• HEI 2021 Lights, Camera Action
  • STOPMOTION ANIMATION PROJECT
  • Movie Trailer Project
  • Editing Exercises/Practice
  • Animation Choice - Tutorials
    • Animation Principle #1 : Squash & Stretch (The Ball Bounce)
    • Animation Principle #2 Staging
    • Animation Principle #3 Timing (Countdown Bomb)
    • Adding Audio, Titles and Turning in your animations from Final Cut Pro
  • Movie Trailer Project
  Digital Communication's Class

Welcome to the Digital Communications website!

(Sorry! Under Construction - 2018/19 - Website Update Coming Soon!)





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Mission Statement
The Digital Communications class is designed to equip today's middle school student with the necessary skills needed to consume, create, and communicate effectively using a variety of multimedia tools with a heavy emphasis on digital video production, animation, photography and media literacy. 

Digital Communication's class is a 7 week course that is part of the Hawthorn Middle North Arts & Technology Curriculum. Students rotate through Digital Communications,  STEM Lab, Art, Health, and Music as they complete the Related Arts experience.  Due to the "work in progress" nature of the projects, midterm reports are not easily provided. Please talk frequently to your son or daughter on the status of their projects. You are encouraged to check out the rest of this site which includes important information about class policies, grade level projects, due dates, as well as tutorials and helpful links.
*2018/19 Curriculum Update Coming Soon

2017/18 Curriculum
6th Grade 

Media Literacy Skills
Digital Video Production (Filming)
Digital Video Production (Editing)
Intro To 2D Computer Animation

7th Grade
Intermediate Video Editing (Multicam/Compositing) 
Stopmotion (Clay) Animation 
Intro To DSLR Photography
Digital Photo Editing ( Photoshop/Pixlr) 

8th Grade 
Final Cut Pro - Advanced Video Editing 
Digital Storytelling Project
Professional Style Interview
​Final Video Project (Trailer or Music Video) 


 Instructor:

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Mr. Dennis Matuch 
Phone: (847) 990-4478
Email: [email protected] (click on image)
 

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