ASM 2O 

By combining traditional and contemporary art forms with new art forms and new and emergent technologies, this Media Arts course offers up a new discipline that is both engaging and challenging for the students involved. Varieties of media art are created with a focus on the solving of expressive and creative problems in the context of Gospel values. Art processes such as photography, film, photocopy art, analog and electro-acoustic sound, and video/television are integrated with contemporary technologies and processes such as digital imaging and graphics, computer software, two and three-dimensional animation, multimedia production, and web-page design. A focus on the creative process gives students the practical skills, appropriate motivation, and theoretical knowledge needed to communicate ideas, feelings, and beliefs through the media artwork they create. The course provides opportunities for reflecting and creating, as well as for interpreting and discussing the cultural, historical, moral, and social contexts of current and emerging media art processes. The skills acquired in this course give students a strong base for producing artwork more conceptual in nature in the future.  

ASM 3O 

This course emphasizes the development of the knowledge and skills required for the production of media art works (e.g., robosculpture, photocopy art, computer animation with synthesized sound). Students will develop an appreciation of the history of media arts through analysing specific works, and will create media art works using a variety of technologies (e.g., digital camera, photo-imaging software, computer-modelling software, synthesizer, videotape, multi-track sound recording).

The expectations for the courses in media arts are divided into three distinct yet related strands: Theory, Creation, and Analysis. The Theory strand is focused on understanding of concepts, including elements and principles, as well as techniques, technologies, and processes. The Creation strand deals with various aspects of the creation of media artworks. The Analysis strand is focused on examination of aesthetic issues and the function of media arts in society.As an Open course, the Grade 11 Media Arts Profile is designed to broaden the student’s knowledge and skills, and provide a solid and practical foundation for the media arts.The activities in this course of study are designed to prepare students to meet the challenges of a technologically advanced society.

A focus on the creative process gives students practical skills, appropriate motivation, and the theoretical knowledge needed to communicate ideas, feelings, and beliefs through the media artwork they create. In addition, students develop an appreciation and awareness of this new and innovative art discipline.

Students are introduced to the technical, historical, theoretical, cultural, moral, and ethical social contexts of media arts in society. An essential component is hands-on exploration and skill development with integration of theoretical content. Progressing through the units in sequence allows students to build on previously acquired knowledge and skills. The course has been designed to integrate and accommodate the experienced student as well as those students who have not previously taken Grade 10 Media Arts.