FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

High Tech Classrooms

Our primary classrooms are equipped with film, video and LCD projection as well as complete surround sound, DLP and HD projection, mini-DV capabilities, and computer equipment.

Production Studios

The Film School includes two studios. Studio A is focused on television production and is equipped with television production cameras with prompters, full video switching, professional news set, chroma-key wall, a Chyron character generator, DVC Pro-System with DV and DV compatibilities, 24 channel audio mixing, Ross professional switcher, complete stand lighting system with professional lights and assorted draperies.

Studio B is a general purpose sound stage that includes full stand lighting systems and instruments and standard 5k overhead lighting. The room is used for class demos and student production shoots.

Editing Labs

Two large post-production labs are equipped with the standard non-linear editing platforms: Avid and Final Cut Pro. The 48 computer stations also hold various other programs, such as Pro-Tools, and Final Draft, that might be needed by students to complete their projects. The lab’s open hours are posted and a tech is available on site.

Equipment Check-out

The Film School’s equipment check-out facilities include three tiers of camera in both 16mm film and mini DV formats and from consumer level to professional level, complete lighting and grip equipments packages, various lenses, tripods, dollies, meters, sync sound recorders, reflectors, filters, a sounds effects library, in short, everything needed to shoot film, digital, and video.

Conference and Production Room

When students need to conduct pre- or production meetings, or student groups need to hold meetings, a conference room is available.

Radio Station

SCC has operated a cable-casting and internet radio station for the past eight years, managed by the Film School @ SCC. Students in the program whose focus of study is radio have the opportunity to participate in all phases of radio station work, including on-air, promotions, production and management. The station currently is coordinating with KHFX Radio in Fountain Hills to carry our student broadcasters work over-the-air to an even larger audience base.

Phone number: 480-423-6366

Equipment made available to students includes:

EQUIPMENT

Students enrolled in production classes are provided with access to all of the industry-current equipment necessary to complete their film, high-definition and audio assignments. Over 700 student projects checked out cameras and equipment in 2007!

A short list of our inventory includes:

Film Cameras

Arriflex SR2  (sync) (Super 16mm)

Arriflex 16BL  (sync)

Arriflex 16S

Canon Scoopic 16M

Redlake HyCam  (High-Speed 11,000fps)

Redlake LoCam  (High-Speed 500fps)

Various Prime & Zoom Lenses

Optar-Illumina, Zeiss, Schneider & more

Sekonic 508C & Gossen Light Meters

Macbeth Color Checkers

Harrison Changing Tents

Tiffen & Cokin Correction and Effects Filters

Matte Boxes & Follow Focus Systems

Over 100 Lights Individually or in Kits

Mole-Richardson

Lowell

Kino Flo

Strand

Grip Equipment

Flags, Nets, Silks, Reflectors

8'x8' and 12'x12' Overheads

4'x4' Shiny Boards

C-Stands

Sandbags

Video Cameras

Panasonic AG-HVX200  (High Definition)

JVC GY-DV500  (ENG)

Sony DSR-PD170  (DV & DVCAM)

Panasonic PV-GS180  (DV)

Panasonic HD Field Monitors

Sony SD Field Monitors

Tiffen & Cokin Effects Filters

Matte Boxes & Follow Focus Systems

Camera Support

Sachtler, Gitzo & Bogen Tripod Systems

Skateboard Dollies

Colortran Crab Dolly

Car Door Camera Mount

Audio Recorders

Fostex FR-2 TC Memory Recorders

Fostex PD-4 DAT Recorders

Nagra IV-ST ¼" Recorders

Sound Devices Field Mixers

Smart Slates

Microphones

Sennheiser, Shure, Audio-Technica, Sony

Shotgun

Lavalier

Handheld

Wireless

K-Tek Boom Poles

Remote Facilities

A remote system consisting of three JVC three-chip cameras is used across campus to record "live" events such as sports and concerts.