These disciplines not only bring the arts to life, but can inspire students through rich imagery, use of various camera shots, music, sound effects, dramatic silence, and dialogue. They will enhance your child’s literacy skills and help them appreciate the creative writing process – the planning, drafting, editing and revising. Your child will also gain mathematical skills, as they create a budget for their productions, or work out the best angles and distances at which to place the cameras. In addition to these academic skills, media productions help students develop a wide range of social skills. Your child will collaborate with others and assume differing roles (e.g. actor, cameraperson, narrator, director, behind the scenes support). They will discuss, debate, and rehearse ideas with their peers, develop their speaking and listening skills, and their ability to compromise and make decisions.