Digital Media

• Students identify which career opportunities they are interested in.

E.1.2 Safely utilize digital media equipment. 

• Internet safety 

• Computer best practices 

• Respecting shop equipment 

• Passing a safety quiz 

E.1.3 Utilize the basic functions of Photoshop 

• Text Tool 

• Importing images 

• Shapes 

• Save project in different formats 

• Creating a basic Adobe Photoshop project. 

E.1.4 Utilize the basic functions of Premiere 

• Import footage 

• Name clips 

• Utilize in and out points 

• Create basic assembly edit 

• Export video 

• Editing and exporting a basic video in Adobe Premiere Pro. 

E.2.1 Create a video from concept to completion 

• Pre-production 

• Production

• Completion of video from concept to completion

E.2.2 Create a studio production

• Planning the production

• Creating a production crew 

• Recording and exporting the production

• Completion of studio production from concept to completion

E.2.3 Utilize basic video equipment and techniques

• Camcorder

• Lav Mic

• Tripod

• Rule of Thirds

• Basic shot types (WS, MS, CU)

• Creating a video using basic video equipment and techniques.

• Scoring 100% on the general safety quiz. 

• Demonstrating proper ergonomics, conduct, and safety. 

Develop safe work and conduct habits 

• Studio risks and procedures.

• Control Room risks and procedures.

• Field production risks and procedures.

• Potential injuries due to unsafe work practices.

• Professionalism is a must to ensure safety.

• Model safe practices and conduct in the studio and control room.

9.1.3 Demonstrate an understanding of proper ergonomics

• Monitor viewing angle 

• Keyboard and mouse placement 

• Injuries and health risks 

• Explain the use/importance of proper ergonomics on an oral assessment. 
• Model safe practices. 
• Distinguish health risks such as Repetitive 
• Strain Injury, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and 
• Computer Vision Syndrome. 

The categories of copyrighted materials 

including fair use, transformative use and 

public domain.

• Understand and identify the different types of copyright infringement.

9.2.2 The purpose for release and appearance forms.

• Recognize different release forms and know which forms are used for each type of project.

• Evaluate, discuss and sign a memo of understanding governing posting of student videos and use of school equipment.

9.2.4 Identify legal and copyright guidelines for different production types 

• Copyright quiz

9.3.1

Define the various areas within the Digital Media industry and the unique characteristics of each.

• Television (broadcast and cable)
• Paid Internet Streaming (Netflix, Hulu, etc.)
• Free Internet Videos (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.)
• Social Media videos (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.)
• Movies (Theater)
• Radio and Podcasts
• Corporate Video (advertising, promotion, and training)

• Comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences among each medium.

• Researching different types of media in each category and comparing historical and current consumer usage.

• Analyzing the success and growth of each medium in the industry.

9.3.2 Research careers in Digital Media

• Creating a slideshow or infographic with top three choices in Digital Media career field.

• Contacting an industry professional regarding one of top three choices.

9.4.1 

Different types of basic video production 

equipment:

• DSLRs

• Camcorders

• Studio Cameras

• Tripods

• Mics/Audio Equipment

• Lighting Equipment

• Gaffer and Grip Equipment

• Production Slate

• Set-up and breakdown of equipment.
• Identify and operate various types of tripods and cameras.
• Identify and operate various types of microphones.
• Identify and operate various types of lighting
• Identify gaffer and grip functions.

9.4.2 Different types of camera rigs used in the Digital Media industry.

• Setup and utilize various types of camera rigs.
• Determine which camera rigs are best used during filming.

9.4.3 Different types of connectors and their use.

• XLR

• HDMI

• Component

• VGA

• Identify and utilize various types of connectors.

9.5.1 The different shot types that can be used in a project.

• Compile a typical shot log.

• Create a scene using different shot types.

9.5.2 Basic composition rules and guidelines, including rule of thirds, framing and white balancing.
 

• Label shot visuals with proper names.

9.5.3 Basic camera movements such as tilt, pan, zoom.

• Compile a short sequence of shots using these movements.
   

• A series of shots should be physically continuous 

• Creating a video showing continuity

9.6.1 

Explain the three phases of production:

• Pre-production

• Production

• Post-production

• Identifying common types, brands and describing the importance of planning for all stages of production.

• Organizing a list of tasks to the appropriate production stage.

• Identifying key processes that comprise each phase of production.
   

9.6.2

Understand the importance of deadlines, meeting them and utilizing time management techniques:

• Pomodoro Technique

• Time blocking

• Prioritizing tasks

• Giving examples of potential consequences for not meeting deadlines in the Digital Media industry.

• Describe time management techniques and choose one to utilize in the shop.

• Analyze a number of productions to determine the intended target audience.

9.6.4 Define the importance of teamwork and communication in a production.

• Identify the part teamwork and communication play in completing a successful production.

• Demonstrating proper file naming conventions and organization.

9.7.1 How organization is used in post-production

• Organizing and naming footage

9.7.2 Define key terms used in Adobe Premiere Pro

• Identifying and defining key terms used in Adobe Premiere Pro.

9.7.3 Identify the different panels in Adobe Premiere:

• Program/Source Monitor

• Project/Timeline Panel

• Effect Controls/Effects

• Audio Mixer

• Markers

Identify basic tools in Adobe Premiere:

• Selection, Razor and Text tool

• Zoom in/out

• In/Out points

• Demonstrating the use of the panels and tools 

• Identifying and demonstrating Premiere keyboard shortcuts.

• Listing the steps to editing a project and editing a simple video in Adobe Premiere Pro.

9.8.1 Learn how to monitor sound and control 

the dynamic range of audio levels.

• Monitoring effectively through headphones for sound quality and ambient noise.

• Positioning mics according to desired audio configuration.
   

9.8.2 Identify different field and studio mics.

• Setting up and identifying various types of mics and their uses.

• Setting up lav (wireless) and boom (wired) mics in the studio.

9.8.3 Understand how to select, blend and control sound sources with a studio audio mixer.

• Using studio audio mixer or other sound application to control and manipulate various audio sources

9.9.1 Utilize natural light in a production

• Utilizing natural light to their advantage in a production.
   

9.9.2 Arrange lights to properly expose a video image.

• Setting lights up and using proper camera position in relation to the lights.

9.9.3 Learn how lighting can add depth to a scene, highlight scene elements and draw the viewer’s attention.

• Describing and practicing basic 3-point lighting for interviews, using key, fill and back lights.

9.10.1 Explain how screen ratios affect graphic design and how graphics are used to better inform the viewer by the use of lower-third IDs, program titles and/or credit rolls.

• Distinguishing among various screen formats and showing examples of graphics for each.

• Preparing graphic elements appropriate to the production.
   

9.10.2 Design basic production graphics.

• Creating a program package of lower third IDs, titles and credits, with and without the use of software-supplied templates.

9.11.1 Identify components of a field kit:

• Audio Equipment

• Cameras

• Cables

• Batteries

• Lights

• Building and striking a camera/audio/lighting field kit, using project checklists.

9.11.2 Understand the basics of various field-production crew configurations and demonstrate how to properly plan and set-up a field production.

• Crewing different positions for field shoots.

• Planning and setting-up a field production.

9.12.1 Outline and understand the functions of a studio control room.

• Identify and understand the various roles in studio productions
   

9.12.2 Understand the different positions needed for various types of studio productions.

• Rotating through and performing various roles in studio productions i.e. morning announcement shows or simulations

9.13.1 Identify the components of storytelling

• Setting
• Characters
• Plot
• Conflict
• Theme
• Story Arc

• Watching short films and filling in a storytelling outline.

9.13.2 Understand when a script is needed and specify the major steps leading to scripts in television, video and motion pictures.

Recognize the components of a two-column (AV) audiovisual script. Understand the use of an outline script (screenplay).

• Discussing the benefits of scripting to the production process and how it informs the finished program or project.

• Identify script components

• Describe types of projects where an outline script might be used

•  Creating a script for morning announcement show

9.13.3 Illustrate how to use a storyboard in planning.

• Creating a storyboard

9.14.1 Make use of best practices and protocols involving critiquing (giving notes).
 

• List the personal qualities and communication skills that help when giving notes.

9.14.2 Effectively assess classmates’ and others’ programs in a sensitive, supportive and collaborative manner.

• Critiques of student work.

Demonstrate familiarity with camera features and options.

• F-stop

• Shutter Speed

• ISO

• White Balance

• ND Filter

• Stabilization

• Identifying and locating features and options.
• Properly using features and options.

Describe the features of a lens.

• Prime lens

• Zoom lens

• F-stop

• Depth of Field

• Focal Length

• Lens Filters

• Listing the advantages of each type of lens.
• Demonstrating use of lens features.
• Visual representation and image comparisons

• Online research

• Research-based, open-ended questions

Set-up and stage interview

• Frame interviewee

• Set up an interview set

• Stage interviewee

• Place mics properly

• Light interviews properly

• Interview a classmate, teacher, or administrator. Interview set-up, staged, and conducted by the student.

10.2.3

Conduct and transcribe an interview

• Communicate with interviewee

• Formulate follow-up questions

• Maintain eye-contact

• Types of interviews
   

• Interview conducted by the student

• Creating a word-for-word transcript of a recorded interview.

10.2.4 Select soundbites and determine B-roll needed for final edit.

• Reading and selecting potential soundbites from the transcript.

• Gathering B-roll on location, online and other via other sources.

10.3.1 Identify a newsworthy story and determine how the angle of a story affects how it should be written using viable online research methods.

• Identifying a newsworthy story
• Identifying the angle of published and broadcast news stories.
• Creating a list of criteria to determine the validity of research that’s available online.

10.3.2  Identify the differences between hard leads and soft leads.

• Identifying soft or hard leads in published or broadcast stories.

• Researching, writing, and producing a news story about something or someone at school.

10.3.4 Edit a news package:

• Interview and soundbites

• B-roll

• Voiceover

• Reporter standup

• Using Adobe Premiere Pro software, create a finished news package.

10.4.1 Show how timecode works and its function in editing.

• Describe the purpose of timecode.

• Showing functionality of timecode in Adobe Premiere.

Utilize and determine why and when to use certain intermediate editing tools.

• Rolling Edit

• Ripple Edit

• Pen Tool

• Track Select

• Slip Tool

• Slide Tool

• Rate Stretch Tool

• Utilizing the editing tools properly in the editing process.

• Continuity and flow of edit.

10.4.3 Utilize video editing techniques:

• Jump Cut

• L-Cut

• J-Cut

• Cutting on Action

• Pen tool

• Waveform Monitor

• Gain

• Audio Mixer

• Editing to music

• Utilizing audio editing techniques in the storytelling process.

10.5.1 Write a script for a newscast

• Properly formatting script for newscast
• Proper content for newscast
• Ensuring the script flows well

10.5.2 Perform various control room roles:

• Teleprompter

• Technical Director

• Audio

• Director

• Producer 

• Graphics

• Upload and format script into teleprompter

• Operating switcher and audio board through live newscast

• Communicating with all control room and studio positions

• Keep track of time, planning, and rundown of the show

• Create and display graphics for the production

10.5.3

Perform various television studio roles

• Camera Operator

• Floor Manager

• On-Air Talent

• Framing and focusing on-air talent and guests
• Acting as a liaison between the director and on-air talent while ensuring safety within the studio
• Accurately dictating a newscast from teleprompter

10.6.1 

Identify different types of lighting:

• Warm/Cool
• Hard/Soft
• Natural/Artificial
• Atmospheric Light

• Creating examples of each type of lighting.

10.6.2 Identify types of production design:

• Indoor

• Outdoor

• Virtual

• Creating scenes in each type of setting with the appropriate lighting.

10.6.3 Utilize props, wardrobe, and makeup to enhance the story.

• Utilizing props to add detail and realism to a scene.

• Utilizing wardrobe and makeup to add realism to a scene.

10.6.4 Utilize different types of shots, levels, angles and moves to help enhance the story:

• Wide Shot

• Medium Shot

• Medium Close Up

• Close Up

• Extreme Close Up

• Eye Level

• High Angle

• Low Angle

• Point of View

• Pan

• Tilt

• Dolly

• Creating a silent film utilizing techniques

10.7.1 

Utilize proper Photoshop settings based on the project output:

• RGB vs CMYK

• Inches vs Pixels

• Resolution

• Creating Photoshop projects with different settings based on output.

10.7.2 Organize Photoshop projects with layers and grouping

• Renaming and organizing layers in an appropriate manner.

Demonstrate the basics of photo retouching on Photoshop:

• Fixing blemishes and removing wrinkles

• Brightening eyes.

• Changing lighting: shadows, midtone,highlights

Use tools such as: 

• Clone Stamp

• Spot Blemish

• Adjustment Layers

• Blending Modes/Options

• Blur Tool

• Content Aware Tool

• Masking

Use non-destructive techniques in the photo editing process.

• Retouching photos using proper steps and tools in Adobe Photoshop.

• End of unit project(s)

10.7.4

Save files in different formats:

• png

• jpeg

• psd

• Saving files in the proper format based on the project.

• An efficient workspace

• Organized layers and elements

• Proper use of each transform property

• Create various keyframe interpolations

• Proper use of parenting in After Effects

• Properly saving and exporting After Effects project

• Creating short and long video formats.

• Creating thumbnails, attention grabbing captions, and intros to social media videos.

• Creating a video series for social media
• Research existing and past social media campaigns
• Choose existing or past social media campaign and make improvements

• Practicing proper email, text, and phone correspondence with clients, teachers, and classmates. 

• Creating a basic resume and cover letter

• Creating a basic demo reel

• Conducting a job search for entry level positions

11.1.1 History of Film

• Technological advances
• Early adopters- Lumiere brothers
• Silent film and “talkies”

• Assembling points of film history on a timeline (infographic)
• Discussing the ways film has influenced culture in the 20th and 21st centuries

11.1.2 Mass Media Communication and TV

• History of Mass Media Communications (radio, print, TV)
• Information vs Entertainment
• Impact of media on society

• Identifying key ways TV has been used to inform, entertain, and persuade the audience
• Researching and producing short explainer video 
• Comparing and contrasting how traditional television and film are constructed

11.1.3 Evolution of Mass Media

• How Media is Consumed (big screen to smartphones)
• New Media Outlets

• Comparing how each medium (film, TV, and online/social) are consumed
• Discussing how technology and viewer habits have changed media landscape

11.2.1

College and Career Readiness Opportunities

• Four-year programs

• Two-year programs

• Certification routes

• Researching potential four-year and two-year media programs and requirements.

• Examining online certifications (Adobe Certified, Drone etc.)

11.2.2

Employment Opportunities and Trends

• Production facilities

• TV Broadcast studios

• Marketing agencies

• Social Media

• Researching what types of content different facilities produce.

• Creating a list of traditional and emerging media outlets.

• Researching and presenting job postings and their requirements.

• Discussing current industry trends and how they relate to job placement and opportunity.

• Creating a career plan for a chosen career in media.

11.3.1 

Sound Design Terms for Film and Video

• Foley Sound

• Nat Sound

• Diegetic and Non- Diegetic Sound

• Room tone

• Soundtrack/score

• Voice-over

• Defining each term and identifying when appropriate to use in a piece of media

• Identifying sound design components in a video example provided by instructor

11.3.2 Foley Sound Techniques and Creation

• Identifying appropriate use cases for foley sound effects

• Explaining the process for creating realistic foley sound effects

• Creating a short (:60) video using foley sound techniques

How Music Affects Impact and Meaning

• Soundtrack and score

• Pacing and mood

• Using music to change the mood or pacing of a piece

• Identifying how different types of music convey different feelings to viewers

11.3.4 

Audio Recording Techniques

• Field Recording

• Audio post-production

• Identifying appropriate equipment for intended use (VO, Foley, Nat Sound, etc).

• Demonstrating basic audio equalizing and sweetening process in Adobe Audition and/or Premiere

11.4.1

Common Screenplay Terminology:

• Action

• Dialogue

• Slugline

• Character

• Parenthetical

• Identifying and color coding a provided screenplay into its basic components.

11.4.2 Universal Screenplay Formatting

• Analyzing a film or TV scene of their choosing for structure

• Identifying screenplay components and transcribing the scene into proper formatting using Arcstudio Pro

11.4.3 Three Act Structure and Freytag’s Pyramid

• Hero’s Journey

• Three Act vs. Freytag’s Pyramid

• Discussing why impactful storytelling needs a beginning, middle, and end

• Analyzing and discussing popular films for their storytelling structure (Act 1, Act 2, Act 3)

• Brainstorming an idea for a short 3-5 film using three act structure.

• Creating a properly formatted screenplay using Arcstudio Pro.

11.5.1 Analyze and respond to social media analytics.

• Analyzing analytics from school and CTECS social media accounts.

• Listing strategies to boost posts based on audience, content, etc.

11.5.2 

Strategizing Advertising Techniques:

• Captions

• Call to action

• Giveaways

• Hashtags

• Consistency

• Influencer Marketing

Formulate a post for a current brand for a chosen platform (Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, etc.)

• Comparing and contrasting their formulated post against the brand’s post

11.5.3 Algorithm Driven Content Creation:

• Engagement

• Retention

• AI learning

• Defining the role of AI and algorithms in social media

• Discussing the relation between the algorithm and engagement/retention and monetization

11.5.4 Creating Engaging Content for a Target Audience

• Creating social media content related to their trade shop or industry.

11.6.1 

Pre-production Needs:

• Communication with event host

• Venue logistics and technical needs

• Creating run-downs and call sheet

• Creating an equipment list

• Assembling crew

• Creating a list of pre-production questions to ask client

• Creating a production plan given a specific production scenario

11.6.2

Roles of Key Production Personnel

• Director

• Technical Director

• Floor Manager

• Producer

• Camera Operator

• Audio operator

• Creating a list of roles and duties of each crew position

• Executing roles in a studio or multi-camera production rotation

11.6.3 

Multi-camera Editing Techniques:

• Manual multi-track clip sync

• Premiere Pro multi-cam edit tool

• Utilizing Premiere pro to deliver a finished multi-cam edit of a studio or live-to-tape school event

11.7.1 

Lumetri Color Panel (Premiere Pro)

• Luts

• White Balance 

• Color Balance

• Reading engineering monitors

• Identifying and defining the various Lumetri panel tools

• Utilizing the waveform, histogram, RGB and vectorscope monitors to proper balance a clip

• Creating a custom grade for a provided footage

11.7.2 

Advanced Premiere Toolsets/Techniques

• Speed Ramping

• Effect Plug-ins

• 3 Point Editing

• Premiere keyboard shortcuts

• Advanced video effects

• Identifying PremierePro layouts and panels

• Demonstrating how to use JKL editing and 3-point editing to efficiently edit in the timeline

• Utilizing effect toolsets in the timeline to speed ramp, create transitions, etc.

• Demonstrating how to manipulate audio in PremierePro to enhanced edit

• Demonstrating proper audio sweetening techniques in PremierePro

11.8.1

After Effects Workflow and Organization

• Pre-Comps

• Shy

• Eye on/off

• Locking

• Labeling

• Color Coding

• Analyzing a pre-built mogrt file or AE composition and reverse engineering it.

• Organizing a complex composition using layer panel features.

• Creating a short AE composition that tracks an object in the environment.

• Creating a short AE composition that creates a 3d scene using camera tracking.

11.8.3 

Animation Techniques in AE

• Easing

• Masking

• Keyframin

• Waveform Monitor

• Transform Tools

• Creating custom motion graphic using kinetic typography technique.

• Creating an appropriate them/design based on tone of video.

11.9.1

Producing Responsibilities

• Idea Generation

• Scheduling

• Crew Selection

• Creating production plan documents

• Creating production pitch to present to instructor for approval

11.9.2 

3 Phases of Production

• Pre-Production

• Production

• Post-Production

• Preparing a pre-production plan

• Creating daily shooting and production schedules

• Managing crew member during production

• Selecting appropriate equipment to accomplish production goals

• Utilizing at least 5 prior units from DMIII curriculum in production.

• Utilizing at least 2 Adobe CC programs to complete post-production and produce necessary deliverables.

11.10.1 Creating a Production Package 

• Identifying required tools/costs of chosen production career (camera, editing, audio, etc.)

• Creating a spreadsheet with expected costs and equipment.

11.10.2  

Participation in Professional Community

• Trade Unions

• Researching local production organizations

• Researching requirements for production trade unions (IATSE, WGA, DGA, ASC, etc)

• Creating an infographic using Photoshop or Illustrator to outline union requirements

Business Types

• Sole Proprietorship

• LLC

• Corporations

• Comparing and contrasting the main types of businesses available for production companies.

11.10.4 Generating Business Leads

• Creating updated demo reel

• Creating business card using PS or AI

• Creating a personal logo for business use

12.1.1 Behavioral Impact on Organizations 

• Participating in leadership activities during productions (i.e. directing and producing).

• Guiding freshmen during exploratory activities.

12.1.2 Effective Communication Techniques

• Demonstrating and explaining basic production techniques to freshmen during Exploratory rotations.

• Communicating shop values, expectations and learned skills in Digital Media shop.

• Creating short promotional videos/social media pieces to recruit for Exploratory 

12.2.1 

Storytelling Through Camera

• Composition

• Camera Movement

• Analyzing short scenes and assessing visual impact through cinematography.

• Demonstrating common camera moves that help advance story, such as whip pans, dolly and tracking shots, etc.

12.2.2 

Camera Rigs and Support Systems

• Jib

• Crane

• Tripod

• Monopod

• Gimbal

• Shoulder Rig

• Steadicam

• Dolly

• Discussing use cases of each rig

• Demonstrating proper setup and use of available camera rigs

• Creating a short sequence using 2-3 camera rigs

Advanced Camera Settings

• ISO

• Aperture

• DoF (Depth of Field)

• Shutter Speed

• Listing and describing the role of ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture in relation to the exposure triangle.

• Identifying the difference between shallow depth of field and deep depth of field

• Identifying controls for ISO, aperture and shutter speed on chosen camera

• Utilizing the exposure triangle in creating a short sequence that achieves a specific tone or look

12.2.4

Camera Types and Uses

• Camcorder

• Broadcast ENG/EFP

• Studio Camera

• DSLR/Mirrorless

• Cinema

• Creating a graphic organizer listing camera types and their preferred production uses.

• Identifying the main characteristics of each type of camera.

12.3.1 Role and Characteristics of Effective Directors

• Discussing how effective directing continues to quality and successful productions.

• Researching and presenting work of student chosen film director.

• Creating graphic organizer outlining director responsibilities in pre-production, production and post-production

12.3.2 Adapting Screenplays to For Film

• Creating a short scene from student produced screenplay OR recreating scene from chosen movie via screenplay

12.3.3

Working with On-Camera Talent

• Talent (trained and or untrained)

• Actors

• Directing on camera talent for filmed scene using verbal communication skills and proper production protocols.

12.4.1 Characteristics of Effective Producers

• Discussing how producers affect success of productions.

• Listing responsibilities of producers.

12.4.2 

Types of Producers

• Executive producer

• Line producer

• Location producer

• Post-production supervisor

• Co-producer

• Associate producer

• Creating infographic outlining types of producers and their roles.

12.5.1 Production Budget Estimates

• Discussing the ways that a production budget can influence content, style, production, and post-production.

12.5.2 

Above the Line vs. Below the Line Costs

• Above the Line

• Script Development

• Director Fees

• Producer Fees

• Marketing

• Actor Fees

• Below the Line

• Equipment Rental

• Location Costs

• Crew fees

• Crafty

• Props

• Transportation

• Defining the idea of above the line and below the line

• Listing personnel and other costs that fall above the line (creative/strategic) and below the line ( technical/logistical)

• Discussing how some costs are fixed while some are negotiable

• Analyzing and researching, production costs such as crew fees, equipment rentals, licensing, and software, etc.

• Creating a production budget for an instructor assigned scenario with a defined scope of work and budget.

12.6.1 Constructing an Impactful Reel

• Predicting, Measuring, and comparing various AC waveform values and explaining any differences in a technical report format.

• Applying prior knowledge of Oscilloscopes to AC Circuit.

• Demonstrating Proficiency in knowledge of AC Theory in formative assessments.

12.6.2 

Portfolio Website Design

• Navigation

• Layout

• Designing a portfolio website including a bio, portfolio page, and contact information for potential work.

Resume Creation and Review

• Objective

• Length

• Format

• Researching best practices for resume format

• Designing a resume tailored for a specific job posting

• Peer reviewing resumes for feedback and proofreading

12.6.4 Social Media Branding

• Researching best practices for launching a business brand

• Creating a mock social media account including bio, profile pic/logo

• Creating social posts for their professional brand

12.7.1

Creation of Client Work Orders

• Correspond with client

• Ask proper questions

• Establish scope of project

• Researching and developing a production rate card

• Creating client questionnaire to determine scope of work

12.7.2 Invoicing Clients

• Creating a client invoice for a mock production provided by instructor

12.7.3 Onsite Production Protocols

• Identify and describe common exterior trim components. 

12.7.4 Gutters and Downspouts 

• Navigating different scenarios that may come up during a production.

• Identifying the hierarchy on a production and using the proper chains of command.

12.8.1 

The 6 Modes of Documentary

• Reflexive

• Poetic

• Expository

• Observational

• Participatory

• Performative

• Analyzing short documentaries for structure and storytelling elements.

• Creating graphic organizer for 6 types of documentaries- compare and contrast.

12.8.2 

Documentary Story vs. Journalism

• Journalistic ethics

• Documentary as entertainment

• Comparing and contrasting tenets of journalism and documentary as a form of entertainment.

12.8.3 How to Find Documentary Subjects

• Compiling student interest survey for possible documentary ideas.

• Creating treatment for short documentary.

12.8.4 

Process for Creating Engaging Documentary

• Generating idea and research

• Conceptualizing the story and theme of the documentary

• Completing pre-production elements such as script, assessing crew needs, and location scouting

• Gathering production elements such as interview and B-roll 

• Finalizing post-production and sound design.

12.9.1 How to Research, Plan, and Create Capstone Project

• Designing a comprehensive project based on student interest and previous learning

12.9.2 

Present a Professional Portfolio Piece

• Public Speaking

• Creating Visual Aids

• Dressing Professionally

• Creating a final project for review by peer and instructor

• Presenting finished piece to class as well as describing topic/process