Students will learn a variety of professional multimedia appications and skills. They will utilize these skills to produce a weekly school video magazine called “Devil’s Digest.” It is broadcast each week to the school and the St. Helena community. Course Description / Sample / Production Process / Archive |
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Video Training |
Mac Operating System | |||||||
Devils Digest (Class Summary) |
Apply all their new Multimedia Skills | Project | A weekly video magazine produced by the students. | Visit the Devil's Digest website! | Devil's Digest Contract | Production Process: |
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Mac O.S. |
Finder |
Training |
Students learn how to use the Mac Operating System. |
Not necessary. |
Mac OS Training | ||
Audio | |||||||
Music |
Music |
Training |
Students learn how to organize audio files. |
Not necessary. |
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Music Composition |
Garage Band |
Training |
Students learn how to compose their own music tracks, for their videos. |
Garage Band Gradesheet | |||
Music Competition | Garage Band | Project | Students compose songs that match scenes in movies. | Gradesheet | Assignment | ||
Photo | |||||||
Photo & Film Quality Standards | Photos | Training | Students learn how to organize image files. | Not necessary. | Photo/Film Quality Standards Gradesheet | Good & Bad Photos. | |
Photo Editing |
Photos |
Training |
Students learn how to organize image files. |
Not necessary.
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Photos Training | ||
"RLS Athletics"
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Photoshop | Training | Students learn how to create an RLS Athletics image using Photoshop. | Photoshop Training | |||
"My Friend Barak?" |
Photoshop |
Project |
Students will create a graphic focussing on using selection, layers and a range of other Photoshop skills to make it appear that they are with a famous individual in a remote area. |
Refer to Photoshop-"Layers Selection"-Training. |
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Video | |||||||
"Junk Movie" |
Final Cut Pro |
Training |
Students learn how to capture and edit video using Final Cut, a professional grade video editing application.
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"Car Race." | Motion | Training | Students will earn how to create animations for their videos using Motion. | Model "Car Race"
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"Car Race" Gradesheet | Motion Training | |
"The Great Car Race!" | Motion | Project | Students design and build a race animations using Motion. | View the Motion training provided above. |
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"Carnival Games" |
Project |
Students create animated games to appear in Devils Digest. |
View the Motion training provided above. |
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Devils Digest |
Utilize all their Multimedia Skills |
Project |
A weekly video magazine produced by the students for the students and community to enjoy. |
Good & Bad Photos.