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Learn how to produce professional video content with professional tools including HD cameras, professional lighting, sound equipment, and editing software. Learn everything from concept through to finished product and choose your own area or areas to specialize: directing, camera work, motion graphics and animation, script writing, producing, reporting and more.
PATHWAY: BROADCAST PRODUCTION (Concentrator) COURSE: BROADCASTING II
COURSE CODE: WRRY
PREREQUISITE: Broadcasting I
CALABASAS ONLY
YEAR COURSE: 10 credits GRADES 10, 11, 12 UC/CSU: Subject F
This course will expand upon the concepts & projects presented in first year Broadcasting. Special emphasis will be placed on producing webcasts, podcasts & more. Create a sitcom, short firm, newscast, talk show, sports or art show. Closed circuit TV on campus & a dedicated Web channel will provide students with the widest possible audience to show their work.
PATHWAY: BROADCAST PRODUCTION (Completer) COURSE: BROADCASTING III
COURSE CODE: WRRD
PREREQUISITE: Broadcasting II
CALABASAS ONLY
YEAR COURSE: 10 credits GRADES 10, 11, 12 UC/CSU: Subject F
This upper level course delves into more detail and students take on more responsibility for producing content for the student run CHS TV Station.
PATHWAY: FILM MAKING (INTRODUCTORY) COURSE: FILM APPRECIATION I
COURSE CODE: NFAS
PREREQUISITE: Signed parental permission form
YEAR COURSE: 10 credits GRADES 11, 12
UC/CSU: Subject F
This is a course in which the student will view and discuss films and documentaries to examine film history, genres, technical innovations, and the major contributors of the industry from the birth of film to the films of present day. Basic film terminology will be taught as well as the artistic, informational handouts pertaining to each film or documentary viewed. Students will be given the opportunity to explore their own creativity, gained knowledge, and philosophies through written and oral analyses and critiques, as well as written screenplays and filmed video projects.
PATHWAY: FILM MAKING (CONCENTRATOR)
COURSE: FILM APPRECIATION II
COURSE CODE: NFA2
PREREQUISITE: C+ or better in Film Appreciation I or teacher approval and signed parental permission form
Students will continue a more in-depth examination of film history, its cultural impact, various genres, technical innovations, and the major contributors of the industry through viewing & discussing worldwide films from the silent era to the present day. Handouts pertaining to each film
YEAR COURSE: 10 credits GRADES 11, 12
UC/CSU: Subject F