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Video Production Pathway

VIDEO PRODUCTION

Career and Technical Education

Arts, Media, and Entertainment: Production & Managerial Arts 

Instructor: Suchit Upadhyay

 

Instructor: Suchit Upadhyay

Video Production at CCHS is a Career and Technical Education (CTE) course, which aim at getting students career and industry ready directly out of high school.

 

 

VIDEO PRODUCTION is a two-year pathway, meaning students are expected to complete the following two courses before graduating:

 

Video 2:

Intro to Filmmaking

Video 3:

Advanced Film Production

  • Film Theory
  • Camera / Lighting
  • Video Editing
  • Production Sound
  • Photography
  • Film Screenings
 
 
  • Professional Digital Cinema Production / Post Production (Cinematography, Editing, and Sound Design)
  • Film / Digital Photography workflows.
  • Chatsworth Charter News (school news program)
  • Film Festival Submissions and Portfolio Building
  • College Credit (Articulation with Pierce College)
  • Career Readiness (Field Trips, Industry Professional Mentorships)
 

While in our class, you'll learn how to watch films critically, and understand how the ingredients of a movie (lighting, camera, sound, editing, etc.) all come together to tell compelling stories and create visceral emotion. You’ll learn the technical skills needed and use industry standard equipment to make impactful films, and learm how to collaborate with others in order to begin your career as a filmmaker.

 

Losing Focus from The Directing Change Film Contest 

 

An episode Chatsworth Charter News

 

Student Work: Portrait

Student work from Faces of Chatsworth: Portraits assignment 

 

Join us as we adventure through the mesmerizing world of cinema and photography by exploring culturally important and visually striking artists in search of inspiration! Learn how to make films that could never be made by anyone else but YOU.