Context

This unit has been developed to support the publication
New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History and the associated
DVD material. While it has been written primarily for Media
Studies students it could also be used to support the English Curriculum.

Outline

These resources follow the chronological development of a film culture in New Zealand beginning in 1895 and ending in 2010. Students are introduced to rarely seen footage and associated documentation from the Film Archive’s Jonathan Dennis Library.
They are asked to close read these resources and to begin to put the examples into some historical and social context.

Achievement Criteria

Media Studies

1.1  Demonstrate understanding of how individuals interact with the media

2.1  Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between a media product and its audience

3.1  Examine a specific media industry

English

1.1  Show understanding of specified aspect(s)of studied and written texts

2.1  Analyse specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s) supported by evidence

3.1  Respond critically to specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s), with supporting evidence

1.2  Show understanding of significant aspects of unfamiliar text(s) through close reading, using supporting evidence

2.2  Analyse specified aspects of studied visual or oral texts, supported by evidence

2.3  Respond critically to specified aspect(s) of studied visual or oral text(s), with supporting evidence.    

1.11  Show understanding of visual and/or oral texts through close viewing and/or listening, using supporting evidence  

2.10  Analyse aspects of visual and/or oral texts through close viewing  and/or listening, supported by evidence

3.9  Respond critically to visual/oral text (s)through close reading, using supporting evidence