Media Unit 1: Australian Stories

Tracey Moffatt's photographic art series

• Something More, 1989

• Pie in the Sky, 1997

• The Camera, 1957

• Last Light, 1864

The Castle was released in this year

• 1997

• 1998

• 1995

• 2002

A uniquely Australian invention. Characters who are often represented as a maverick who challenges authority figures.

• Side character

• Hero

• Larrikin

• Protagonist

This television program investigates major businesses and governments to hold them to account.

• Kath and Kim

• Four Corners

• Summer Heights High

• Hard Quiz

This actor played Crocodile Dundee, an iconic Australian larrikin

• Newt Gingrich

• Newt Berton

• Bert Newton

• Paul Hogan

What is one reason for why the larrikin character archetype has become more diverse in recent times?

• Directors are now poorer

• Netflix has created more Australian content than ever before

• Immigration from Europe, Asia and the Middle East

• The ABC has had its funding doubled between 2017-2020

The ABC makes content that needs to adhere to their own legislative framework which outlines their rights and responsibilities. This is called...

• The bible

• The ABC Charter

• Treaty

• Uluru Statement from the Heart

This production company is responsible for the creation of The Castle and Utopia

• Working Dog Productions

• Busy Cat Productions

• Slow Hippo Productions

• Cheladd Productions

It costs roughly __________ to create an hour of drama for television in Australia

• $25,000

• $1 million

• $500,000

• $50,000

The global economy

• has no affect on the films that are produced in Australia

• plays a large role in the production of Australian films

• is doing just fine

• has meant that Disney has suffered greatly over the past decade