High School Course Catalog 2009-2010 - Fremont Unified School ...

Digital Photography 1, 2 FPCP/FPFP 9-12 f 10 units/year
Digital Photography 1, 2 ROP TACP/TACE 9-12 10 units/year
1 Class Period
This course is designed to provide students with a solid grounding in digital photographic essentials focusing on the power of
contemporary software tools such as Adobe Photoshop. Students will have hands-on access to the latest photographic equipment.
Instruction covers digital photography essentials, lighting, set design, studio configuration, lighting, field issues, camera operation,
software interfaces, and color management. Students may enroll in a second year for more advanced instruction. (Black & White and
dark room special effects are used at Irvington).
Digital Photography 3 FPIP 9-12 f 10 units/year
Prerequisite: Completion of Photography 1 & 2 with C or better or teacher's approval; and access to 35 mm camera.
This course is designed to provide experience in wet lab and digital. Students will critique work and exhibit finished products.
Students will visit galleries and museums.
Digital Photography 4 FPLP 9-12 f 10 units/year
Prerequisite: Completion of Photography 1 & 2 with C or better or teacher's approval; and access to a 35 mm camera.
Advanced Photography provides experienced photography students instruction in alternative and traditional aspects of fine art
photography. Students will investigate career paths and individualized interests in photography, with concentration on diverse
photographic portfolios. Students will learn to use medium and large format cameras, advanced lighting techniques, and gain
knowledge of contemporary photo events and concerns. Students will be required to publicly exhibit their artworks, seek exhibitions
and applicable competitions for their work. Expenses will be incurred in the purchase of discounted film, printing paper and exhibition
materials for production of their artwork. A lab donation will be requested to cover the cost of chemicals and additional course
materials.
Digital Graphics TCSA 11-12 10 units/year
1 Class Period
Digital Graphics follows a lecture/demo/lab format. Instruction focuses on the creation of visual content, concept, design, project
development, and production and technique via computer graphics, illustration, and digital imaging. Students produce art work using
cutting-edge photo editing, illustration, design, and layout software such as: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and QuarkXpress.
Students will learn to work in different color modes, and to develop knowledge of the standards and requirements for different media
output including print, CD-ROM and the Web.
Computer Animation TANA 11-12 10 units/year
1 Class Period
Students will study video, web, game and film animation in 2D and 3D. Adobe After Effects, Alias Wavefront, Maya and
Macromedia Flash are all offered emphasizing timelines, key frames, layers and interactivity. Class projects include the creation of
virtual video backgrounds, special effects for video, e-cards and web animations.
Computer Art A FCAG 10-12 10 units/year
Digital Photography
Prerequisite: Art 1, Photo 1 or Teacher Approval.
This course uses PhotoShop to create art work on the computer. Students will learn scanning and digital photography. They will
manipulate images by compositing and drawing on the image in the computer. Projects include a wide range of topics and subjects.
Web Design Technology TCWA 11-12 10 units/year
1 Class Period
Explore web design as you incorporate graphics, sound, movies, and animation. Students will learn all phases of the design process
from the idea state, through planning, production and testing while creating original web sites. Learn design concepts for content and
layout as you design commercial web pages.
Beginning Video Production FBVP 10 g 10 units/year
Prerequisite: Intro to Multimedia/Computer Operations.
Students of Beginning Video Production will gain the knowledge, understanding, and practical experience of creating video
productions using ENG (electronic news gathering), EFP (electronic field production), and Television Studio techniques. Students will
work in a variety of production positions over the course of the year’s study. Students will gain an understanding of the history of
video production by looking at the changes in equipment and production techniques over the years. Students will develop basic skills
in camera techniques, audio production, directing, digital non-linear editing, script writing, lighting, set design, and a wide variety of
other skills required to create a finished video production.
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