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Browse By Learning Area Business & Economics Current Affairs English Geography & Nature Health PE PD History Hospitality & Tourism Indigenous Studies K - 6 Languages Legal Studies Mathematics Media Studies Performing Arts Politics & Government Religious Studies Science & Technology Society & Culture Visual Arts & Design Search:   All words   Any word   Exact phrase Category: Feature Articles Teaching Topics All Categories DVD Programs Video Downloads Series Theme Packs Study Guides Search in: Title       Description   Sort by: Product Price Default Result pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7   See details 'A Journey We Take Together': An Interview With Documentary Maker Tom Zubrycki (ATOM) Since his earliest days in Sydney?s video community movement, Tom Zubrycki has been framing the political through the personal. His latest film, The Hungry Tide, examines the effects of global warming on the low-lying Pacific island nation of Kiribati. Dan Edwards spoke to Zubrycki about his fift... Price: Free See details A Drop In The Ocean: Leaky Boat And Go Back To Where You Came From (ATOM) The treatment of so-called ?boat people? who arrive on our shores has been perhaps the most divisive issue in Australia for more than a decade. Myke Bartlett considers how two television productions - Leaky Boat and Go Back to Where You Came From - provide a voice of dissent amid the sensationali... Price: Free See details A nation transformed: the impact of war on the home front For better or worse, Australia's involvement in overseas conflicts has played an enormous part in forming our national identity. What happened on the Australian home front to make such a lasting impression? Price: Free See details A Remote Possibility?: The Uncomfortable Realities Of Toomelah (ATOM) With his touching but bleak film Toomelah, about the difficult choices facing a ten-year-old boy in a remote community, director Ivan Sen remains instrumental in the emergence of a distinct Indigenous voice in Australian cinema, writes Jacinda Woodhead. Price: Free See details A Royal Romance (ATOM) A Royal Romance is a thought-provoking reflection on the mutual affection between Australia and its sovereign, and provides an interesting point of reference for the evolution of Australia?s national identity in the context of its role as a Commonwealth nation, writes Jill Pope. Price: Free See details A Thrilling Feminist Reading of Hitchcock's Vertigo for Stage 5 (ETA) Vertigo with its haunting mysteries, crime action sequences, psychological underpinnings, dry comedy and careful construction, has largely withstood the ravages of Hollywood's rapid aging process. It is always my pick over other Hitchcock thrillers that often leave world-weary film literate... Price: Free See details A Universal Narrative: Here I Am (ATOM) Beck Cole?s debut feature Here I Am, a touching and often humorous portrait of women across three generations, premiered as part of the 2011 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival. Although the film deals directly with major issues facing Indigenous Australia, its themes of family and redemption resonate... Price: Free See details Access All Areas: Re-Framing Mobile Devices (ATOM) The ubiquity of internet-ready smartphones within society - and within schools - is fundamentally changing the way we live. Shoni Ellis investigates how this rapidly developing technology can enhance the learning experience. Price: Free See details Accessible Media Education (ATOM) This article explores just a few of the types of disabilities and special needs that teachers may encounter in a primary classroom, and offers some suggestions for meeting these needs in specific, unique ways. Price: Free See details Alcohol: a killer in our midst People drink to relax, celebrate and have fun. Alcohol is part of most social occasions, but for many it can become far from enjoyable. Developing an addiction to alcohol affects the person's entire life, including family, work and health. Price: Free See details An Ideological Critique: On The Waterfront (ATOM) Film as Text. This article constructs an ideological critique that seeks to uncover the social values represented in On the Waterfront. Analysing a film?s images, symbols, myths and narrative reveals the underlying ideological meanings and values that shape a text. Price: Free See details An Uncomfortable Journey: Vanessa Gorman's Losing Layla (ATOM) This is the third and final article in a series that considers the way in which the interaction between filmmaker and participant shapes the documentary text. This instalment examines Losing Layla, in which the filmmaker, Vanessa Gorman, is also the participant. Kate Nash explores Gorman?s experi... Price: Free See details An Understated Approach: Telling Truths In The Tall Man (ATOM) The Tall Man is an account of one the most disturbing events in recent Australian history. By giving a voice to witnesses and exploring the repercussions of highly contested events, the film provides an insight into the complexities of both this chilling Aboriginal death in custody and its contro... Price: Free See details Analysing The Symbolism Of Jindabyne (VATE) Jindabyne is only the third feature film of Ray Lawrence, an enigmatic Australian who followed his experimental and un-forgettably dark adaptation of Peter Carey's Bliss (1985) with the equally-brooding Lantana (2001). Lawrence offers up a host of themes in his latest film about four working-clas... Price: Free See details Animation, Representation And The Power Of The Personal Story: Persepolis (ATOM) Film as Text. Marjane Satrapi?s Persepolis (2007), based on her graphic novels of the same name, is one of a growing number of films that employs animation to depict complex and confronting subject matter. In doing so, such films offer interesting avenues of investigation for students and educato... Price: Free See details Australia's burning summer Every year in Australia as summer approaches we wait nervously for the high temperatures and strong winds that mean the start of the bushfire season. This year we don't know where, when, or if there will be a fire threat, but if there is, what should you do? Price: Free See details Australia's natural predators Australia is home to some of the most deadly creatures on earth; venomous spiders and snakes, giant sharks and huge saltwater crocodiles. Australia's natural predators are everywhere. Do you know where they hide or what to do if you see one? Price: Free See details Australia's rush for gold In 1851, having just returned from the California gold fields, a man named William Hargraves took it upon himself to be the first to discover gold in Australia. He headed to Bathurst and the small threads of gold he discovered there triggered a rush of people from all over the world, all hoping t... Price: Free See details Australian documentaries in the classroom There are a number of reasons for screening and discussing Australian documentaries as part of the secondary school curriculum, apart from simply teaching students about the form itself. Price: Free See details Australian identity: a cinematic roll call Since the beginnings of cinema in Australia from around 1896, Australian films have charted a range of views of the Australian identity, and in this article, I have identified four main strands. Price: Free See details Battling Against The Odds: An Education System In Crisis (ATOM) Kirsten Krauth looks at Waiting for Superman (Davis Guggenheim, 2010), a documentary about America?s troubled education system. With its shocking insights and strong accusations against teachers, this film will undoubtedly hold much interest for educators around the world. Price: Free See details Be Who You Want To Be: The Philosophy Of Facebook And The Construction Of Identity (ATOM) Katie Ellis considers Facebook as an example of communicative identity, as a performance of the self based on already established social roles. Price: Free See details Being Cybersafety Aware (ATOM) Kevin Daly outlines some of the threats online interaction can present to young people, discusses how teachers can make themselves proactive and looks at available resources for dealing with online threats. Price: Free See details Being Seen, Being Heard: Minorities And The Media In Australia (ATOM) Why are there never any 'good news' stories about race relations in Australia? What can minority groups do to get their message across? And does a broadcaster like SBS help or hinder the project of getting different faces and voices into the mainstream? These issues were among the topics discusse... Price: Free See details Beneath Clouds (VATE) Screen literate audiences will be much more actively engaged with what they watch. They will understand the ways in which filmmakers make choices, which ultimately position them as viewers. These choices are inherent in the ways that filmmakers choose to tell a story; the choices used to represen... Price: Free See details Beneath Hill 60: A Study In Contrasts (ATOM) Brian McFarlane explores Jeremy Hartley Sims? Beneath Hill 60, writing that the film achieves psychological and emotional truth through the skilful unfolding of its plot, which resists linearity in favour of a sustained process of alternation. Price: Free See details Better To Be A Dancer Than A Miner: Commonalities In Billy Elliot (ATOM) Film as Text. Billy Elliot is a deceptively complicated film, writes Jon Judy, and?one that uses traditional themes and symbolism to advance its primary theme: the only happiness and success we can find in life relies on the help of others, and we should all help one another because in the end pe... Price: Free See details Beyond The Frame: Facing The Music (ATOM) This is the second article in a three-part series that considers the way in which the interaction between filmmaker and participant shapes the documentary text. In this article, Kate Nash explores power in the context of Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson?s Facing the Music, and in doing so suggests... Price: Free See details Beyond The Frame: Stealing Moments - Tom Zubrycki's Molly And Mobarak (ATOM) The director of Molly and Mobarak (2003), Tom Zubrycki, and one of the participants in the film, Lyn Rule, recall their experiences making the documentary and the relationship that developed between them during its production. Price: Free See details Beyond The Six O'Clock News: Representations Of War In The Mainstream Media (ATOM) Accessing both real and fictionalised accounts of war is as easy as turning on a television, but much of what is shown is not as straightforward as it may seem. David Price suggests some ways to encourage students to critically engage with portrayals of conflict in the mainstream media. Price: Free

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