Course Description:

PREREQUISITE: None

The world of communications is changing continuously. With the explosion of YouTube, Facebook, social networks and the internet, the way we communicate with each other has eliminated the barriers of time and distatnce. The Technology we use in our daily lives is changing the communications landscape with such things in cellular video phones, blogs, bluetooth, and wireless networking. This course will utilize some of these concepts in assembling a student portfolio of works.

Communication and Production Technology 20 is an intermediate
course, building on the skills and technology introduced in CPT 10.
This course will incorporate more advanced skills and technology in the combined areas of video, audio and multimedia. Students will take a behind the scenes look at a major Hollywood production film, to appreciate the importance of the preproduction planning, production and post production editing, in completing a final production of their own. The course also includes exploration of communication strategies and delivery on the internet in the world of social networking.

For the purpose of this course, students should have access to a method of recording video. This could be a video camera or video cell phone. They should also have access to a computer capable of
loading video for the purpose of editing and internet publication.
In the interest of cost and portability, we will make use of many free and powerful open source applications available on the internet.
We will also investigate the commercial applications available for both PC and Macintosh computer platforms.