Course Outlines
Teen Film Camp • Teen Photography Camp • Teen Web Design Camp
Schedules may vary by day and/or session. Please note that the below course outlines are for two-week sessions at the iD Visual Arts Academy. For more details on our other programs, please choose from iD Tech Camps, iD Gaming Academy or iD Programming Academy.
Learn from professional filmmakers, photographers and web designers! The iD Visual Arts Academy offers students of all experience levels the chance to tell their own story through digital media. Academy students use professional-grade tools including Apple® Final Cut Studio® 2 (with Final Cut Pro 7®), Adobe® After Effects®, Adobe Lightroom®, Dreamweaver®, Flash® and Photoshop®. Students graduate with a portfolio. iD faculty deliver one-on-one instruction, encouraging and challenging students to work toward completing a high-quality project and portfolio.
Learning in small groups, students work at their own pace. New to the visual arts? You’ll be brought up to speed. Students with previous experience will be challenged significantly.
All students participating in our teen movie camps, photography camps and web design camps will have a memorable experience making friends, developing new skills and learning first-hand from professionals and college students who are passionate about visual arts.
Film Production with Final Cut Studio®
Week One: Tell a powerful story by writing an effective treatment, researching shooting locations, and selecting and interviewing subjects for dramatic content. Learn the visual language of film and be introduced to film aesthetics and the fundamentals of the documentary genre. Our instructors will guide you through the principles of camera operation, sound recording and on-location production techniques. Produce two short group projects and learn the importance of pre-production, as well as the fundamentals of shooting a high quality, engaging film. An optional animation workshop will also be offered.
Week Two: Dive into post-production by learning the principles of digital editing and continuity. Using Final Cut Pro and Adobe AfterEffects, cut scenes together and add effects to heighten the impact of your story. Learn the importance of sound design by mixing voiceovers, music, interviews and ambient sounds together. Upon completion of your project, output your work through DVD authoring or uploading to the web and put together an impressive packet for film festival submission. Find out more.
Professional Photography
Week One: Capture powerful moments in time through the use of exposure, dynamic range, image analysis, shutter speeds, aperture, location scouting and creative lighting. Learn the fundamental art of digital photography, with an introduction to visual aesthetics and the exploration of several genres of photography. You will be guided through the principles of hands-on camera operation, focusing on the key elements of a DSLR camera. Produce a portfolio of images to showcase your initial experimentation and creativity and build a solid foundation for taking high quality, meaningful photographs.
Week Two: Discover the differences and advantages of Raw vs. JPEG. Learn color balance, ISO and exposure compensation, advanced camera and shooting techniques, as well as complex natural lighting techniques. You will enter the artistic world of photography post-production, utilizing the industry standard Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Lightroom. Learn proper work flow, color correction and “finishing” techniques to organize, polish and create stunning photographs. “Finish” your photographs through advanced post-production techniques, prepare your photos for web presentation or print and build a masterful portfolio. Find out more.
Professional Web Design
Week One: From conception to execution, experience what it is like to be a freelance web designer. Immerse yourself in a development environment with industry standard, professional software, focusing mainly on Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash. Begin by learning the basics of graphic design including typography, color theory, layout and effective interactive design. You will then transition into client-side scripting and learn to implement your graphical assets. Through CSS (Cascading Style-Sheets), learn to alter the look of an entire website by making small changes to a single line of code in a style sheet.
Week Two: Continue with front-end (client side) development and learn to integrate earlier concepts with JavaScript and HTML to gather and process user input. Diving deeper into Adobe Flash, explore various animation concepts ranging from timeline-based animation and walk cycles to code-driven animation. Utilize ActionScript 3.0 to make advanced, interactive flash applications for your website. Present your project and go through a professional review and revision process. Create an attractive, polished website that is functional, designed to W3C compliant standards and the anchor piece to your portfolio. Find out more.
