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Multimedia, Web Design, Film Making
Co-ordinator: Mr Fausto Di Marco
 

Technology has a fundamental role in today's education. Students at this age already know a lot about technology; they know so much that they can be easily identified as the "multitasking generation". School work and most of communication is done using computers and mobile phones: IM, forums, chat, sms, mms, and many other terms are part of the daily language of this generation. Images and videos have changed the way of learning to the point that today's education has to be more "visual" and schools have to offer  more audio visual teaching tools.

This implementation of technology and the relevant role of the visual impact of communication also gives the opportunity to explore many other related fields. Images and videos can be used for learning but also for presenting a specific product. In particular, here at St. Stephen's we are curious to see how students could apply their technology skills in producing material to present to different types of public.

Websites, Movies, Documentaries, Slide shows are all ongoing projects that are involving students with technical expertise but also students that would like to learn how to expand their knowledge in the field of IT.

The following is a first attempt to create a movie using digital videocameras and digital editing with Pinnacle Studio. Students involved in this project had to experience the difficulties of setting up the scene with proper space and light, filming the scenes with various distances and angles, recording the sound for dialogues and background music and soundtrack, editing the movie by importing the various scenes recorded and attaching the pieces using transitions and effects. The result is very encouraging and gives us the opportunity to share our accomplishments with the visitors of this site.

 

Enjoy the movie "The New Student". It is a "tragic-comedy" about a student that in the middle of a school year has to move to another country because of the father's job. Fears and imagination will intrigue you until the very last frame of this movie.

Please note that this movie has been converted to Macromedia Flash format to make it accessible to all platforms and also to decrease the memory size. If interested in receiving the DVD please contact me at dimarco.f@ststephens-rome.com

Size: 32 MB. Lenght: 20m.