Pathway Progression

1. Digital Media Fundamentals
2. Digital Media Motion Graphics
3. Digital Media Delivery Systems

• Digital Media Fundamentals: This introductory course teaches students journalistic writing technique, basic photography, and basic video production.  Additionally students earn industry certification in Adobe Photoshop.
• Digital Video Production: This course is a Dual Enrollment course and teaches video production skills.  Students plan, script, cast, shoot, edit, and critique various genres within the entertainment and media landscape.  Student projects include creating Public Service Announcements, Advertisements, Documentaries, Dramas, Comedies, Music Videos and Animations. Additionally students earn industry certification in Adobe Premiere. 
• Digital Media Delivery: In this course students produce a television show for broadcast.  All aspects of production are done by the class including preproduction planning, content creation, script writing, performing, video production, and post-production.  Shows are shared via stream for audiences.
  Past shows are achieved here. 
• Digital Cinema: This course teaches students film-making techniques.  Students focus on longer form story driven content with the goal of building a portfolio of work for art school and university applications.  Advanced skills includes building animations with Adobe After Effects, special effects creation, and pyrotechnics for film.
• Creative Photography: Students learn how to shoot, edit, and critique photography with an eye for aesthetic.  This course focuses on fine art photography and critique. Students build a portfolio which is showcased online and can be used for art school and university applications.
  ​Student work can be found here.
• Digital Design Yearbook: Students in this course work together to create the school yearbook.  Every aspect of the book is produced by students including content and layout decisions, photography, writing, and graphic design. Additionally, students design a video portal, using an application, which allows student created video content to be played over the Internet while sitting and reading the yearbook.    

Develop relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in technical digital media positions in the Information Technology career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency. The content includes but is not limited to practical experiences in the implementation, management, and maintenance of advanced telecommunication environments associated with the creation, packaging, and delivery of digital media

Dyan Hill-Dennard, BETA Digital Video Pathway 

In the Digital Video Technology Pathway, students learn hands-on skills to prepare them for working in the entertainment, film, media, or television industry. The program is creativity based with the goal being for students to create a digital portfolio that can be used for admission to art/film school, university or to enter the work force. Students complete each semester with finished pieces of art to demonstrate their knowledge of relevant programs, as well as gaining access to Creative Suite certification programs. Classes focus on photography, script writing, film production, video editing, and animation graphics design.  

Student work is showcased both online and in the annual Gibbs High School Film Festival. The festival is a collaborative event held in conjunction with the Pinellas County Center for the Arts. It features digital and computer arts including photography, short films, documentaries, video game design, and graphic design. 

Students earn Adobe certifications in industry-standard software including:  

Photoshop - Photographic editing  

Illustrator - Vector-based graphics creation

InDesign - Layout design, Text editng

Premiere Pro - Video editing 

After Effects - Visual effects creation  

The instructor for these courses is Dyan Hill-Dennard. Mrs. Dennard has a Bachelor's degree in Technology Management from St. Petersburg College and has over 10 years of experience in digital video production and owns her own video production company.