VCE Media past exams 2016–2025, by year and topic

Unit 3, AOS 1 — Narratives and their contexts · 9 mapped questions

Also in this areas of study: Contexts of production: social, historical, institutional, cultural, economic, political · Media language and terminology in narrative analysis — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

Unit 3, AOS 2 — Research, development and experimentation · 2 mapped questions

Also in this areas of study: Research into a media form, its products and its practitioners · How producers use codes and conventions to convey meaning and engage audiences · Designing an experiment with testable variables and an evaluation method · Recording, documenting and evaluating research · Media language in research documentation — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

Unit 3, AOS 3 — Pre-production planning · 3 mapped questions

Also in this areas of study: Intention and specified audience for a proposed production · Visual planning documents: storyboards, shot lists, layouts, floor plans · Written planning documents: scripts, treatments, schedules · Production and post-production roles, tasks and timelines · Media language in planning documentation — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

Unit 4, AOS 1 — Media production · 1 mapped question

Also in this areas of study: Production and post-production processes that realise a pre-production plan · Operating equipment, materials and media technologies · Applying codes and conventions to construct meaning for a specified audience · Refinement and resolution of a media product · Documenting development, refinement and resolution · Distribution to the specified audience — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

Unit 4, AOS 2 — Agency and control in the media · 10 mapped questions

Also in this areas of study: User-generated content and social media platforms · Classification, codes of practice and industry self-regulation — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

The rest of the study design

Question-level mapping for these areas is still being verified. Every official paper covering them is in the year table above.

• Unit 1 — Media forms, representations and Australian stories (not examinable, foundational) — Media representations across products, forms and contexts · Media forms in production: the media production process for specified audiences · Australian stories, including narratives by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander creators
• Unit 2 — Narrative across media forms (not examinable, foundational) — Narrative, style and genre; the style of media creators and producers · Narratives in production: creating and constructing narratives · Media and change: new media technologies, audiences, industries and institutions