LHS Broadcasting and Media Arts
The Media Arts program prepares students for careers in various fields of communication such as journalism, Television Production, photography, film and more. Students gain the necessary technical and academic skills to develop and distribute mass media content.
This program will prepare students for careers using media technology to develop products for entertainment, business, training, communications, marketing and more. Students will gain the necessary technical and academic skills to create, design and produce media products and services.
The goal of the Broadcasting class is to introduce students to media production, and the uses of the medium to accomplish a wide range of tasks. This program is designed to provide students with an opportunity to develop sound interpersonal, persuasive, creative writing, computer and video production skills. Using teamwork, the student will complete the diverse tasks expected of a video professional. These scholastic and technical skills will be utilized to create useful programming for Lancaster High School and the Lancaster City School district.
Possible Careers
Videographer
Producer/Director
Video editor
Announcer
Reporter/Journalist
Photographer
Writer/Editor
SocialMedia Content Creator
Director of Photography
Animator
Media Designer
Multimedia Specialist
Production Assistant
Interactive Digital Media Specialist
Graphic Designer
Multimedia Programmer
Possible Post Secondary majors
Communications
Media Arts
Media Studies
Broadcasting
Advertising
Journalism
Photography
Social Media
Film studies
Film/Cinema/Video
Public Relations
Marketing
Multimedia
Desktop Publishing
Top Ten Movies
( Some for Production technique, some just like the movies)
Big Fish
The Wizard of Oz
The Graduate
Pulp Fiction
Vertigo
The Shining
2001: A space Odyssey
The Godfather
The World According to Garp
Goodfellas
Movies that could easily be in the above list:
Jaws
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Apocalypse Now
Jackie Brown
The Silence of the Lambs
North by Northwest
The Truman Show
No Country for Old Men
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Full metal Jacket
Fargo
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
A Clockwork Orange
Inception
The Breakfast Club
Video Production (Juniors Semester 1)
This course focuses on video production for commercial use. Students plan and coordinate work with clients to produce projects on a tight timeline. They learn how to read and interpret a script, select and maintain equipment and combine graphics, text and special effects. Skills attained include pre-production documentation and planning; in-production audio and video recording; and post-production editing and distribution.
Media Arts Writing (Juniors Semester 2)
Copy for news stories, technical journals, advertisements and social media has similarities and differences. This course focuses on creating and adapting content for multiple purposes with print, radio, TV and the Web. Students conduct and synthesize research and interviews to write persuasive and unbiased copy. They evaluate and edit text for purpose, style, space limitations and accuracy. They accentuate messaging with design elements. Strategies to determine audience impact are engaged.
Video Broadcast (Seniors Semester 1)
We focus on video broadcast for the journalism industry. Skills attained include interviewing, image capture, color manipulation, audio and video blend, lighting and editing. Students critique news broadcasts and research content. They plan and shoot video for live and recorded use in a specific time slot while adhering to laws related to defamation, libel, copyright and privacy.
Digital Cinema (Seniors Semester 2)
Inspiration, technique and trends are the focus of this single-camera, cinema-style course. Students engage in creative storytelling through concept development, scriptwriting and storyboarding. They learn to achieve the look of film through lighting and camera technique as well as double-system audio capture. Legal and ethical aspects such as copyright and fair use guidelines are learned.
Currently in my 16th year teaching Broadcasting and Video Production at Lancaster High School.
Before I came to LHS, I was a Wildlife Videographer for the Ohio Division of Wildlife.
I also worked in the production department and as a news videographer at WSYX Channel Six.
I also have done freelance video work for ESPN, USA Sports, ABC Sports, CBS Sports. MTV, BET, and others.