Creative Media (CM)

This introductory course teaches basic concepts and procedures required to operate audio equipment in a recording studio. Topics include digital audio theory, dynamic processing, acoustics, mixers, multi-track recordings, studio session procedures, miking techniques, mixer signal flow, audio monitoring equipment, and MIDI devices.

In this course, students develop basic video production skills. The course emphasizes the technical aspects of digital cinematography and sound recording, plus fundamentals of field production in terms of conceptual development, planning, writing, storyboarding, editing, and project management. Students also learn the basic rules of visual composition, sequencing, and storytelling.

The course will explore the common theme of storytelling through the modalities of songwriting, scriptwriting, and copy writing for commercial purposes.

This course teaches entry-level skills required to support live events. Working individually and collaboratively, students learn how to set up, safely operate, and store professional sound, lighting, staging, and visual display equipment.

This course teaches entry-level skills required to design and create basic 3-dimensional, animated graphic sequences. The course covers general design and production as the students work through the different stages of the animation pipeline (art, modeling, surfacing, camera, animating, lighting, and rendering). Students also create web-based Digital Portfolios to display completed animated sequences.

This course teaches entry-level design and development skills required to create basic websites. Students use professional software applications to create websites that are user friendly, visually appealing, and scalable. Lessons provide an overview of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), and Javascript.

This intermediate-level course teaches how to use Pro Tools to complete projects from initial setup to mix-down. Hands-on assignments teach how to record, edit, and mix soundtracks from multi-track recordings of live instruments and MIDI sequencing of software synthesizers.

This course examines the technical and aesthetic issues of digital video production at the intermediate level. Lessons include production management, directing actors, script writing, storyboard production, video camera operation, sound recording, lighting, and editing techniques. Working individually and collaboratively, students use professional video cameras, lights, audio equipment, and editing software to produce commercial-quality video programs.

In this course, students use industry-standard development applications to design and create professional websites that are user friendly, visually appealing, scalable, and ADA compliant. This course also covers how to customize websites using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Javascript.