VCHS television and video students produce a wide variety of video projects, including the daily live televised newscasts, live sports webcasts, and video podcasts (Vodcasts). Students also create many other independent video productions, including the annual video yearbook, news reports, documentary short films, narrative short films, public service announcements, and much more.
As a senior video student, recent KVCH-TV and Video graduate, Jake Viramontez, won first place in a prestigious national competition (STN) for his documentary on humanitarian aid to West Africa. He also won another award for a documentary video on firefighters.
With extensive contacts in the industry, KVCH-TV trains students not only through hands-on experience, but also through guest lectures and real-world internships. Any student interested in the visual media will grow quickly in our program, from initial concept all the way through project completion.
TV/Video students do postproduction editing on their projects in a state-of-the-art video editing facility using 16 Mac G5 computers with Final Cut Pro 5 video editing software. They produce the live daily newscast in a fully functional TV broadcast studio and control room. They produce live sports webcasts using a professional remote “flypack” mobile control room. VCHS video students learn by doing, they get hands-on real world experience every day.
Students are on the cutting edge of the multi-media visual arts revolution:
- Students in Valley Christian Television and Video courses learn a full range of professional skills, from original concept and development, through pre-production project planning and organizing, video production, video/audio postproduction editing, and finally distribution out Live, to tape, DVD and the web.
- Valley Christian TV and Video students are prepared to become highly effective communicators of the Christian faith and morals found in the Bible. They learn to translate their personal understanding of faith into communicating the values reflected in the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
- VCHS students learn to hone their verbal, written and technological skills for effective multi-media communication. By covering news stories and doing documentary work, students are taught to cultivate the ability to think critically, solve problems effectively and draw conclusions from research, personal analysis and investigation.
- By working in groups of video production teams, VCHS video students also learn, and practice, the core interpersonal skills needed to work cooperatively and effectively with others. Students learn the technological and life skills needed for success in the 21st century work environment.