Program Highlights
In our Theater & Film program you will:
- Have the ability to pursue one of two distinct professional theater pathways: Acting or Production & Design (or one year of each).
- Learn video production and editing with Adobe Premiere, so both Acting and Production & Design students can create video portfolios of their work. Students can creat Tic-Tok videos, YouTube videos and more.
- Develop understandings and skills needed to design and implement production sound, lighting and film.
- Be introduced to the fundamentals of costuming, stage makeup, set design, camera operation and more.
- Learn the fundamentals of drone camera operation and photography.
- Write, direct, film, edit and submit a short film to the annual NH High School Short Film Festival statewide competition in your second year.
What You Can Learn
Sound Design and Set Up // Lighting Design and Set Up // Costume Design including Sewing // Scenic Design and Set Up // Recording & Mixing of Sound & Lights // Social Media Promotion // Stage Management // Fundamentals of Acting in Film, Theater & Television // Basic Acting Techniques // Basic and Advanced Improv Skills // Monologues // Video Production // Short Films, Tik-Tok Videos, YouTube Videos
What You Can Earn
3 Credits for 1 College Course in This Pathway // UNH Articulation Agreement (Tech & Design) // OSHA 10-Hour Card // Adobe Certified Associate in Premiere // Recognition through National and State Filmmaking Contests
What You Can Become
(with additional education and training)
Theater Teacher/Educator // Costume Designer // Lighting Designer // Lighting Programmer // Sound Designer // Set Designer // Production Management // Special Effects Technician // Stage Manager // Technical Director // Film, Stage or Television Actor // Prop Master // Film Editor//Camera Grip
Clint Klose
INSTRUCTOR
Experience:
With CRTC since 2016. Theatre experience: Director CHS Drama Club since 2012, Rundlett Middle School theatre director – P.E.G. (6 years), Beaver Meadow School (28 years), RB Productions (19 years); Accomplished director, and sound and lighting designer.
Awards:
2010 Children And Youth Theatre Award (NH Theatre Awards Committee), 2014 NH Educational Theatre Guild Runner-Up, 2016 NHETG State Champion (My Name is Asher Lev), 2018 NHETG State Champion (Nora’s Lost), 2018 Award Winner Best Sound Design (New Hampshire Theatre Awards),
Education/Credentials:
Westminster College (Bachelor of Music), Certified Music K-12, Certified Theatre K-12 Other Interests: Cooking, Travel, Broadway
Email
cklose@sau8.org