Get the Picture?

Students can learn how to express themselves artistically on SchoolhouseTeachers.com. Drawing with Realism with Jan Bower includes weekly video demonstrations and step-by-step instructions to help middle and high school students develop or improve their drawing skills. Jan discusses the how-tos of creating realistic drawings. The four subjects so far have been an apple, an avocado, an orange, and grapes. Each unit includes four lessons and uses a different texture for each object. Filmmaking with George Escobar, Advent Film Group’s cofounder, provides detailed video instruction and assignments for middle and high school students. This 35-week course covers such topics as Discovering God’s Stories, Basic Story Structure, Screenplay Format, Casting Basics, Meeting the Crew, Script-to-Screen, Choosing a Camera, Principles of Composition, Image Resolution, Lighting, Basic Audio, Christian Filmmaking: Providing a Competitive Alternative to Hollywood, Audio Recording, Color Theory: An Introduction, Post-Production, Color Grading, and much more.

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