AVTF II
This one credit course is the second in a series of three that prepares students for a career in Audio Video Technology and Film production and/or to transfer to a postsecondary program for further study. Topics include Planning, Writing, Directing and Editing a Production; Field Equipment Functions; Operational Set-Up and Maintenance; Advanced Editing Operations; Studio Productions; Performance; Audio/Video Control Systems; Production Graphics; Career Opportunities; and Professional Ethics. Skills USA and Technology Student Association (TSA) are examples of, but not limited to, appropriate organizations for providing leadership training and/or for reinforcing specific career and technical skills and may be considered an integral part of the instructional program.
Over the course of this one-semester course, students will participate in hands-on projects and group projects to:
- Learn broadcast news production including broadcast news writing and video content
- Learn interviewing techniques
- Learn broadcast performance techniques
- Produce a weekly news program
- Produce commercials and PSAs
- Produce a music video
- Produce a documentary
- Learn cinematic lighting
- Learn advanced editing techniques
- Produce a finished short film
