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6 the 2006 atom awards ambernelson&rochelleWhitty

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10 media education in Victoria rogerdunscombe

18 Miss Potter and the ‘Green world’ of Children’s Literature shirleylaW

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24 network Literacy: The New Path to Knowledge adrianmiles

32 an online Goldmine: Film Australia Digital Learning

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36 Youtube: The Evolution of Media

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42 Community media: Training New SYNnersemilybreWin

FiLm CRaFt and anaLYsis

468 Cut to the Chase: A Guide to Teaching Film As Text andreahayes

54 avoid that Puddle! Ten Classic Errors Made by New Filmmakers moniquehohnberg

60 the Fundamentals of screenwriting: A Guide boristrbic

PRimaRY and middLe YeaRs

66 the Book, the Film and the website: Teaching Multimodal Texts leeburton

72 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: A Teaching Unit on Using a Fantasy Film to Awaken Moral Imaginations Kaneanamay

teaChinG media

88 does media ownership still matter? nhiPham

92 through the wringer: Teaching Social Values with Print

Media michaelconsidine

98 training new heroes: Directing the Hero Within carlKuddell

the nationaL media edUCation ConFeRenCe

102 introduction michaeldezuanni

103 Re-vision: Why Media Studies Does Not Mean the Death of Literature natashamayne

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110 the original Reality television series: From 7 Up to 49 Up PeterWilshire

116 Blowin’ in the Wind: a study Guide

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124 Through My Eyes: The Story of a Marginalized Australian suelingham

Call for artiCles If you have an activity that has worked well for you in the classroom, please submit it for publication. There is a ‘Style Sheet’ for contributors which is available from our website (BELOW). Submit articles by email as an attach-ment, in Microsoft Word, and graphics as attachments saved as either photoshop, tiff or jpeg files.WEB www.metromagazine.com.au.

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Queensland University• MICHAEL DEzuANNI lecturer in film and Media Curriculum, Queensland University of technology • ANNA DzENIS lecturer, Department of Cinema studies, la trobe University• DR BERyL EXLEy school of Cultural and language studies in education, Queensland University of technology • FREDA FREIBERG independent film scholar • ROGER HORROCKS Professor emeritus, University of auckland • JOHN LANGER associate Professor, Department of Communication, language and Cultural studies, Victoria University of technology • BRIAN MCFARLANE Honorary associate

Professor, english Department, Monash University • DR GEOFF MAyER reader and associate Professor, Head, school of Communication, arts & Critical enquiry, la trobe University • JANE MILLS associate senior research fellow, australian film, television & radio school • LORRAINE MORTIMER senior lecturer, Department of sociology and anthropology, la trobe University • GABRIELLE MuRRAy lecturer in Cinema studies, la trobe University • LEONIE NAuGHTON Cinema studies fellow, University of Melbourne • RICK THOMPSON senior lecturer, Department of Cinema studies, la trobe University

• SuE TuRNBuLL senior lecturer, Department of Media studies, la trobe University • CON VEREVIS lecturer, Department of Visual Culture, Monash University • MICHAEL WALSH lecturer, Department of screen studies, flinders University • DEANE WILLIAMS lecturer, Department of Visual Culture, Monash University • BRIAN yECIES lecturer in Communication and Cultural studies, faculty of arts, University of Wollongong • AuDREy yuE lecturer, Department of english and Cultural studies, University of Melbourne.

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aUstRaLian nationaL Cinema

130 silent Cinema: Archetypes and Cliches andreWzielinsKi

135 australian Cinema in the 1930s and 1940s: The Persistence of the Bush Myth andreWzielinsKi

FiLm as text

141 The Castle: Home of the Brave brianmcFarlane

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147 Under the storyteller’s spell: The Usual Suspects and Narrative Ingenuity catherineWood

153 Running in Circles: Form in Run Lola Run KatemattheWs

159 in the thick of it: Trust and Suspicion in Lantana lucianodigregorio

165 social Vertigo and Loss of the self in Gattaca JustinshaW

170 where’s donnie? it’s neither here nor there: Ideas for Teaching Donnie Darko garysimmons

Product description: Theaward winning Directing the Hero Within DVD & Teacher’s Starter Kit package provide a step-by-step introduction to digital media literacy across all stages of production; from first idea to finished film. The package covers; Story, Camera, Sound, Screen Language, Edit-ing & Screening. There are also professional tips on storytelling devices, identifying your audi-ence, the ethics of filmmaking, media analysis, editing wizardry and web distribution.Directing the Hero Within is a unique and ground-breaking digital storytelling project de-signed for young Australians.Through hands-on digital storytelling, Directing the Hero Within invites young people to creatively claim their future.The package provide a step-by-step introduction to digital

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