Future Readiness
Class Description Learning Objectives: in this class, students will learn about Equipment Software Deliverables: Students and Class Projects
Design: Corvallis 2023 Design Workshop
Class Description Learning Objectives: in this class, students will learn about Equipment Software Deliverables: Students and Class Projects
Design: Daily Life – Turn Ordinary Into Extraordinary
Class Description Learning Objectives: in this class, students will learn about Equipment Software Deliverables: Students and Class Projects
Design: Digital Character Design Workshop
In this 3-day crash course, students will learn about the fundamentals of applying their art skills to character design. This is an important component to a comic, tv show, or movie – methods of conceptualizing and generating these visual designs will be presented in the form of reference sheets and an interactive project. To accommodate …
Film & Tech: One Frame at a Time
Think big by getting small…Break your world down to a single image and make that image come to life through new technologies and the use of stop-motion filmmaking. Once you have created an original piece we will create a large-scale film as a class and see just how far we can go! In this 10 …
Design: Comic Production and Photoshop Fundamentals
Students will learn to create a comic book in a production setting, utilizing graphic design, storytelling, and Photoshop fundamentals.
Music: The Sounds Around You – Creating Sample Based Music
In this class, students will explore the world of sample-based music. Exploring and experimenting with the creative work of other artists has increased in popularity over the last eighty years. Sampling has brushed in many musical styles ranging from rock, country, and classical to reggae, hip hop, and pop music. Students will use samples and …
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Design: Intro to Comic Design
In this class, students will explore the world of art and technology through the lens of comic art. Starting from the bottom, they will build a library of tips and processes for creating, drawing, and writing characters into a cohesive story. This will give beginning and intermediate artists alike the tools they need to take …
Design: Character Design Workshops
In this class, students will explore the world of art and technology through the lens of comic art. Students will learn tips and tricks for creating, drawing, and writing characters into a story. This class will provide many opportunities for beginning artists and artists looking to take their skills to a professional level! In these …
Future Readiness / College and Career Readiness
Future Readiness: What the Heck Does This Mean? In order to best prepare for the future you want to create for yourself, MAPS curates Future Readiness into our classes and workshops. Topics may include: Learning Objectives
Design: Converse Castles and Mythical Comic Book Creations
Students will explore the fundamental tool bar in Photoshop and its brushes. Using the provided images, students will explore how to mask out a background and clip an image in. Students will explore using different Photoshop brushes and opacity levels to create depth and texture on their scene. Students will explore and discuss the fundamentals …
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Music: Songs From Scratch
Learn how to create songs from scratch! In this class, students will learn the basics of song creation and music production. Students will focus on writing, recording, producing, and releasing during the session. Learning these skills will allow students to create as they would in a professional music studio. In this 11 week class, students …
Tech: Building and Testing Sky Robots
Students will learn to build and fly a variety of drones while learning the laws and regulations surrounding them. They will explore flight simulators, learn from advanced drone pilots, and fly drones with different styles of controllers ranging from traditional ones to using just their hand gestures to control the drones. Camera systems will be …
Film: Film and Video Production
Learning about film and video production by creating. This class is designed to show students how to operate video cameras, audio equipment and all the tools of filmmaking to create. From conceptualization to production, we will learn how to use all the filmmaking tools and exercises to make a completed video. The students will have …
MAPS Intro to Film at Blackfeet Community College
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 MORNING Introductions Screening and Discussion“Our Last Refuge” Screening: TBD Screening: TBD Screening: TBD MORNING 1895-1896 Agreement Screening and Discussion“Our Last Refuge” “1895 Disagreement” Script Read Production Etiquette Create Best Practices for Analyzing Film MORNING “Who Are You” “The Making of Meaning” “Critical Discourse …
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Film: Creating a Music Video
Learning collaborative music video production. Using a pre-recorded song, we’ll get the cameras out and learn basic camera recording techniques and compositions. And finally, we’ll film a music video based on the song, bring it back into the classroom and learn how to edit the footage using Adobe Premiere software. In this one week class, …
Film: Frame by Frame – Stop Motion Animation
This 1-week course will introduce students to the basic tools, skills, and history of stop motion animation. From puppets to pixels, almost any inanimate material can be brought to life with stop motion filmmaking. Students will practice many of the aspects of this animation technique including story and character development, scriptwriting, storyboarding, building props and …
Design: Comic Book Cover Art
In this 1 week summer class, students will learn industry standards of writing and creating comic books. Students will explore and review the fundamentals of design & comic cover layout by creating their own superhero themed comic book cover. In this one week class, students will Explore different types of comic book art, covers, and …