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FILM
9 - 12
FIN423
0.5 credit
Film is both a powerful communication medium and an art form. The objectives of this course are focused on the ability to understand, question, interpret film and eventually create their own productions. We will study the basic concepts of cinema through its history, theory, culture, and the socioeconomic situations at the time of the production. During the creation unit where students produce a film, they will gain meaning and value in the process of transmitting their stories into cinema, by doing shortfilms. Throughout the course students learn the value of cinema in relation to our history, the important role in our present society, and the power it has in our future.
No prerequisite.
SOUND PRODUCTION
10 - 12
FIN514
0.5 credit
This course focuses on processes of sound production though recording and mixing sound and music in a professional sound studio. Students will have the opportunity to work with audio software like Logic Pro, Adobe Audition and Garage band to record live sounds and music, and also to produce sounds digitally. This course gives the opportunity to develop projects such as music demos, produce sound and special effects for audiovisual productions, and create podcasts or any type of project that includes sound design. Basic knowledge in music is desirable. This course can count as ½ credit in Fine Arts or Technology.
Recommended: Video Production I.
VIDEO PRODUCTION I
10 - 12
FIN500
0.5 credit
This course entails the principles required to create an audiovisual production by understanding and applying the steps of pre-production, production, and postproduction. This class emphasizes the use of audiovisual language in technical and artistic levels. We will explore different types of narratives, storytelling, and composition by creating and producing different projects of audiovisual media. This course explores different video and audio technologies such as chroma key (green screen), lighting, and sound design with access to a professional audio recording studio. Software: Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Logic, and Adobe Audition. Some projects of this class will be participating in different contests in and out of the school (if appropriate and possible).
This course can count as ½ credit in Fine Arts or Technology.
No prerequisite.
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 11 - 12
FIN742
0.5 credit
This is a project-based course in which students will develop the ability to use of real-life problems for designing solutions relevant for our ever-changing world with a particular focus on sustainable and responsible design e.g. prosthetics. They will design projects by using analog and cutting edge digital techniques such as 3D printing, laser cutting, CNC routing, 3D scanning, and 3D modeling. Students will develop not only practical abilities but also critical thinking and innovative strategies for creating design projects. This course can count as ½ credit in Fine Arts or Technology.
No prerequisite.
INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN
9
FIN743
0.5 credit.
The purpose of this course is to give an overview about design fundamentals and would be an introduction to any type of design that can be further expanded: graphic, industrial, bio, interactive, fashion, structural. This course covers fundamentals of composition, color, materials, form/function, structures, communication, interactivity, among others.
Students will develop projects and workshops using diverse materials and will learn a range of digital and prototyping technologies. We will use methodologies for creating design projects that can be applied to any other areas of knowledge.
This class can count as 0.5 credit Technology or Art.
VIDEO PRODUCTION II
11 - 12
FIN510
0.5 credit.
This is a higher-level course of audiovisual production techniques. In this course students will potentiate the use of video production techniques as tools for communication and the creation of art by emphasizing on the use of audiovisual language and technical tools. Students will have the opportunity to explore with new media techniques like multimedia, animation, video installations, live video productions through live video mixing (VJ), and video mapping. Including 360 Full dome projections, and video for VR glasses. Students will also master different video and audio technologies such as chroma key (green screen), equipment operation, video composition, drone operation for video, lighting, and sound design.
Software: Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Modul8, MadMapper, and Logic Pro. Some projects of this class will be participating in different contests in and out of the school (if appropriate and possible). This course can count as ½ credit in Fine Arts or Technology.
Video Production I or video portfolio approved by the VP teacher
INTERACTIVE DESIGN/DESIGN FOR THE OMNIVERSE
10 - 12
FIN517
0.5 credit
This is a project-based course in which students will expand the ability to design interactive systems that allow new relationships between humans and technology. By creating interfaces and installations, users will explore new types of relationships between different areas of knowledge (STEAM).
Design projects will integrate data collections and analysis of electrical signals produced by muscles, hearts, and brains, among others, resulting in audiovisual representations that can be integrated into artworks.
The second part of this course will focus on understanding the new challenges, and the ethical implications of the omniverse/metaverse. Students will learn how to design and develop projects for this space. This course can count as ½ credit in Fine Arts or Technology.
No prerequisite.