Video Production & EMS Live
Teacher Sponsor: Alisha Rader
Video Production serves as a 7th and 8th Grade related arts class. Students in this class are also featured in the EMS Live morning news show. The live news broadcast includes all of the EMS essential information streamed through the whole school three times per week via a private YouTube channel.
Students in this course will be introduced to video storytelling, editing, and camera skills. They will learn how to produce, script, storyboard, shoot and edit interviews, public service announcements, commercials and more. In addition to learning the nuts and bolts of filming, students will learn to exercise judgement, film etiquette, and video production protocol. Video Production will be a project oriented, technology based course.
Students will also learn to edit video on an iMac using Final Cut Pro X, operate the TriCaster, operate a sound mixer board, use a graphics computer to send graphics over our live news feed, and so much more as part of our live news broadcast.
- Students may apply for Video Production class beginning in their 7th Grade year.
- As a general rule, only students that take Video Production as a related arts class may participate in the early morning broadcast, though certain exceptions may be made upon teacher discretion.
- Students enrolled in Video Production will require additional permission forms as part of their application due to the nature of the class.
- In addition, students are working with professional-grade equipment; therefore, behavior is of the utmost importance. Inappropriate behavior will be addressed on a case-by-case individual basis; however, repeated major offenses could result in removal from EMS Live and/or the course.
- Students in Video Production arrive between 7:20 and 7:30 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to prepare for the broadcast that morning. Students that are placed in these positions are expected to be in attendance.
- 7th Grade begins early morning broadcasts typically after Fall Break. This allows time for students to learn the necessary skills and equipment to be successful.