TYPES OF PRODUCTIONS
Getting Your Message Out
You
can surf through all of the cable channels, but there
are only five channels dedicated to local
people, arts, sports, government and issues: Channels 26, 27, 28, 29, & 30.
Just
as important, is the fact that YOU can create or distribute programs on the
three public access channels, 27, 28, and 30!
Community
Access TV means home-grown communication - neighbor-to-neighbor
- generating a public forum that is available to everyone.
NOW HOW DO I USE IT?
There are several ways to utilize
the channel. Here's a list in order of how much work
is involved.
BRING
IN A TAPE
If you have access to a program and have copyright
clearance for the Media Center to air the tape, you
can bring it in and get it scheduled on Channel
27, 28. or 30.
There is no charge. Prerequisites: 1) you must live in our service area 2)
you must fill out and sign a Program Playback Request
Form which makes you
the public
community sponsor of the program.
AUTO-PILOT STUDIO
The easiest way to produce a show
is to sign up for the "Auto-Pilot Studio".
You have up to a half-hour to state your views, make an announcement, etc.
in front of a stationary camera. You can even have
music in the background. Call
494-8686 to make a reservation. The cost is $25.
BORROW A CAMCORDER TO DOCUMENT
AN EVENT
For those who want to record and play back lectures,
sports events, meetings, performances, etc., there
are camcorders
available for lending and edit suites
where you can superimpose titles or trim your footage. The Media Center runs
classes every month in field production and editing. You can also recruit
volunteer videographers and editors to help you, from the list of previous
workshop graduates.
The cost of a camcorder and accessory equipment is
$15 per day and $15 over an entire weekend.
Editing costs $4.50
per hour in the analog suites and $7.50 per hour in
the digital (computer) suites.
USE THE STUDIO - recruit
a crew
If you would like to set up a roundtable discussion,
a poetry reading, a candidate debate, a town meeting,
etc., then you can recruit a crew (8 persons)
from
a list of volunteers, and reserve the studio. A 2.5 hour block in the studio
costs
$20.
PRODUCE AN ONGOING STUDIO SERIES
If you would like
to produce a monthly, or a bi-weekly program, then
you must recruit your own crew. The
Media Center will provide training for you
and your
crew, and give you a regular studio production slot. A studio crew requires
between four and nine persons depending on what type of production (how many
cameras;
whether you are taking calls etc.) You can also recruit crew persons from
a list of those who have taken a Media Center studio production class. Refer
to "The
Role of the Studio Producer" for additional guidance.
CREATE A DOCUMENTARY
OR A TELETHEATRE PRODUCTION
These productions involve a number of shoots
(to acquire different interviews, scenes, visuals
etc.) and subsequent editing. Editing these more complex
pieces usually involves narration, sound mixing, and sometimes animation
work. It
will require a longer commitment - perhaps 8 hours per week for several
months.
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