Orientation to the Community Access Center
One session
FREE
Take your first step into the exciting worlds of television and radio at the Access Center’s free Orientation. You’ll get a look into the high-tech yet very accessible worlds of community radio and community television. It's here that you can determine which path you'd like to take - audio, visual or both.
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Basic Radio
One session
$15
You have an idea for a radio show. Find out what steps are needed to get approval to air it, as well as what equipment and software is available to you for production. Learn how fun and easy it is to use Garage Band and i-Tunes.
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Pre-Production Techniques
One session
$15
You’ve got the great idea for a program. But how do you get that idea from your head to the screen? Planning, planning, planning! Pre-production planning will get you started and help take the nervousness out of your production. As you learn the language of television, you’ll turn your idea into a script and plan your shoot with treatments, storyboards, and other planning tools. A must-take class for both new and veteran producers, this workshop is required before you are fully certified in Main Studio Production or Final Cut HD non-linear editing.
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Production Aesthetics
One session
$15
You already have the basics down and can put together a competent looking show. Now you want to set your show apart from others by sprucing it up to avoid that "generic" feel. This workshop will share ideas and techniques for improving both remote and studio productions.
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Mini-DV Camcorder Production
One session
$15
In this workshop you’ll learn about the specifics of using CAC’s digital cameras and about using tripods, shot composition, and a little about location lighting and location audio.
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Tape-to-tape Editing
Two sessions
$30
Video shot on location is rarely ready to play “as-is.” Sometimes all a program needs are titles at the beginning and credits at the end. Other times more extensive editing is required to take things out or maybe add something new. These and other changes are done in post-production editing. In this two-evening workshop, you’ll learn to take your video footage, and by editing it from one tape to another, turn it into a finished, complete program.
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i-Movie
Two sessions
$30
Prerequisite: Mini-DV Camcorder Production or bringing your own FIREWIRE compatible camcorder to the workshop.
With a DV camcorder and the iBook you can record directly to the computer’s hard drive. Then, using the editing capabilities of iMovie, you can add opening titles, end credits and make simple edits. Print the completed program to tape and your show is done.
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i-DVD Workshop
One session
$15
You've edited your movie on the i-Movie laptop. Now you want to make DVD copies for friends and family (as well as for CAC playback). Learn how to use i-DVD software found on the laptops to burn top-notch DVD's.
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Final Cut HD: Beginner
Co-requisite: Pre-production Techniques
Unleash your creative spirit! Quick cuts and smooth transitions for hot video productions are now at your fingertips in the Final Cut HD digital editing suites. You’ll have more control over audio, video, text and graphics than you ever thought possible. Create different sequences at different times then combine them into a seamless whole.
Two Sessions $30
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Final Cut HD: Intermediate
Prerequisite: FCHD Beginner
The next step in learning FCHD. You've already mastered the basics, now it's time to learn about more of Final Cut's "bells and whistles."
Two Sessions $30
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Live Type
Prerequisite: FCHD Beginner
Enhance your Final Cut editing with professional graphics software. Using Live Type create eye-popping title pages, logos & animations.
One Session $15
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Soundtrack
Prerequisite: FCHD Intermediate
Crank up your FCHD project using Soundtrack software. Create and mix single-track sound effects or full length multi-track film scores.
One Session $15
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Robo-Studio Production*
One session
$15
The Robo-Studio is the quickest, easiest way to get your "voice" on television. Control three cameras, add titles and graphics all from a single console. If you aspire to be the next Oprah or Leno, this is the place for you.
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Main Studio Production
Two sessions
$30
Co-requisites: Pre-production Techniques and Instant Studio
Whether you’re planning a talk show, a live call-in forum or a music performance, your training in camera use, lighting, audio, as well as directing, graphics and use of the teleprompter in the control room will set you on the road to producing your own program. We’ll help take the mystery out of the language and technology that makes this state-of-the-art studio run.
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Inscriber Workshop
One session
$15
Whether you're producing in the Main Studio, Robo-Studio, or editing tape-to-tape, you can enhance your show with sharp title pages, inserted graphics, or even a text crawl -- all by using Inscriber's Character Generator.
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Advanced Producers Workshop
One session
$15
You are an established producer and you want to push the envelope as far as getting the most out of the available CAC equipment and software. This workshop shows you how.
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