At IFSS, we aim to deliver the most comprehensive learning environment possible. We provide our students access to and experience with the widest possible array of equipment, tools and technical processes to make self-sufficient filmmakers for the digital age. Our in-house equipment store can field up to six simultaneous student productions, professional equipped for light, sound and camera.
The school has more than 20 cameras covering a diverse range of acquisition formats including DV, HDV, 8mm and XDCAM. Extending these shooting options is an array of cinema prime lenses for use with interchangeable lens cameras.
This in-house equipment is supplemented by professional relationships with camera suppliers such as Panavision to provide 16mm and 35mm camera equipment. Our aim is to ensure students get hands-on with all the major contemporary resolutions and formats and understand the aesthetic and technical implications of each.
CAMERAS:
RED-ONE 2k/4k digital cinema camera (arriving late 2008)
Sony EX1 solid-state HD cameras
JVC 251 ProHD cameras with Gen-Lock and SDI output
JVC 201 ProHD cameras
Sony Z1 HDV 1080 cameras
Panasonic DVC30 cameras
Bauer and Canon 8mm film cameras
Steadicam Flyer
P+S Technic Mini35 lens system with prime lenses
RedRock lens system
17mm-300mm prime lenses
Wide-angle lenses
Miller and Wako tripod systems
Pro Jib Field System
Cambo Artes Jib system
Manfrotto FigRig
HD LCD field monitoring systems
Portable Greenscreen
Wally Dolly
Sekonic L758C light meter
Kish Optics Director’s Viewfinders
LIGHTING:
A great shot begins with great lighting. Our lighting kits for student production and classes cover the range from small and portable for documentary through to complete professional rigs for studio setups and location shoots.
HMI lighting systems
Kinoflo style fluorescent lighting
Blondie light kits
RedHead light kits
Lowel light rigs
Dedo light systems
Reflectors, cutters and a full compliment of lighting accessories
SOUND:
For location and studio recording the school offers a wide variety of sound production options.
Sennheiser and Sony radio microphone kits
Rode NTG1 and NTG2 hyper-cardiod ‘shotgun’ microphones
Marantz digital field recorders
Samson HP4 field recorders
Sound Devices 302 production audio mixers
Shure production audio production mixers
Rycote windshields
Boom poles, shock mounts and al accessories required for field recording
Sennheiser and Takstar professional monitoring headphones
SOFTWARE:
The ‘best’ software solution for any movie project is the one that fully meets the creative needs of the filmmaker. In this regard at IFSS we aim to expose our students to as diverse a range of software tools as possible so they do not become routed in one particular system but are taught to become well rounded technical artists. Artists able to make informed choices about the right tool for the job, able to find the tool that match their own creative processes.
EDITING
Final Cut Pro
Premiere Pro CS3
Avid Xpress and Avid Adrenalin
SOUND
Pro Tools
SoundTrack Pro
SoundBooth
MOTION GRAPHICS AND EFFECTS
After Effects
Motion
ANIMATION AND GRAPHICS
Photoshop
Flash
Illustrator
DELIVERY AND ENCODING
Encore
DVD Studio Pro
Compressor
Adobe Media Encoder
Quicktime Pro
COLOUR AND GRADING
Apple Color
Magic Bullet
Looks
Color Finesse
PRE-VIS AND ACQUISITION
Antics
OnLocation
SCREENWRITING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Celtx
Microsoft Office
I-Work
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