Posts Tagged Apple Certified
The Joy of Teaching Final Cut Pro
Digital Media Academy News + Events | April 3rd, 2009 by Instructor
By James Alguire, Lead Final Cut Pro Instructor, DMA @ UC San Diego
I’ve been teaching Final Cut Pro courses at DMA for about 4 years now.
Each time I teach a class, I am challenged and grow as a teacher and also as a Final Cut Pro user and editor.
Final Cut is such a robust program and since I’ve been editing on it since version ONE (we are now up to SIX),
I have watched it grow and offer even more tools for my work.
What’s great about teaching new and existing FCP users is that there is always a question of ‘How do I do this?’, and sometimes, I’ve never had to execute said question, so as a group we figure it out together! I love collaborating with my students in that regard. And sometimes I watch their projects and get inspired in my own work. (Another great benefit to teaching!)
I also love working with ‘mature’ students who are adapting to a new platform: Sometimes an Operating System – Sometimes a new program.
I love the moment when they are able to execute an edit and they get very excited and want to show me their work!
This always reminds me of my first films, when I found the ‘right’ cut, I always wanted to share it with as many people as possible.
At the end of the day, editing for me is about telling a story. Choosing the right ‘frame’ to cut upon is sometimes essential to telling that story.
FCP is a tool that we learn and I embrace the challenges of helping new and current editors learn their tool to better tell their stories.
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Boost Your Job Career with DMA Certification! Get Certified in Video Production, Game Design, Maya, Film, Web Design
Digital Media Academy News + Events | March 24th, 2009 by Philip Harding
Are you ready to give your job career a boost?
Come to DMA this summer and get certified. You can earn a certification in Video Production, Web Design and Production, Maya, Digital Filmmaking(Teen Only), or 3d Video Game Design(Teen Only)! You can jump start your current career with a DMA Certification. Or, you can switch to a new career path and become a Maya Modeler, Maya Animator, Special Effects Coordinator, Film maker, Video Producer, Video Editor, Web Designer, Graphic Designer, 3d Video Game Designer, and more! The choice is yours!
You can choose to take the hands-on computer training courses at any of Digital Media Academy’s beautiful locations including: Stanford University in Palo Alto, UC San Diego, University of Texas at Austin, University of Chicago in Illinois, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Johns Hopkins, George Washington University in Washington D.C., Harvard University in Boston, St. Johns in New York, University of California, Los Angeles, Case Western in Ohio, and more. Register for training courses today.
Digital Media Academy = Apple Authorized Training Center
You can also earn an Apple Certification through DMA’s courses.Learn more about being Apple Certified at DMA.
http://www.digitalmediaacademy.org
DMA "Learning Experience"
Digital Media Academy News + Events | February 19th, 2009 by David
By Dave Livingston, Director of Instruction
When I’m not busy directing or managing the day to day activities involved with putting on DMA @ 20 locations during the summer, I get to teach Final Cut Pro courses for DMA. Since DMA is an Apple Certified Training center we do offer a set of standardized Apple courses on each of their Pro Apps, which involves covering set topics and giving our students the option of taking an exam at the end of the course in order to become Apple Certified. This is pretty much what all training centers have to do. But what makes the DMA experience unique is the way we weave project-based work into the course. For example in the 5-day FCP 200 course students get the chance to edit and complete two projects. Students can review and go through the book based exercises at any time, but getting a chance to role up their sleeves and edit while surrounded by other students and expert instructors is what really helps them apply what they are learning while developing their creative and visual storytelling skills.
Every class I teach for DMA has a different chemistry based on the students who are in the seats. When they get a chance to share what they’ve worked on and observe what others have created with the same tools, a true collaborative learning environment starts to take over. Instead of a group of individuals we get a group of people sharing ideas, techniques and creative inspirations.
I hope to see you in one of our courses this summer!
