*** High School Students Can Earn 10 Credits Per Class and Attend Only 100 Minutes Per Day *** Talented Students Creating 'Digital Magic' @ ITFP! *** Friday, May 9, 2008

Digital Video and Media, Advanced Digital Video and Media
Overview
Instructor: Di Fowler


Students will use Intel-based iMacs loaded with Final Cut Pro Studio to create their dream movies.Students will be the director, the producer, and the editor of their own movies. Each student will have a digital camera and access to our professional studio and control booth. Script writing, storyboard planning, special effects, and music writing will be a part of each project. Special attention to lighting concepts and microphones will contribute to professional looking projects. Students will make movies for themselves, their school, competitions, and community agencies. Some student work will be aired on Channel 21 and on our website. Digital still cameras, video cameras, laptops, and a professional digital production studio will be available for students as they create their projects.

Digital Video and Media

A wide variety of projects will be created during this semester including, but not limited to, two-dimensional graphics, photo story-telling, virtual reality, animation, music and video. Through careful study of video production, students will practice framing shots, still shots, moving shots, special effects, sound manipulation, music production, lighting techniques, editing and production. They will use specific software to create special effects.
Software will include, but not be limited to: Final Cut Pro Studio(Final Cut Studio 5, Soundtrack Pro, Motion 2,DVD Studio Pro 4) , iLife 06 (iMoive, iPhoto, iTunes iDVD, Garage Band) and Editor's Toolkit (Back Traxx and JumpBacks).

2008 Apple Digies Awards

ITFP Students are 2008 winners at the Annual Nebraska Digies Contest, sponsored by Apple. Rose Heydt took first place for her edgy and stimulating music video, "Wake to Find a New Day" sung by the Lincoln-based group, Airplanes to Athens, in which Rose is the drummer. Ethan Parks won a first place trophy for "The Tuba Movie," a video parody of High School Musical in which tuba players dual to save the band from budget-cut extinction. Parks also won a first place trophy for his animation compilation called "The Unfortunate Animations." Medal winners were Robert Athey for "Nebraska Promotion", Heather Buell for "The Case of the Stolen Diamond Necklace", Sam Macke for "Where My Body At?", Ryan Hammack for the animated "Super Mario Brothers 3D", Chhean So for "The Unfinished", and John Wojtasek for "Basketball Court." The Digies is open to all Nebraska students K-12. There were over 500 entries this year. Entries can be viewed at Digies 2008

From Left: Heather B., Di Fowler, Ethan P., Ryan H., Rose H., Sam M., Chhean S., John W.


Community Blood Bank Videos


Each semester the Lincoln Community Blood Bank has held a contest for ITFP students to create an advertisement encouraging young people to give blood. An Academy Awards Dinner is held to honor the students and announce the winners. Selected videos are aired on Time Warner Cable channels over 1,000 times during a six-week period! Go to http://www.don8bld.org/news/commercials.asp to view them.

Winners of the latest Blood Bank contest are Ethan P., Bryan O., Ali R., and John W. Compressed versions of the videos can be viewed by clicking on the links below. John's is an animated commercial and can be found on the 3D Animation page.

by Ethan
by Bryan
by Ali

Perspectives

Digital Video and Media students studied the composition of still photography using a digital camera. They applied their knowledge of framing and camera angles to create a unique Perspective of a topic of their choice. Students used iPhoto to sequence their shots and to apply music* reflective of their perspective. The end product was converted to a QuickTime movie.
Examples are provided by Brady U., Jordan R., and Cameron S.

*In compliance with copyright guidelines, no more than 10% of any song was used.


First Quarter Video

At the end of first quarter, students created their own creative video. They applied camera, lighting and editing skills that they learned during the first 9 weeks.
These videos were done by Ali R., Ethan P., and Heather B.

*In compliance with copyright guidelines, no more than 10% of any song was used.


Video

Students used Final Cut Pro to create several short videos. Students enjoyed selecting their own topics and adding creative touches to their project. These videos were done by Adam R., Shawn D., and Amanda R.


Advanced Digital Video and Media

This advanced class will perfect and expand a studentĚs ability to produce quality video, animation, and music. Students will enter their work in multiple contests. Each student will use our professional studio and 3-chip Canon XL-1 cameras to produce one documentary that includes an interview, B-role, script writing for voice-overs, original music, and special effects. Quality projects will be aired on Channel 21. Students will be able to direct some of their own learning through an individualized contract. The contract will include a personal selection of video topic, personal choice of special effects project, and a music project. Final Cut Studio is the predominant software; it includes: Final Cut Pro 5, Soundtrack Pro, Motion 2, LiveType, DVD Studio Pro 4. Students will create an ePortfolio of their completed work that can be submitted with applications for universities and other advanced degree programs.


Students produced the premier video for the Lincoln Arts Council's "Stories of Home" project. It was played at the Mayor's Arts Awards celebration last spring. It recently received an Award of Distinction from The International Communicator Awards. It can be viewed at:

http://www.artscene.org/includes/downloads/studntvid.mpg

This Christmas humor video was created by Robert A. View the latest video produced for international competition at filmaka.com


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