Guilford Young College

This essay critically analyses Alfred Hitchcock's vertigo, specifically the narrative structure, codes and conventions and values the text presents. This was completed for a media course, therefore touches on many technical, written and symbolic codes with an emphasis on compositional features of the film.

This essay, which was the result of a negotiated depth study, for an English 3, year 12 course, covers the concentration of media ownership in Australia- as well as the depiction of this issue in different media outlets. This includes a content analysis of of sources such as media watch, the Sydney morning herald, and others.

This essay covers the history of the just war theory, along with the use of ethical perspectives such as utilitarianism, universalism, and other schools of thought. It also plots the application of the theory to many historical conflicts, and uses historiography and historical documents to contextualise the use of the Just war theory.

This essay covers media ownership in Australia, as well as media concentration and how this is pervasive within advertising. It touches on specific advertisements, codes and conventions, and how these intersect to portray values and meanings within a text.

This essay covers the play, Jasper Jones, which is the last unit of the english 3 course- which mostly consists of applying theoretical lenses to writing and analysis of content and subtext. This essay touches on feminism, race, and post-colonialism with the text and also examples how personal context an affect the reading of literature.