ACMI Workshops
Workshops at Arlington Studio provide a great opportunity to learn from our staff at ACMI's Arlington Studio. These workshops would cost thousands of dollars in tuition and other fee's. At Arlington Studio, workshops are free to ACMI Members--a service provided by the ACMI staff to encourage members to produce their own programs for cablecast on our channels. Below are some workshops currently offered by ACMI Staff. ACMI workshops are available on weekday evenings and weekend days. Beyond our regularly scheduled workshops, we offer others at times dictated by the needs of ACMI members. Call the Studio today to register in the media production workshop of your choice.
Basic Camera 101:
This workshop gives ACMI members a basic understanding of how to set up and operate our portable production camcorders. It gives the participant a basic understanding of how our Sony Z1U portable cameras operate and how you can customize their use to match your personal preferences. (No prerequisite is required.)
Related links to supplemental materials for this workshop:
http://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusiness/docs/manuals/hvr-z1u.pdfShot Composition & Audio Basics:
This follow-up workshop to Basic Camera 101 affords an opportunity to operate the camera with staff guidance. Some basic principles of shot composition and audio are introduced in this workshop. (Basic Camera 101 is a prerequisite for this course.
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Adobe Premiere Pro Digital Edit (Edit 1):
This workshop introduces a new ACMI member to the Adobe Premiere Pro video editing software. This software is a PC-based and is considered industry standard in video editing on the PC platform. Participants learn how the software's user-interface is used to capture video to your computer's hard drive for editing, and then to finalize it on a DVD.
Related links to Supplemental Materials for this workshop:
http://www.videoforums.co.uk/guide-adobe-premiere-pro-70.htm
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http://www.videomaker.com/article/12655/
APP Edit 2: Completing a program on Adobe Premiere Pro:
This is the second half of the Adobe Premiere Pro Digital Edit workshop. Edit 2 gives participants an opportunity to use the software more independently. With the help of an ACMI staffmember, students will create a one-to-two-minute video. Members will learn how to finalize a program edited within Premiere Prp on a DVD and will be able to take home their completed programs at the end of the workshop.
Final Cut Pro Digital Edit (FCP Edit 1):
This workshop will introduce new members who use the Apple Macintosh platform to the Final Cut Pro video editing software. This software is the industry standard for creating and editing media on this platform. Participants learn how the software's user-interface is used to capture video to your computer's hard drive for editing, and then to finalize it on a DVD.
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http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/editing.html
FCP Edit 2: Completing a program on Final Cut Pro:
This is the second half of the Final Cut Pro Digital Edit workshop. Part 2 gives participants an opportunity to use the software more independently. With the help of an ACMI staffmember, students will create a one-to-two-minute video and learn how to finalize it within Final Cut Pro to a DVD to take home at the end of the workshop.