LIGHTS. CAMERA. ACTION. The Radio and Television Broadcasting program introduces students to all three phases of the production process in a wide range of educational formats.  This CTE program provides students with an exciting high school experience with a focus on performance based projects in all aspects of Radio and Television Broadcasting.  All the CTE programs offered at Dighton-Rehoboth High, provide students with the skills necessary to become successful in their fields of study and offer an edge to post-secondary education institution choices.

Freshman Year: Within the scope of this course, students will be introduced to the core aspects of digital video production including studio safety, career discovery, basic camera operations, writing for the script, producing video segments, recording content in high-definition, and post-production finishing using non-linear editing computers.

Sophomore Year: This course is designed to introduce students to the world of audio and visual recording as used in a radio and television broadcasting career field. Students will develop basic skills in the areas of camera and camcorder operation, microphone and audio mixer, non-linear editing, project planning, lighting techniques, electronic news gathering, electronic field production, and studio production. Students will complete a series of assignments individually and in teams to gain enhanced practical knowledge of radio and video production to develop their technical skills for employment. Within the scope of this course, students will obtain their Occupational Safety (OSHA-10) credential and begin participation in their career major.

Junior Year: Working both individually and in teams, students start to gain proficiency in the areas of motion graphics, video recording and switching, directing, producing, non-linear editing, project planning, animation techniques, electronic news gathering, electronic field production, and studio production. Students will develop skills in the three phases of creating deliverable elements: pre-production, production, and post- production. The post- production phase-in encompasses all aspects of training on industry standard digital manipulation software offered by Adobe Creative Cloud including Premiere, Audition, After Effects, Photoshop, and Davinci Resolve 18. Students will have numerous opportunities to participate in high school and community outreach events that include festivals, plays, and talent shows.

Senior Year: This advanced level course will give students the opportunity to work with a variety of field and studio television production equipment. Working both individually and in teams, students will gain proficiency in the areas of directing, producing, non-linear editing, project planning, portable lighting, electronic news gathering, electronic field production, and studio production. To enhance their knowledge of television production and develop their technical skills, students will complete a series of assignments including the development of programming involving the school and community. As part of the course, students will produce stories that will be assembled into the school’s weekly televised news program commonly known as “D-R TV.” Seniors will present their own original films at the CTE Senior Showcase.

The philosophy of the Media Studies Program is dedicated to providing the best and most complete technical education for all of our students. As a technical department of the comprehensive high school, our fundamental purpose is to provide education for employment and to prepare students for post secondary education. The high school graduate of the 21st century faces a world in which the most important skills in the workplace are the ability to learn, to change, and adapt. The underlying fundamentals of the program will include career and technical training, integrated with English, math, related science, and OSHA Safety training to provide each student with the background to advance educationally as well as professionally. The course instruction utilizes the competencies from the Radio and Television Broadcasting Vocational Technical Education (VTE) Frameworks and the objectives contained within the six strands of the VTE Frameworks.