P CTE Intermediate Digital Design Lab

CTE5517

Grade Level: 10 – 12
Length of Course: Year
Graduation Credit: Visual Performing Arts (V)
UC/USC Credit: “f” (Visual and Performing Arts)
Prerequisites: None
Career Pathway: Digital Design
Offered at: NTHS

This course will emphasize the manipulation of artistic elements, media and competencies in and beyond the two-dimensional plane as well as in broadcast media including motion graphics, podcasting, film, Virtual Reality and emerging technologies. Students will create, manipulate, and analyze elements and media used to express feelings and communicate ideas. Students will become familiar with current practices and applications  that include computer design and career focused digital design disciplines. This course is meant to give students a very broad understanding of the tools and techniques that can be employed in any field of Digital Design and all projects will be student chosen. Prerequisite is Design and Computer Science.

This course emphasizes hands-on production experience and provides the opportunity for students to apply the techniques and aesthetics of historical perspective, current technologies, applications of design, and principles of 2D and 3D design animation/video and storytelling. Students apply practical skills and knowledge of design while executing a project for a community client in a professional atmosphere. Visual design, information architecture, and production are all based on the client goals, messages, and deadlines outlined during the project definition phase. Advanced media design techniques are implemented utilizing professional-level software and applications. Students work both individually and in teams to apply pre production, production, and post-production stages of digital media design, distribution, and evaluation for clients in the community. Students also learn what it takes to run and work for a business as well as being an entrepreneur.