Time:
9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Costs:
- Per person from a MIPA member school: $35
- Per person from a non-MIPA school: $45
- Per person for pizza lunch: $5
- Parking fee per car: $5
Register by Feb. 10. (After Feb. 10, add $2 per person to the price.)
Advisers attend free if they bring five students!
Lunch is $5 per person and will include pizza, pop, chips and a cookie. If you want to bring your own lunch, that’s fine as well.
Register online!
The Classes
InDesign
- using tools
- placing text and graphics
- formatting text
- importing photos
- designing a basic page
- using grids effectively
- selecting type
- using libraries and styles
Photoshop
- toning photos for publication
- sizing photos for resolution
- organizing files
- creating cutouts
WordPress Site Building
Students will learn how to build a WordPress site from the ground up.
- finding a host
- choosing a theme
- embedding photos and videos
- organizing your staff to create content
Yearbook Design Clinic
- learning current yearbook trends
- using effective typography
- understanding mods
- creating voice
Newspaper Design Clinic
- analyzing current newspaper
- using effective typography
- designing new standing heads
- creating alternative story forms
- finding suitable art & photos
Building Next Year’s Staff*
- recruiting good students for your publication staff
- generating/updating a staff manual
- working on redesigning or generating design templates
- generating writing, design and photography ideas by using a portfolio assignment
- selling advertising and canvasing the city over the summer
*Future editors and advisers should take this course in pairs or small groups
Lighting for Video
- review the basics of three-point lighting
- determining best approaches for indoor and outdoor lighting scenarios
- setting up for an interview on deadline
- differences between run-and-gun lighting vs. controlled environments with c-stands, gels, bounce lights, etc.