Department of
Theater, Film, and Media Studies

Filmmaking Resources / Media Production

TFMS resources in media production provide students with access to a variety of video production and post-production technology. Production classes and St. Mary's Projects have access to Canon GL-2 Mini-DV and Sony HVR-V1U HDV video cameras, Smith-Victor lighting kits, and Audio-Technica microphones, along with supporting production equipment. Post-production equipment is located in the following two Montgomery Hall labs as well as in the Media Center, located on the third floor of the Baltimore Hall Library.

Montgomery Hall Pro-Lab and Learning Lab: The Montgomery Hall Pro-Lab includes 10 22" Intel iMacs, Adobe CS5 Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks), Maya 2008 Complete, Quicktime Pro, and Final Cut Studio (Final Cut, Motion, DVD Studio Pro, Soundtrack, Compressor) with dedicated JVC SR-DVM600 3-in-1 MiniDV, 40GB hard disk drive, and DVD player/recorder combo decks. The adjacent Montgomery Hall Learning Lab is equipped with 20 17" Intel iMacs, Adobe CS5 Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks), ProTools LE, and several flatbed scanners.

TFMS Editing Room: The digital video lab is a full-featured editing lab that includes two G-5 editing stations with Final Cut Studio (Final Cut, Motion, DVD Studio Pro, Soundtrack, Compressor) and NTSC output monitors.

Media Center, Baltimore Hall Library: The Media Center is equipped with VCRs, DVD/CD players, and audio cassette players for classroom use and duplication of materials, as well as a large screening room for the viewing of films. It also includes a dark room, a graphics studio, an audio/video editing and recording studio, and some study carrels equipped with audio-visual equipment. Media services personnel are available to assist students in locating equipment and in operating it safely.

MH 111: A meeting room/screening room for film and media studies classes, MH 111 seats 30+ students and is equipped with brand new film/video projection and sound systems. Special permission from the chair of TFMS is required to book the space for classroom or extracurricular use.

A recent sample of TFMS student filmmaking projects follows:

The Importance of Being an Oyster: The Marylanders Grow Oysters Program, a documentary produced for the St. Mary's River Watershed Association (2011), by Emily Sillcox

The Slave Dwelling Project -- Joe McGill, a documentary produced for Sotterley Plantation, A National Historic Landmark (2011), by Ryan Gugerty

Faces of the Appalachian Trail, a documentary SMP in film and media studies (2011), by Danny Ruthenberg-Marshall

Ponding: A St. Mary's Ritual Dissected, a documentary SMP in film and media studies (2011), by Jamie Phillips

The Contract, a narrative short and SMP in film and media studies (2009), by Alex Vaughan

Finders/Looters, a documentary and SMP in film and media studies (2009), by Judy Sellner

You Are Here, an experimental short and SMP in film and media studies (2008), by Mike Strittmatter

No Justice, No Peace, a documentary by Megan Rippey (2007)

synthestesia, an experimental short and SMP in film and media studies (2007) and A Child's Garden of Irony, an experimental film, by Aaron Brussat (2006)

And the roads are really small as well . . ., a documentary film and SMP in film and media studies (2006), Mountain Don't (2006, a short fiction film), and A Day at the Gym (2005, a documentary), by Kristi Lynn Schools

Performing Femininity and Let's Get on the Move: St. Mary's Feminisms, two documentaries by Lauren Strange (2005)

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