The Art Department provides students the skills, 知识, and understanding necessary to appreciate the visual and performing arts. Students are evaluated on essential learning outcomes. Creativity, intellectual curiosity, and creative thinking are encour年龄d.
学生在 工作室艺术 explore the fundamentals of pictorial design and composition, and how art is used as a means of personal expression. 使用各种媒体, students learn textures, 呈现形式, 阴影, 和一个-, two- and three-point perspective. Painting principles are introduced and students develop a color wheel, 颜色刻度, and compositions that illustrate atmospheric perspective and the effects of complementary colors and color chords. Students are encour年龄d, through specific assignments, to develop their own artistic vocabulary to facilitate effective visual communication.
In 数字艺术, students apply visual and aural aesthetic-design principles in a hands-on exploration of typography, 图形, 数码影像, 动画, 全动态视频, and digital media interface design. Students analyze the essential topics of interactivity, media development process, and the applications and future directions of the digital arts.
电影研究 students are taught to “read” a film, analyzing its narrative structure, 体裁惯例, 潜台词, technical and artistic factors and purpose. The emphasis is on the various techniques used by filmmakers to convey meaning. Along with film analysis the students create short film-related projects.
爵士乐团 is a music-performance class that introduces basic jazz techniques including improvisation and a standard Jazz/Big Band repertoire. The ensemble consists of standard Big Band instrumentation: alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, 小号, 长号, 吉他, 低音, 钢琴和鼓. The ensemble performs home concerts, but also performs at school events, community functions and concert festivals.
交响乐团 is a music performance class with three aspects: introduce students to the fundamentals of music; improve students’ musical proficiency; and form an ensemble that will be exposed to a variety of band literatures. The band performs two home concerts, as well as performs at school rallies, 体育活动, community functions and concert festivals. Each year the band makes a trip to perform outside our immediate region. This ensemble is considered the core of the Palma High School Band program.
音频生产 combines elements of MIDI and digital audio, and recording acoustic instruments. 波形的理论, 样本率, 转换, 文件格式, digital signal processing and other digital audio theory are studied and applied through the recording of performances, sound design and film scoring. Students study the fundamentals of MIDI sound production using virtual synthesizers and are introduced to digital audio production using Pro Tools.
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