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to the South & West Washtenaw
Consortium
Visual Imaging Technology Web Page
Instructor: Mr. Michael Riesterer
VISUAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY
(Year-AM)
Prerequisite: Grades 11-12
Visual Imaging Technology is about the design and production of media.
This class will focus on two major types of media: print media, and
electronic media. Print media includes such things as posters and CD
covers, business cards, T-shirts, and, literally, a million other things.
Electronic media includes such things as digital video and audio, digital
photography, animation, and the Internet. What’s common between print
and
electronic media can be summed up this way: it’s all digital.
Visual Imaging Technology is a hands-on class in which students learn
about each stage of the media production process — and then use the tools
they learned about to complete various media production projects and
assignments. Given the dynamic nature of the visual imaging industry, one
of the primary goals of this class will be to give students a broad range
of experience which encompasses both print and electronic media.
Visual Imaging Technology also prepares students to pursue a career path
within the graphics industry. You will have the oppor-tunity to find out
what real people do in this industry and see what surprising possibilities
await you. Going into a college level program for visual imaging or
graphic communications — or — going directly into a job during
and after
high school are both viable career path options. Realize that you are a
prime candidate for local and national scholarships which are specifically
for graphics and visual imaging technology students.
Visual Imaging Technology students will complete projects which relate to
the "real world". This means learning how to produce real stuff for
real
people (we call these real people “clients”). Students will learn
advanced
techniques for creating images, manipulating images, and using screen
printing, offset printing and multimedia tools. Begin to imagine the
possibilities . . .
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