ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA PRODUCTION ACADEMY
Full of state-of-the-art technical equipment, we seek to provide students with the ability to work with some of the equipment they would expect to find in the Film and TV Industries! Working with digital cameras, green screens, editing software, and a wide variety of other filming equipment. As a class, we seek to produce content of maxium quality and accepting nothing less.
While in this academy, you will film events such as:
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Varsity football games, and a variety of other sports.
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Other academy and academic activies during and after school.
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Special events such as pep rallies, assemblies, after school activites, and more!
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Events held by the award winning and nationally ranked NJROTC program,
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Escambia High School's award winning marching band: "The Pride"
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A daily television show hosted by Gator News Network delivering the day's announcements.
OUR PURPOSE
The purpose of this program is to prepare students for initial employment as television production operators, television broadcast technicians,camera operator, and all other professional/para-professional technicians, video recording engineers, audio recording engineers.
This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Arts, A/V Technology and Communication career cluster.
The content includes, but is not limited to, communication skills; leadership skills; human relations and employability skills; safe and efficient work practices, and preparation to assume responsibility for overall production of television studio activities including: scripts, lighting, shooting and directing, electronic news gathering, and field production.