• ARTS, AUDIO/VIDEO TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION 

     
    Digital Photography I
    Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12

    Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit, ART CREDIT

    Major Outcomes:

    • Course work will focus on the basics of photographic composition, lighting, camera positioning, workflow digital photography, and digital manipulation.

    • Introduction to Adobe Photoshop, Adobe CS6, Adobe Bridge, I-Photo [or similar], and Photo Booth [or similar] software will be integrated

    with apps available for mobile devices including, but not limited to: Instagram, Adobe PS Express, etc.

    • Images will be taken with, and technical training will be provided for; DSLR, Digital Cameras, Smartphones, and tablets.

    Instructional Activities: Taking photographs in various settings on campus, in and out of the lab, and off campus either as a work assignment or field trip.

     
    Digital Photography II
    Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12

    Prerequisite/Selection Process: Digital Photography I

    Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit, ART CREDIT

    Major Outcomes:

    • Course work will focus on advanced site selection, lighting, camera positioning, and all aspects of a creative photo shoot.

    • Mastery in linking workflow photography to final shot manipulation/enhancement using both computer and mobile software [i.e. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe CS6, Adobe Bridge, I-Photo [or similar], and Photo Booth[or similar], Instagram, Adobe PS Express etc.

    • Emphasis will be placed on creativity, and using multiple photographic technologies, including but not limited to DSLR, SLR, Digital Cameras, Smartphones, and tablets.

    Instructional Activities: Lab work, photo-shoots, both on and off campus, field-trips.

     
    Digital Videography I
    Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12

    Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit, ART CREDIT

    Major Outcomes:

    • Course work will focus on the basics of Videography composition, camera positioning, and editing as it applies to the Videography field in both freelance and industry.

    • Introduction to Adobe Premier, Final Cut Pro, and I-Movie [or similar] will be integrated with apps available for mobile devices including, but not limited to: IMovie, Viddy, Directr, etc. for editing of videos.

    • Images will be taken with, and technical training will be provided for; DSLR Hybrids, Video Cameras [both mobile and studio], Go Pros, Smartphones, and tablets.

    Instructional Activities: Shooting videos in various settings on campus, in and out of the lab, and off campus either as a work assignment or field trip.

     

    Graphic Design I
    Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12

    Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit, ART CREDIT

    Major Outcomes:

    • Utilizing Adobe Creative Suite software and Micro Soft Office.

    • Screen, offset printing and vinyl sticker processes

    Projects, Activities, etc.: Creation of portfolio, offset printing activities [calendars, memo pads], screen-printing activities [shirts, hoodies, mirrors, skate/snowboard decks] and vinyl stickers [car windows, 4 wheelers, snowmobile’s]

    Instructional Focus: Introduction to the graphics industry with an emphasis on computers, lab work and mathematics and technical reading as it relates to the graphics industry

     

    Graphic Design II
    Prerequisite/Selection Process: Graphic Design I

    Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12

    Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit, ART CREDIT

    Major Outcomes: More independent use of

    • Adobe Creative Suites software and Micro Soft Office.

    • Screen and offset printing processes in multiple color designs incorporating the trapping process

    Projects, Activities, etc.: Creation of portfolio, offset printing activities [calendars, memo pads], screen-printing activities [shirts, hoodies, mirrors, skate/snowboard decks] and vinyl stickers [car windows, 4 wheelers, snowmobile’s]

    Instructional Focus: Introduction to the graphics industry with an emphasis on computers, lab work and mathematics as it relates to the graphics industry

     

    Graphic Design III
    Prerequisite/Selection Process: Graphic Design II

    Intended Audience: Grades 10, 11 and 12

    Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit

    Major Outcomes: More independent use of

    • Adobe Creative Suites software and Micro Soft Office.

    • Students will create printing company and produce orders.

    • Screen and offset printing processes in

    • Multiple color designs

    Projects, Activities, etc.: Creation of a manufacturing company with their own logo, screen-printing activities [shirts, hoodies,mirrors] and offset printing activities [memo pads]

    Instructional Focus: Introduction to the manufacturing of printing processes, with an emphasis on computers, lab work and mathematics as it relates to the graphics industry.