(September 19, 2012) — Sophomore Edgar Movsesian, who signed up for Clark’s cinematography class in hopes of having an advantage in his future dream job of being a director, was greeted this school year with brand new computers that run the AVID editing software, enabling students to professionally edit movies.

“I find this class very effective for my career,” Movsesian said. Sophomore David Karapetyan, also taking this class, is seeking to have benefits in his career as well. “This is a fun art class and we will need the skills we are learning now in our jobs,” he said.

Another piece of equipment that the students have not yet had the chance to use is the TriCaster 855 EXTREME, which will enable them to record and edit up to eight live video channels and stream them to a live Internet channel. Key Code Media, which has worked with many Hollywood film studios, is providing the free streaming Internet channel for Clark Magnet. According to the cinematography teacher, Matt Stroup, this company will hire the top cinema students from Clark Magnet High School into their internship program.

The internship program could ultimately lead to careers in this industry that pay salaries in the $25 to $50 pay range. Junior Daniel Shahgaldians joined this class to learn how to edit films and make a professional movie. “Although I think that it doesn’t seem fair that not everyone uses the same computers – I prefer Macs over PCs – still all of the computers are updated with the new ISIS 5000 software and are easy to use,” Shahgaldians said.

The money for these new technologies came from the Measure S, voted by Glendale voters last year. Measure S is a school bond that fonds capital projects in schools, such as paying for new technologies or construction. Stroup said he hopes his students learn from the best technologies and take advantage of the skills they are being taught now and use them to advance in their professions. “I am planning to teach the students on the same software systems being used in the industry to help them make some of the best student films on the face of this planet,” Stroup said.