News Release
ESCC Campus
Web Design and Digital Cinematography Courses offered this spring at ESCC
January 10, 2008
The Spring semester at Cerro Coso Community College is right around the corner, beginning January 21. Among the courses offered this Spring at the Bishop and Mammoth campuses of the Eastern Sierra College Center are Fundamentals of Web Design (MA C101) and Digital Cinematography (MA C168). Both courses satisfy requirements in the Web Design and Digital Animation certificate and associate degree programs at Cerro Coso.
Fundamentals of Web Design (MA C101)
In this course, students will acquire skills to create and
develop attractive web pages and will learn to use Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, a
leading web development software application that enhances productivity.
Students will collaborate in small groups to critique existing sites
according to design principles, and they will work individually to develop
their own web site. This is an entry-level course, so prior knowledge of web
design or HTML coding is not required. However, students who already have
some HTML skills, but who are still designing with tables, can also greatly
benefit from this class. Students will learn how to entirely control the
layout of a page with Cascading Style Sheets and will learn the benefits of
doing so.
This class meets Tuesday evenings from 7:15-9:45 pm in Room 120 of the
Bishop Eastern Sierra College Center of Cerro Coso.
Required textbook: Chow, G. (2008). Dreamweaver CS3:
Hands-On Training. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit.
The textbook can be purchased at the Bishop Campus beginning Tuesday,
January 15.
Vickie Taton is the instructor for MA C101. Taton has a Bachelors of Fine
Art in Painting from the University of Nevada Reno. She also teaches digital
imaging and design at Big Pine High School. She thoroughly enjoys
teaching digital media and helping students develop their creative skills.
Digital Cinematography (MA C168)
This is a course in digital cinema planning and production
through hands-on experience. Course topics include digital cinema as a
distinct form of artistic expression; an investigation of the aesthetic,
technological, economic, and social factors that contributed to the
evolution of digital cinema; logistics, scriptwriting, sound recording, film
and sound editing; and methods by which the visual and aural elements may be
organized. The roles and responsibilities of the digital cinema producer
will be examined, including; skills and knowledge required in developing,
budgeting, managing, producing, and distributing programs.
This course meets Tuesday evenings from 6:45-9:25 pm at the Mammoth Eastern
Sierra College Center of Cerro Coso.
Required textbook: Rabiger, M. (2007). Directing: Film
Techniques and Aesthetics. Focal Press, 4th edition.
Textbook can be purchased directly from the Cerro Coso Bookstore online at:
www.cerrocoso.edu/bookstore/textlists.htm.
Ray Hocker is the instructor for MA C168. Ray is currently completing a
Masters of Fine Art in Digital Cinema Production from National University.
He has recently produced high definition video programming on several cable
channels and teaches Video Technology at Burroughs High School in
Ridgecrest. He was also a portrait photographer for many years. Hocker is
excited about offering digital video courses in Mammoth because of the
opportunities that local scenery and community events provide as subject
matter for student projects.
Both courses are offered in a hybrid format—part of the course is delivered
in a classroom computer lab and part of it is delivered online. This
provides students with the benefits of in-person instruction and hands-on
experience, while also enabling them to build skills necessary for working
in the virtual collaborative environments. Students can complete online
assignments from home or in the open computer labs at either the Bishop or
Mammoth campuses.
Students are not required to purchase software, as it will be available in
the computer lab. However students may wish to purchase software for use at
home. Academic discounts are available for software purchase and student can
learn more at the first class meeting.
The course registration number for MA C101 is 30688, and the registration
number for MA C168 is 30596. Students can register at either the Bishop or
Mammoth campuses or call 872-1565 to enroll.
If you have any other questions about these courses or the Web Design or
Digital Animation programs, feel free to e-mail Suzie Ama
(sama@cerrocoso.edu), Media Arts Faculty Chair.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Joann Handeland, Director of Public Information (760)
384-6230