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Screen Education magazine

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Screen Education Issue 82

Screen Education Issue 82

Screen Education Issue 83


Are you a primary or secondary teacher with a great approach to using screen-based media in your classroom? Are you an academic with an interest in media literacy and education? Are you a writer with a proven background in film, television and media? We want your pitches! We at Screen Education magazine are currently seeking content for our upcoming issues. We welcome former and current writers, as well as new contributors. Unsolicited submissions or article proposals are always gladly considered. Screen Education is a partially refereed journal and we are therefore also interested in research articles from academics on areas of media teaching and learning. If you have a proposal, please send an abstract. Listed below are the kinds of topics and texts we are looking for content on. But first – the fine print: If you wish to contribute, please contact Greta Parry at screen_ed@atom.org.au. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY DIRECTLY TO THIS EMAIL. Please include a description of the article(s) you are proposing and outline any relevant experience you may have in relation to the topic. If you are a new contributor, please also include a brief bio and a writing sample. Due to an expected high number of responses, there may be a delay before we are able to respond your proposal; we can only respond to successful pitches/submissions. Pay rates and submission guidelines are available on our website: www.metromagazine.com.au/writers.html. Feature articles The following list of topics is by no means exhaustive, and can be adapted, changed and – hopefully – greatly extended. For a sense of the kinds of themes and topics that Screen Education covers, visit www.screeneducation.com.au. Some topics and texts we are currently prioritising are: Cleverman and Indigenous representation; Hunt for the Wilderpeople; Pieces on using games in classrooms / the educational value of games; Muslim and/or Middle-Eastern representation in popular media. Other topics we are always interested in include: Media-specific topics Lesson plans and units of work for the Media classroom (primary and secondary) on media literacy/multiliteracies Discussions and teaching guides for feature films, documentaries and series with relevance to Media classrooms at both primary and secondary levels Teaching units relating to media influence, including the effects of texts on audiences and society Teaching units relating to communication theories and models New trends in the Media classroom and curriculum, such as the new VCE Media study design Using magazines, comics, graphic novels, zines and newspapers in the classroom Teaching storytelling skills in the primary or secondary classroom Teaching technical skills related to media production in the primary or secondary classroom Teaching multimedia Reviews and discussion of educational apps for smartphones and tablets (iOS, Android) and desktop devices as well as web-based media applications and games Discussion of new media technology such as streaming services, social media, healthy internet use, etc. Using animation in the classroom Experimental cinema Teaching units relating to analysing posters, trailers, video clips, websites, DVD/Blu-ray covers and soundtracks Major factors in choosing film texts – a guide to choosing the right texts Interviews with media industry practitioners about what they do and how they got to where they are Commercial, popular TV, especially reality shows such as talent quests, real estate / home improvement shows, etc. Teen films Censorship, classification, transgression, boundaries Minority representation in popular media (female, trans, queer, non-white, etc.) Technical analyses and/or ‘insider’ articles on making ads – visual and narrative techniques for convincing and selling The implications of the digitisation of photography (including retouching, etc.) Using screen-based media in other subjects Discussions and teaching guides for feature films, documentaries and series with relevance to English classrooms at both primary and secondary levels (e.g. recent literary adaptations) Discussions and teaching guides for feature films, documentaries and series with relevance to all other learning areas (e.g. History, Science) at both primary and secondary levels (e.g. recent documentaries; visual-media resources)

‘Talking Society’ pieces This section presents feature articles that aim to help teachers use feature films, documentaries and series to discuss social issues in the classroom. We are interested in articles aimed at primary and/or middle years and/or senior secondary teachers. Some of the topics we are interested in covering (though this is not an exhaustive list by any means) are:
mental illness LGBTIQ issues gender labels alcohol/drug (ab)use bullying suicide climate change environment/sustainability poverty		housing issues / homelessness domestic violence migrants/otherness refugee crises in Australia and abroad disability religion/s class		Indigenous rights/recognition systems of government capitalism / consumerism / global economics crime and law the politics of war/terrorism
Film suggestions Some films that are currently used in primary and middle years classrooms, and which may fit into one or more of the above categories (media-specific topics, non-media subjects, Talking Society pieces), include:
Apollo 13 Babe Be My Brother Becoming Jane Birthday Boy The Book Thief Bran Nue Dae Bride and Prejudice Careful, He Might Hear You Chariots of Fire Chicken Run Cracker Bag The Cup (Phörpa) The Dark Crystal Edward Scissorhands Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Ever After		Fairy Tale: A True Story Finding Neverland Fly Away Home The Help Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Hugo The Importance of Being Earnest Kangaroos, Faces in the Mob The Karate Kid (dir. Harald Zwart) The Kite Runner Kubo and the Two Strings Kundun Lousy Little Sixpence Mabo: Life of an Island Man		Mad Hot Ballroom March of the Penguins A Midsummer Night’s Dream (dir. Michael Hoffman) Much Ado About Nothing (dir. Kenneth Branagh) The NeverEnding Story Outback Il Postino The Princess Bride Ralph Red Dog The Sapphires Shrek Stand and Deliver Utopia Whale Rider Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Television suggestions We welcome pitches on television series that can be used in primary and/or secondary classrooms. Some ideas include:
Black Mirror Degrassi: The Next Generation The Family Law Fresh off the Boat		Here Come the Habibs! The Kettering Incident Mad Men Modern Family Nowhere Boys		Ready for This Reality TV shows Redfern Now Tomorrow When the War Began
Filmmaker profiles This section presents comprehensive pieces that focus on prolific directors/filmmakers, analysing work from their oeuvre in a way that will be useful to Media teachers. Some of the many filmmakers we would like to cover include:
Woody Allen James Cameron Jane Campion Francis Ford Coppola Clint Eastwood John Ford Jean-Luc Godard		Alfred Hitchcock Peter Jackson Stanley Kubrick Akira Kurosawa Fritz Lang Spike Lee George Lucas		Baz Luhrmann Ridley Scott Steven Spielberg Warwick Thornton The Wachowskis Orson Welles
Film as Text We are interested in essays on any films that are being taught as texts in the English or Media senior secondary classrooms. These articles are approximately 2500 words long and provide close, detailed analysis of key themes and filmic techniques. We are seeking Film as Text articles on the following films, though other relevant texts will also be considered:
12 Years a Slave The 39 Steps 52 Tuesdays 20,000 Days on Earth The Accidental Tourist Across the Universe The Act of Killing The African Queen All Quiet on the Western Front Amadeus Amazing Grace Amy (dir. Asif Kapadia) The Artist Atonement Avatar Baraka Beasts of the Southern Wild A Beautiful Mind Being There Bend It Like Beckham Beneath Clouds The Big Chill Big Fish The Big Short Birdman The Black Balloon Blood Diamond Blue Valentine Bra Boys Bram Stoker’s Dracula (dir. Francis Ford Coppola) Bran Nue Dae Braveheart Breakfast at Tiffany’s Breathe Bridesmaids Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Careful, He Might Hear You Carol The Castle Catch-22 The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Chappie Chariots of Fire Children of Men Chinatown Citizen Kane Clueless The Color Purple Coming Home Cool Hand Luke Cosi The Counterfeiters Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Cry Freedom The Crying Game The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Dances With Wolves Dangerous Liaisons Dead Heart Dead Poets Society Deadpool Death at a Funeral The Descendants The Dish Dog Day Afternoon Don Jon Doubt Dr Strangelove Dr Zhivago An Education Elizabeth The English Patient Enter the Dragon Equus E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial The Eye of the Storm Fargo First Australians (documentary series)		Fly Away Home Forrest Gump Four Weddings and a Funeral Fruitvale Station Galaxy Quest Gandhi The Gatekeepers A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Girlfight Glengarry Glen Ross Gone with the Wind Good Morning, Vietnam Gran Torino The Grapes of Wrath Great Expectations (dir. David Lean) Groundhog Day Guardians of the Galaxy Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Hail, Caesar! Hamlet (dir. Kenneth Branagh) Harold and Maude Hating Alison Ashley The Help Henry V (dir. Kenneth Branagh) Hero The Hours The Hunger Games The Idol The Immigrant The Importance of Being Earnest (dir. Oliver Parker) Ilo Ilo In the Name of the Father Into the Wild Invictus Japanese Story JFK Juno The Killing Fields Kundun LA Confidential Last Cab to Darwin The Last Picture Show Lawrence of Arabia Les Misérables (dir. Bille August) Les Misérables (dir. Tom Hooper) Life, Animated Life of Pi Little Miss Sunshine The Lobster Locke Looking for Richard Lord of the Flies The Lord of the Rings (trilogy) Lore Lost in Translation Lousy Little Sixpence Love & Friendship Love Is Strange (dir. Ira Sachs) Made in Dagenham Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (dir. Kenneth Branagh) MASH* Mean Girls Metropolis Midnight Cowboy A Midsummer Night’s Dream (dir. Michael Hoffman) Montana Monty Python and the Holy Grail Moolaadé Moonrise Kingdom		The Mosquito Coast The Motorcycle Diaries Mulholland Drive Muriel’s Wedding My Brilliant Career My Year Without Sex Never Let Me Go A Night at the Opera Night Moves (dir. Kelly Reichardt) Obvious Child One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Ordinary People Orlando A Passage to India Pete's Dragon (dir. David Lowery) Philadelphia The Pianist The Piano Pleasantville Pretty Woman The Princess Bride The Queen Radiance Raiders of the Lost Ark Rebel Without a Cause Remember the Titans Red River The Revenant Romulus, My Father Room with a View The Royal Tenenbaums Run Lola Run Safety Not Guaranteed Samson & Delilah The Sapphires The Searchers Sense and Sensibility (dir. Ang Lee) Seven Samurai Shane The Shawshank Redemption Shine Silver Linings Playbook The Sixth Sense Snowden Some Like It Hot Somersault The Spectacular Now Stagecoach Strictly Ballroom Sully The Sum of Us The Tempest (dir. Julie Taymor) Ten Canoes Terms of Endearment Tiny Furniture To Kill a Mockingbird Tootsie Topsy-Turvy The Tree of Life Triumph of the Will Tropic of Cancer True Grit Twilight Unforgiven The Untouchables W. WALL·E The Wave West Side Story What We Do in the Shadows When Harry Met Sally Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Wild (dir. Jean-Marc Vallée) The Year of Living Dangerously Yolngu Boy Zero Dark Thirty





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