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Screenwriting and
Producing Lab
• Our two production stages is outfitted with rolling set pieces that create a variety of shooting opportunities such as the front of a house and/or brownstone, the interior of a bathroom, interior rooms including staircases and bookcases and furniture. The large stage has a board-controlled lighting grid.
• Four digital editing labs include Avid, Final Cut Pro and video editing software.
• The re-recording studio has Protools, an ADR booth and Foley Pits for completing post-production sound design.
• Our film cutting room has two steenbecks and editing benches.
• The Student Writing Lab is equipped with thirteen PC’s with Final Draft software that formats student scripts in the industry standard and Microsoft Office.
• A production office is provided for student meetings and other tasks necessary to arrange our 50-plus student productions mounted each semester. Auditions for actors are held every fall and spring and in this office over 200 headshots and actor resumes are cataloged. Also a computer with e-mail and a phone with voicemail are provided so that students can conduct preproduction business.
• A film equipment room houses all the film school’s production equipment. Students follow industry practices for the check-out and returning of gear. Only students in production classes may check out equipment. Current equipment includes:
 
Equipment
• 16 Mac G-5’s with final Cut and DVD Studio Pro
• 3 Mac G-5’s with Avid Express Pro
• 2 Avid Media Composer Editing systems
• Digital and Analog Video Decks
• Protools recording studio with Foley pits and ADR booth
• 2 8-plate 16mm Steenbecks and editing benches
• 13 PC’s in a Student Writing Lab with Final Draft writing software and Microsoft Office
• 2 FR-2 Field Memory Recorders
• 3 DAT Packages
• NAGRA IV-S
• A large assortment of Grip and lighting equipment including HMI Pars
• Two large sound studios
• A 200-seat professional movie theater with state-of-the-art projection and sound
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2 Canon GL1 Digital Video Camcorders
- 20X zoom canon lens
- 3CCD image sensor
- optical image stabilizer
- in camera editing |
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4 Canon L-2s
- 8-120mm zoom lens and wide angle attachment
- 3 chips for superior picture quality |
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3 Arriflex 16 SRs
- Used in Cinematography and Production IV classes
- 10-150 mm Angenieux lens
- 9, 12, 16 and 25mm Zeiss Prime lens |
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1 CP-16
- 10-150 mm Angenieux lens
- Utilized in Cinematography classes as well as Production
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2 Steenbeck Flatbed
Editors
- 8 plate system
- Origin of conventions for non linear systems |
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5 Panasonic AG-DVC 10 Mini-DV
Cameras Broadcast Quality DV Camera
- Remote controllable
- Built-in ND filter
- Dockable to Final Cut Pro editing system
- No quality loss from original to edit |
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2 Soundstages
- Rolling set pieces to create a variety of shooting opportunities
- Scenery modules
- Board-controlled lighting grid
- Non-reflective paint
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13 Station Screenwriting Lab
- Final Draft screenwriting software |
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Protools Re-recording Studio
- Protools 6.4.1 with human user interface
- 24 track TDM system
- AVID Integration capability |
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