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Media and Culture Labs and Studio
The Media and Culture Labs and Studio provide you with hands-on experience in all forms of media production, including video, sound, digital photography and design. The labs and studio are home to professional-grade software for screenwriting, sound mixing, animation, graphic design, and DVD authoring. Video cameras, microphones, audio accessories, lighting and grip equipment, and a sound-proofed studio with green screen and lighting grid round out the array of professional production tools available here.
Features
The state-of-the-art resources in the Media and Culture Labs and Studio include:
- 36 Mac workstations for classroom use, open lab and workshops
- The latest media post-production software, including Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, and Flash
- Two editing suites for after-hours post-production, featuring two Mac stations, Mackie Mixing Board, NTSC monitors, and AVID and ProTools software
- An array of state-of-the-art digital video cameras and accessories, as well as microphones, audio accessories, and lighting and grip equipment
- Sound-proofed and temperature-controlled production studio with green screen capabilities and lighting grid
- Full video projection in both the labs and studio
- Mac laptops for classroom instruction
Courses
The Media and Culture Labs and Studio support the major in Media Arts and Culture, as well as the Liberal Studies major in Media Arts and Society. A sample of courses that take place here includes:
MC 222 Digital Photography
This course examines the art of photography, digital image manipulation, and applications for digital images. Students shoot and edit their own digital photographs and create a Web-based portfolio of their work.
MC 321 Sound Design for New Media
The fundamentals of microphones, digital recording techniques, sound effects, and post-production audio mixing are covered through hands-on demonstrations and individual audio projects. Students also analyze, from an audio perspective, content designed for cinema, television, the Web, and video games.
MC 322 Making Documentaries
This course provides students with cameras, and sends them into communities to make documentaries. Social issue documentary provides them with advanced experience with video production and practical and theoretical approaches to the documentary. The video camera becomes a tool for meeting and becoming involved with local community members, and a way for students to pro-actively address social issues that they already care about or about which they have always been curious. The class teaches students to document interesting people, communities and social issues while providing the tools to tell stories about these new experiences in the exciting and important genre of documentary.