The Media Center offers a 20-hour training class in Studio Television Production. After completing the class, you can volunteer to operate any equipment required during a community access television production, and you can produce your own show. The class covers camera work, floor direction, appearing in front of the camera, direction, audio engineering, video switching and graphics, and the role of the Producer. To learn more about the class, and to sign up, see our "Classes" page.
As a class exercise, several short, mock TV shows are taped, and the final class project is to produce and tape a full 1/2-hour show, which is then scheduled for broadcast on the Media Center TV channels. Here are some examples of past classes' final projects.
Blues Harmonica with Andy Santana
Harmonica musician Andy Santana takes us through the basics of this instrument by instructing novice player Christina Kahn.
Eric Explores... Ham Radio!
Watch and learn about ham radio equipment and technology.
Cooking with Tatyana - The World of Spices
Our latest studio class is a spectacular cooking show, produced and hosted by Tatyana Kanzaveli. Join us for world cuisine!
Gap Talk
Youth vs. Adults! intense Debate! Cheerleaders to egg them on! Tune in and see weighty topics addressed with no-holds barred, unruly abandon!
The 4th R: Refuse!
Most of us know about the 3 Ecology R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. What about the 4th "R"? Our students take a fun look at the 4th R, "Refuse!".
Wines of the Bay Area
Let's take a look at the wines of the Bay Area--not from Napa or Sonoma, but from lesser known locales.
Bollywood in America
Watch this spectactular show hosted by Deborah Wakefield and featuring instructor Deepika Jain who teach us the basics of Bollywood-style dance steps. All of this after just 4 evenings of TV studio instruction!
Bite Size Green
Sometimes a student already has a show or even a series in mind when they sign up for the class. That's what happened when producer Mary Bell Austen took the class, and we ended up producing the pilot episode of Bite Size Green, a cooking show with emphasis on "Healthy food, Healthy Body, Healthy Planet". Angelina Le Grix is our host, and the guest chef is Laura Stec.
In this class, a couple of students were practitioners of the Feldenkrais Method, a movement exercise which aims at improving health and reducing pain in movement. The class decided this would be fun to capture, and the resulting show educated both the class and the community about Feldenkrais.
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