10 subject such as:

• Creative Arts (Digital Media or Graphic Design)
• Photography
• Performing Arts subject
• Visual Arts
• Design.

Course Description

Students may choose areas of interest to focus on. Students participate in the design, development and presentation of finished Creative Arts products. Products may take the form of:

• Fashion Design (design and/or construction of fashion items including clothing, footwear etc.(Child Studies/textiles experience an advantage but not a prerequisite))
  
  
• Make Up Design/ Special Effects Makeup etc. (some Drama experience an advantage)
  
  
• Set Design/ Props for Theatre or Film (some Drama experience an advantage)
  
  
• Film/Video: Documentary, Narrative (Storytelling), Music Video Clips, Local Tourism, Community Events (Creative Arts: Digital Media experience an advantage)
  
  
• Environmental Design (architecture, interior design, landscape design etc.)
  
  
• Product Design (Packaging Design, Furniture Design etc.) (Visual Arts: Design/ CAD/ Woodwork experience an advantage)
  
  
• Craft Projects (Child Studies/ textiles experience an advantage but not a prerequisite)
  
  
• Photographic Displays (DSLR experience an advantage)
  
  
• Artworks, Public Art, Installations (Visual Art experience an advantage)
  
  
• Graphic Novels, Comic Strips (for Print or Digital) (Creative Arts: Digital Media experience an advantage)
  
  
• Illustrated Children’s Books (for Print or Digital) (Visual Art or Creative Arts: Digital Media experience an advantage)
  
  
• Digital Music Mixing (Sibelius, Mixcraft etc.) (Music experience an advantage)
  
  
• Advertising Campaigns (TV, Print, Web etc.) (Creative Arts: Graphic Design experience an advantage)
  
  
• Graphic Design (Logos, Letterheads, Business Cards, Promotional Products etc.) (Creative Arts: Graphic Design experience an advantage)
  
  
• Gaming Production (3D, 2D, PC, Android, iOS etc.) (Creative Arts: Digital Media experience an advantage)
  
  
• Animation (Digital, Stop Motion and Claymation) (Creative Arts: Digital Media experience an advantage)
  
  
• Websites (for Business, Personal, Virtual Art Galleries, Museums etc.) (Creative Arts: Digital Media experience an advantage).

Students are particularly encouraged to take responsibility for aspects of the Heights Website as part of their work. Some real-life experience may be offered by outside design jobs (unpaid).

Assessment

Students’ performance will be determined according to the subject’s Performance Standards, as outlined by the SACE Board. Grades A to E will be used for reporting purposes.

• Products – students present one finished product, including support materials (Folio 1)
• Inquiry – students investigate an area of the Creative Arts and present a response to a guided topic
• Folio – students produce two portfolios.
  • Folio 1 – based on a chosen area of the Creative Arts.
  • Folio 2 – is a record of skills development.

Leads To

Stage 2 Creative Arts