In this course, students continue to rotate among production positions to become familiar with all the equipment and production skills. Emphasis is on planning and preparation, visualization, production techniques, directing, and studio and control room practices. Students gain an understanding of all aspects of television news production, including the necessity for creating and maintaining a team atmosphere and amicable working environment. This course allows students to employ practical methods in single-camera video production. Students learn the basics of electronic cinematography, specifically image control and the use of filters.
Emphasis is on the use of the camera as a tool for image control.
They learn how various media types can be combined in digital form to create a richer and more versatile medium for communication. Areas of study include 3D graphics and animation, world wide web publishing, interactive presentations as well as post-production digital effects and compositing. AND FILM This elective course will introduce the student to the process, structure and literary concerns necessary to develop a story into a screenplay. In addition, the participant will be encouraged to build life into the characters and create drama, suspense and comedy. Students will also learn to use the three-act format to structure a story, use plot points to turn the drama, write dialogue and action, and most of all, understand what a good TV drama story must contain to hold an audience.