Torrey Pines High School - Freeflight Yearbook (Del Mar, CA)

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Televison produc- tion's chief advisor Doug Stanton plans on t I ' ' a e e vi s 1 o n studio for the school. hings are up in the air, s chief advisor, Doug Stanton. Stanton and production's instructor, Jon Robertson, eagerly awaited the go ahead on a proposed television studio to be built in the empty metal shop. 'lVloney's put aside but nothing's happening yet! lf the proposal goes into 3 effect, Stanton and Robertson plan on a profes- sional, three to four camera, video set up which in- p ciudes a state-of-the-art editing system, Produc- tions from students already have been shown at Channel 37 in Del Mar, but the studio would provide an 'almost' live broadcastingbstation. ln other words, students would have the a ility to pro- duce high quality programs in the studio which could be sent to Channel 37 on a video cassette where it would be broadcast to the San Diego area. Doug Stanton hopes that the studio will not only involve production students but anyone who is interested in tv-media. 'l enjoy watching the students create. Theres not a whole lot of thrills in my job, but the kids keep me going, whether or not they'll tum out to be another Spielberg-' - chris Thomes ,-rf Frustrated with editing his Don't litter video, student Chris Thames looks over his work. The excitement of the performing arts l always been a privilege for students in beginning and advanced acting class l-lowever, the classes' instructor, J Brosbe, changed his teaching format the '86-87 year. The classes are not l they were last year . . . the entire struct has been turned around,' said Brosl Previously, students were allowed choose their own projects and work X s DR E 5'- .sq 5 ? .R E

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3 ll X L get --.tg .sf K5 .i ti If ,. g .V . E resent world problems and future goals were the main characteristics of this course. Originally started by former glish teacher Rose Sliegh, science fiction iw to be one ofthe most popular classes in school's curriculum. Kay Allgire, the class' instructor, believed class attracted students for two main isons. First, the class dealt with con- wporaiy issues and second, science fic- 1 appealed to kids because they saw it as iting and more enjoyable than older ature. Allgire also enjoyed the class because it s rich in ideas and dealt with con- wporary social problems. The class 'mally studied eleven novels which in- ded such authors as Ray Bradbury and hur C. Clark. Allgire also assigned three jor papers and seven essay exams. ig. l .5-Q Unfortunately, this was the last year for science fiction to be its own class. Due to the district's re-vamping of courses, classes that dealt with a specific literature were omitted. Allgire said she was disappointed that the new system would do away with specialty classes such as science fiction. The district's new plan calls for the re- establishment of regular English classes, but Allgire feared that the new system would go too far to a uniform curriculum and stray away from freedom. Allgire hopes that teachers would try to strengthen the system by using their creativity. She suggested that students could take a normal English class but that the teacher would stress such subjects as creative writing, poetry, or sci- ence fiction within the same course. - Chris Thomes K, W Waiting patiently, students look for possibilities of a space in Science fic-class, one of the most popular classes. j Lili! ll l W I l'h2ili

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pendenlly Toward a good grade, un- TunaTely, many of The sTudenTs ap- ared To misuse Their opporluniTies and 1sTe Time. So This year Brospe swifched m a casual and relaxed aTmosphere 3 a sTricT and demanding framework in lich sTudenTs did noT have The opporiu- f To procrasTinaTe. 3rospe's new arrangemenT for The ginning acTing class included pasic 4 Q V T -4 i e riff! is siage skills, scripT analysis, sTage movemenT, voice developmeni, and characTer developmenT. For his more advanced class, which had changed The mosT, Brospe moved away from an in- dependenT sTudy aTTiTude To college level. Advanced acTors were required To siudy deep characTer developmenT and scripT analysis, command performances, and prepare for professional audiTions. Brospe nu in ' T L f In . . X txvgfl . ni F T l liz? 49 Tim Campen, Mako Nakayama, Pat Muivihili, Angela LaRosa, and Chris Thomes. also helped many sTudenTs receive scholarships from TheaTrical universiTies. Nexi year The TheaTre hopes To have Two new classes. One, an honors acTing course, will focus on direcTion and produc- Tion of plays. The oTher, acTing for video camera, will combine The Talenis of poTh Tv producTion sTudenTs and acTors To form a Television sfudio afmosphere. - Chris Thomes Jeff Brosbe poses a quick smile during his busy acting class that was revamped. 101