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The article critiques the children's film "Paper Planes" directed by Robert Connolly. It depicts the struggle of a 12-year-old boy of taking care of himself after the death of his mother. It proves the need of an antagonist in bringing out a protagonist. It also explores the plot and characters of the film including Ed Oxenbould playing the central character and Julian Dennison.

The article evaluates the creative smartphone and tablet application Paper, made by a company called FiftyThree.

In this article, the author focuses on aspects of democracy and political scandals in reference with the film "All the President's Men" by Alan J. Pakula. Topics discussed include the documentation of political scandals of the 20th century that led to the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon, depiction of investigation led by journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the film and the depiction of pro-American ideological agenda in Pakula's film.

Information about several topics discussed at the National Media Education conference in presented. It focuses on theme "Emerging realities for youth, media and education," which the presentors and participants explore the role of media in education. The conference features writer Anna Free and Dr. Jenny McDougall.

Information about the paper discussed at the National Media Education conference that was held on October 6 to 8, 2006 in Brisbane, Queensland. According to the author, the featured paper focuses on the relationships between popular culture and traditional literature. It also focuses on the techniques related with analyzing visual texts and suggests that they can be productively utilized to understand literary texts.

A lesson plan is presented that uses video games such as "This War of Mine," "Papers, Please," and "Never Alone" to teach secondary students about literary criticism and analysis.

The article offers various suggestions ought to be incorporated by film directors with regard to creating a storyboard before planning a film. It mentions that all one needs is a pencil and a paper in order to translate one's vision into paper. It suggests that one must take into consideration blocking entailing the process of determining the position of performing artists, cameras and lighting equipment. It also discusses the significance of usage of technological tools such as smartphone.

The article discusses the 2006 Australian National Media Education conference and its theme "Emerging realities for youth, media, and education." The aim of the conference was to discuss the role media education plays in the curriculum, when there are drastic changes in the nature of media, and ways youth are using media. Anita Jetnikoff's article "Square-eyed Kids are not One-Eyed: Media Education in Australia," is also discussed.

The article explores media education in Australia. It mentions the origins of media education in Victoria and examines the condition of media education in Victorian secondary schools. It also mentions the addition of media in the country's arts curriculum at a national level as well as highlights the 2006 paper reference entitled "The Go- Between."

The article discusses the potential knowledge and skills that could be enhanced for the group of Year 3 students in Australia who embark Media Arts learning through video editing. It mentions the release of draft paper "Shape of the Australian Curriculum" in August 2010 and the implementation of Arts component of the Australian Curriculum. It also evaluates the practices at Media Arts.

The article examines the concept of multiliteracy in the media education in Australia. When the New London Group first met to consider new directions in literacy education, they derived the term multiliteracy in response to globalization and the proliferation of communication technologies in the 20th century. The purpose of this paper is to consider literature as a mixed media form and, in particular, it aims to show how the visual is essential to the written form.

An excerpt from the paper "Spinning the Web Site: Understanding New Media Literacies," by Anne Cranny-Francis is presented.

The article focuses on the animation perspectives of the motion picture "Look (at It) Both Ways," directed by Sarah Watt. Different animation forms are used in the movie to convey what people are thinking and feeling. Instead of using the clichéd close-up to take the audience into the psychological state of the characters, the film uses animation to ascribe intelligence, individual history and imagination to them. This inspiring approach produces some surprising technical and lexical connections. For educators in media this strategy is interesting because it shows how students who love working with pencils, paintbrushes, paper or photography can work with students who like using computer tools. The film is a testimony to the complementary nature of art and technology.

Explains that "Al-Muajaha", which means "The Iraqi Witness", is an independent print and Internet newspaper that was founded by a group of students after the overthrow of dictator Saddam Hussein. Failure of the Internet paper to thrive; Popularity of Weblogs; Shortcomings of the English-language version of the Web site. INSET: IRAQI BLOGS.

The article presents information on the tourism development programs in Australia. The new national tourism marketing body, Tourism Australia, was created following the Federal Government's Tourism White Paper in November 2003. The revitalization of Brand Australia, originally created in 1995 by the Australian Tourism Commission, and relaunched on May 18, 2004, is one of its major initiatives. Australia has been a destination brand since the first fleet, and it has been marketing itself ever since. Encouraging immigration to the 'land of opportunity' has been necessary in turning this country from a penal colony to a prosperous and pleasant place to live.

The article presents a guide for teachers and students on processing and printing film with gelatin silver. It states that the steps are the same for processing both the prints and the film including, develop, stop, fix and wash. An overview on how to set up the darkroom is also given. Instructions for printing, on how to let loose of the camera, how to process the film and printing is also presented.