Video Production
This hands-on and engaging pathway covers everything from Film to Television/Streaming and even social media techniques and skills for future TikTok and YouTube influencers! Learn how to create a professional media product by engaging in projects that will improve your camera operation, editing, cinematography, animation, VFX, SFX and more! Watch movies in class and see how media evolved over the past 100 years. You will even have opportunities to produce live-sports broadcasts in our state-of-the-art Mobile Production Trailer! In addition to this work-based learning, students in this pathway will compete in SkillsUSA competitions, as well as the Student-Emmy Awards hosted by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Courses
Introductory
Pirate Focus
Grade Level: 9
UC/CSU: Elective (“G”) requirement
Credits: 10.0
Graduation Requirement: GFSF
Pre-requisites: None.
Dual Enrollment/Articulation: Articulation with Yuba College (COUNS 25)
Grading Scale: 4.0
Description: A comprehensive career and life planning course. Students complete the course with a 10 Year Plan for success, a Skills-Based Education Plan, the beginning of a Professional Portfolio, and a sense of relevance for their high school courses. In the context of a study of the changes that occur during a typical life span, each student will construct a personal profile of current and projected interests, aptitudes, skills, values, personality, and life and personal circumstances.
Concentrator
Video Production I: Film & TV
Grade Level: 9 - 12
UC/CSU: VAPA (“F”) requirement
Credits: 10.0
Graduation Requirement: Fine Arts/CTE
Pathway: Design Media & Visual Arts/Video Production Concentrator B
Pre-requisites: Pirate Focus; Strong Typing/Technology Skills,
Grading Scale: 4.0
Dual Enrollment/Articulation: PENDING (Articulation with YCC MCOMM 4 & 5)
Description: Fall: This course will provide students with an introduction to camera operation, cinematography & lighting, sound engineering, editing, live streaming, distribution and pitching concepts to studios. This course will also cover the evolution of digital media in America, techniques and methods for quality media production, as well as working with clients/community members. Students will also learn how to create professional materials to support television and film production. Spring: This course will provide students with intermediate skills in camera operation, cinematography & lighting, sound engineering, editing, animation, visual effects and career exploration in the film and television industries. This course will also directing and producing styles, techniques and methods for quality media production. Students will also learn how to create professional materials, efficiently engage film festivals, plus much more.
Capstone
Video Production II: Pirate TV
Grade Level: 10- 12
UC/CSU: VAPA (“F”) requirement
Credits: 10.0
Graduation Requirement: Fine Arts/CTE
Pathway: Design Media & Visual Arts/Video Production Capstone
Pre-requisites: Pirate Focus; Strong Typing/Technology Skills; Video Production II
Grading Scale: 4.0
Dual Enrollment/Articulation: PENDING (Articulation with YCC MCOMM 14 & 17)
Description: (From Yuba College Catalog) MCOMM-14: Advanced technical operation and creative use of television studio equipment. Techniques of production, use of cameras, lighting, sound, titling, video recording, and video switching effects. MCOMM-17: Advanced creative use of electronic field video production while using multiple cameras to produce live or archived television events, such as, sporting events, theatrical and musical productions, and entertainment or informational programs. Much of class time is devoted to “on location” production.
Additional Course
Skills USA Leadership
Grade Level: 9 – 12
UC/CSU: N/A
Credits: 4.0
Graduation Requirement: N/A
Pre-requisites: Skills USA Membership
NOTE: This course is a 0-Period 1-2 days per week
Dual Enrollment/Articulation: N/A Grading Scale: 4.0
Description: This course is designed to promote and develop leadership in the Arts Media & Visual Design Industry. Through the planning and execution of numerous events for the school's Skills USA chapter, students will discover how best effect change in their communities. Students will read about the nature of leadership and its different styles in business. Students will complete Work-Based Learning projects to achieve award status in Skills USA in Regional, State and National levels
Skills USA - Students enrolled in the Video Production Pathway, are eligible to participate in this Career Technical Student Organization that is recognized by industries across the nation as a way for student to gain employable skills and develop into great leaders. More information can be from CTE/C Center, or by emailing careers@wheatlandhigh.org. Students involved in SkillsUSA Leadership that participate in the Live Video Production Broadcasts can receive College Credit for MCOMM 17, Remote TV Production, offered at Yuba Community College