Wednesday, September 18, 2024

WORCESTER PUBLIC TV WCCA

WCCA Classes and Workshops

WCCA has various classes ongoing year-round. Some of the skills we teach include:

The Basics

Using the studio control room

Using the audio mixer (Berhinger X 32 assorted Mackies also available)

New Tek’s Tri Caster console TCX D8000 Video mixer

JVC SDXC Pro HD/ Swit 9 inch Monitors

Studio Cameras

LED Studio Lighting and remote controller

Communications systems (DataVideo LTC 100)

Using recording devices (Assorted JVC and Panasonic EA18, DataVideo HDR, Live Stream, iPhone Conduits, and others)

Advanced Studio One on One

Basic Electronic Field Production Certification

Intro to field cameras (JVC 7004s, JVC XTM, Canon Vixia HFS200, JVC 100’s)

Field audio mixer

Assorted field microphones

Field lighting basics

Storyboard and editing preparations

Field communications systems

Internships

Video editing with Adobe Premiere

Summer program: Youth Digital Media Clubhouse (TV and V-FILM Production Lab)

Audio Basics

Microphone selection, set up, and placement (including Shure PG 88’s, Sony ECM-44B’s, Shure SM 57 and 58 (wired and wireless))

Mixing board (Berhinger X 32) with special effect settings

Interviewing

Blocking

Set considerations

Camera angles

Lighting techniques

Audio considerations

Story board basics.

Lighting Studio and Field

Basic 2 and 3-point lighting techniques; understanding use of light switch board; use of floor lamps, jells, reflectors, and other devices.

Video Story Telling

How to organize a story, script, interview content, story board, news story, using the video image to convey a message.