Movimento, a short film by Jemima Mortimer of Year 12
BIG THINGS HAPPENING IN MEDIA STUDIES This year has seen the Media Department at St Mary’s continue to grow with the movement of all Media classes into our impressive newly refurbished building, the Ron Farris Media Studies Centre. Currently over 300 St Mary’s girls participate in Media Studies each year, and this new space has accommodated all the exciting activities that have taken place. Media Production and Analysis became a WACE subject in 2009, and since this time the number of students who are interested in pursuing it as an academically rigorous subject has increased. Through its inclusion in the courses of study, students now have the opportunity to study film texts and theories that range from analysing World War II German propaganda films to independent art house films. In this sense, Media is now a subject that contains great breadth and depth within its syllabus.
Assist photography competition and the Chevron Focus Environment photographic competition. These truly have been great achievements and I am sure there will be more success in the years to come.
In addition to this, the St Mary’s girls have continued to prove that they are highly capable filmmakers through the successful annual Media Night showcase and their additional success in film and photography competitions. So far this year, students have been finalists for competitions such as Tropfest Jr, Media Perspectives, the Rio Tinto Earth
From the small beginnings of Media Studies at St Mary’s, the subject has continued to grow and I thank my predecessors and current staff for working hard to foster this development.
As with all growth, the increase in the number of classes now means that in addition to two full-time Media teachers at St Mary’s, there will be a third specialist part-time Media teacher beginning in 2014. This will allow the subject to grow even more and is a welcome addition.
Miss Rebecca Watts Head of Media
l-r: Tahlia Lowe, Media Captain Elect 2014; Sarah Inglis and Georgia Delli-Benedetti; Closure, a short film by Year 12 students, Chloe Hardingham and Meg Llanwarne; and Teacher of Media, Steve McLeod and Head of Media, Rebecca Watts
MEDIA AWARDS
BUFTA SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Congratulations to Imogen Bath, Year 11, for being awarded 3rd place in the Chevron Focus Environment photography competition. The competition required students to take and submit photographs that conformed to the category of ‘Respecting Biodiversity’.
Students from Years 11 and 12 entered the BUFTA short film competition, run by Bond University. This was the first year St Mary’s had entered this competition. Keelee Hadland and Charlotte Palmer were awarded the Jury Prize for their film, Les Couleurs, as well as being finalists for Best Comedy, and Jemima Mortimer narrowly missed out on taking away the prize for Best Experimental Film.
THE SCREEN IT! COMPETITION Congratulations to Year 12 students, Meg Llanwarne and Chloe Hardingham, whose short film, Closure, was selected as a finalist in The Screen It! Competition. The girls were awarded the prize for Overall Best Senior Secondary Film, and travelled to Melbourne to receive their award. Their film will be screened as part of the permanent exhibition at ACMI.
St Mary’s was also awarded the prize for Best School in Australia, which is a fantastic reflection of the hard work and strong production skills of our Media students.
ROBIN ANDERSON FILM AWARDS Year 12 students, Lauren Cant and Tahlia Sanders, had their short film, Delusion, selected as a finalist in the national Robin Anderson Film Awards. The girls’ film was shown at the Dendy Cinema in Circular Quay, Sydney.
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