{"id":35808,"date":"2025-02-06T16:46:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=35808"},"modified":"2025-02-06T16:46:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:46:19","slug":"creativity-set-to-abound-for-all-ages-as-pc-launches-filmmaking-photoshop-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/creativity-set-to-abound-for-all-ages-as-pc-launches-filmmaking-photoshop-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity set to abound for all ages as PC launches filmmaking, Photoshop courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Students and life-long learners will have plenty of chances to hone their creative skills this spring as Newmarket-based independent school Pickering College launches a new series of public courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frame By Frame: A Filmmaking Intensive will take place on campus between March 10 \u2013 14 for all students in Grades 8 \u2013 12, regardless of where they attend school full time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAspiring filmmakers in Grades 8 to 12 can immerse themselves in the art of filmmaking during this dynamic March Break program,\u201d says Pickering College. \u201cParticipants will explore scripting, storyboarding, filming, and editing, culminating in the creation of a fully edited short film and a professional portfolio.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following month, from April 2 \u2013 June 4, the school will host a Photoshop Foundations Course where participants ages 14 to 100+ will learn essential tools, explore AI-powered features, and leave as a recognized Adobe Certified Professional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPost-pandemic, we have had much more of a focus on bringing the community into Pickering College, whether it is through our summer camps or through community engagement initiatives,\u201d says Pickering College\u2019s communications manager Naomi Cote. \u201cIt is a different way to bring in both adult and student community members to try something out and get a taste of the Pickering College experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading the courses will be educator Ian Johnston, who has taught media at the school for more than two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the joy of crafting it and also the pleasure of showing it,\u201d says Johnston of the filmmaking course. \u201cIt\u2019s getting away from just throwing a 30-second video up on TikTok. There is craft there that you can take some pride in, but you have to do the work as well. This camp develops a lot of skills in terms of teamwork, collaboration, communication, and all those soft skills that the business community is saying are wanted and desired in future employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the process as much as the final product and being able to document that process as we go along. To curate it in an organized fashion is a skill in itself that in this age of AI and accessibility to other people who would do work for you, it\u2019s important for you to show that you did the work, talk about it, and explain the process and the journey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The joy of crafting also extends to the Photoshop course, which also helps youth and the young-at-heart pick up new media skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut not just in media production itself, but understanding how you create or why you create certain media pieces,\u201d Johnston adds. \u201cIf you choose to go forth and take that Adobe certification, it\u2019s acknowledged, it\u2019s respected, it\u2019s something that will be in your resume toolbox that will help you land a job. If you\u2019re older, it\u2019s getting an idea of what the possibilities are and that\u2019s really up to the individual. If you so choose to pursue that, it is something we will definitely facilitate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While these are the first public programs launched by Pickering College post-pandemic, Cote says these two are \u201cour first test balloons\u201d to see where interests lie and tease there could be more offerings in the not-too-distant future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf these are successful, and there\u2019s some sort of need where teachers and community members come forward and say, \u2018I have an idea as well,\u2019 I can say that our administration has been very supportive of that and getting involved in the community,\u201d says Johnston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All you need to bring to the table, he adds, is \u201can interest in learning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more details, including registration and fees, visit pickeringcollege.on.ca\/adobe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Students and life-long learners will have plenty of chances to hone their creative skills this spring as Newmarket-based independent school Pickering College launches a new series of public courses. Frame By Frame: A Filmmaking Intensive will take place on campus between March 10 \u2013 14 for all students in Grades 8 \u2013 12, regardless of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-9jy","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-14 13:36:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35809,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35808\/revisions\/35809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}