MORNING ELECTIVES - ALL GRADES & ARTS DEPARTMENTS
Period 3: (M, W, F) Room 208 - Film & Video Production (CTE) | DALTON
CLASS CODE: 6Y4KM4X
Course Description: Film & Video Production combines theory and hands-on practice
with the goal of building foundational production skills. In this class, students will
create several short form productions while honing basic skills of visual story
telling. Students will learn methods and techniques to aid them in transforming
written words into motion pictures. This course is designed to teach students
fundamental and technical skills of single camera, digital cinema production. This will
include script analysis, storytelling and inspiration methods, script and shot list
breakdowns, directing actors, camera angles, exploration of light, color, and sound,
and editing/post- production techniques.
Period 5: (T, TH, F) ROOm 208 - COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY (CTE) | Hall
CLASS CODE: UMH5IYV
Course Description: COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY is a production lab in which
students work to produce individual and group projects. Students will receive on-the-
job training throughout the duration of their narrative projects, such as the “silent
film” and the “short narrative”. Throughout the course, students will enhance
technical skills in the areas of: visual storytelling, storyboarding, lighting, audio,
shot composition, sound design, and editing. Students will learn hard skills necessary
to obtain COMMERCIAL production jobs in the media production industry, including, but
not limited to: PHOTOGRAPHER, producer, director, art director, camera operator,
assistant camera, audio technician, director of photography, script supervisor, and
editor.