Digital Communication, Design, and Innovation

This course is a deep dive into video production and digital media. Through a series of prompts, students will be challenged to create multiple short films, exploring a variety of genres: including music video, narrative, mini-documentary, and experimental. Working in groups, students will master all aspects of production, from writing the script to lighting and sound, working in front of and behind the camera, to final editing and special effects. Students will also learn how to promote and distribute their work while developing their ability to think creatively and work under a deadline. For Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Formers. This course earns credit towards the Studio and Performing Arts graduation requirement.

Students will produce a portfolio of finished works while responding to the guiding question: How does perspective impact an image’s message? Taking photographs from extreme points of view, students will focus on composition and the basic elements of design: line, value, shape, form, color, and texture. Creativity and self-expression will be encouraged as students have the freedom to explore while simultaneously working within the parameters of each assignment. Other topics covered will be depth of field, shutter speed, and basic image editing using Adobe Photoshop.  This course earns credit towards the Studio and Performing Arts graduation requirement.

This course encourages students to pursue engineering questions and technological solutions that emphasize research and problem-solving using mathematical and scientific concepts. Students achieve a more advanced level of skill in engineering design by learning how to conceptualize a problem, develop possible solutions, design and build prototypes or models, and make modifications if necessary. Students will explore engineering design, construction technologies, energy and power technologies, including fluid systems, thermal systems, electrical systems, and communication and manufacturing technologies. For Fifth and Sixth Formers.

This course is a hands-on, experiential class where students will have the opportunity to get their hands dirty by deconstructing, constructing, and repurposing materials in the pursuit of developing problem-solving skills in a fun, non-traditional format.