MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS
Students develop skills while designing and producing computerized visual projects. Areas of study include advertising and packaging, visual communications, graphics, digital imaging, Web related applications, animation, illustration, multimedia, and interactive programming. Eastern Tech students contribute to school-wide displays and public relations projects, gaining experiences similar to those working in industry. In addition, topics covered include video production, scriptwriting, camera operation, lighting, and editing, as well as posting to the Web. Through hands-on projects, students will learn field production techniques while creating advertisements, public service announcements, corporate video, news magazine, and entertainment pieces.
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GRADE 10 (2 credits) Multimedia Communications I Gifted & Talented Fundamentals of Art |
Introduction to Adobe Illustrator: Learn toolbox/ working with layers/ using
the pen tool/Pre-press preparation/Production design/ Introduction to PhotoShop: Scanned images and other image
sources; Making complex selections, enhancing and manipulating images/ Basic
Animation/ Basic code writing Gifted & Talented Fundamentals of Art: Principles and elements of design/drawing
techniques/various art processes;
satisfies BCPS Fine Arts graduation requirement |
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GRADE 11 (2 credits) Multimedia Communications II |
Review of PhotoShop/photo retouching/Advanced
Study of PhotoShop special effects/Advanced package design/Basic Adobe
Premiere Video editing/Introduction to basic photography/ Introduction to
film style shooting/Script writing/Flash basics/Use of Flash Symbols, Flash
Instances and Libraries/Simple Flash animation/Using sound in Flash/Using
ActionScript/Publishing Flash documents/Creating basic interactive
environments/Basic computer game design and development |
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GRADE 12 (1 credit) Multimedia Communications III |
Time management skills/Portfolio and Senior
Independent Project/ Research and development skills/Copyright
laws /Adobe Premiere-advanced features/Lights and sound equipment/Advanced
camera settings and usage/The Director Environment/Creating Linear Director
Movies/Preparing Interactive Director Movies/Controlling Playback/Animating
Sprites/Outputting Director Movies/Adding Navigation/ Director Lingo
Scripting /Preparing interactive media for Distribution/Advanced interactive
environments/Computer game design and development/Advanced thinking projects
that combine several programs Digital Imaging: Web page design and
development/Dreamweaver Basics/Adding Content/ Linking Documents/ Working
with Graphics/Designing Pages using Tables/Creating Forms/Creating
Frames/Cascading Style Sheets/Adding Interactive Page Elements |