Dept. of Cinema and Television Arts, CSUN

	The Alan and Elaine Armer Theater Completed with $1 million dollar donation from Mr. and Mrs. Alan Armer, this 130 seat theater is located in the east wing of Manzanita Hall. The projection facilities include 16mm, 35mm, and 70mm film, as well as a state-of-the-art digital projection system, dolby digital and THX sound. The CSUN Cinematheque programs the theater and offers a full spectrum of first-run and classic films as well as selected student productions. For a complete listing of upcoming films and events, please visit www.Cinematheque.csun.edu
	The Gallery of Motion Picture Poster Art featuring The Mike Kaplan Collection The Cinema and Television Arts department boasts the only permanent museum gallery space dedicated to the preservation and display of classic motion picture posters. The gallery leads to the Alan and Elaine Armer Theater and actually extends into the foyer of the screening room itself. The Mike Kaplan Collection consists of 1500 rare pre-1945 posters representing Hollywood films distributed around the world. The gallery will be displaying the collection on a rotating basis over the next several years.

The facilities in the newly completed Manzanita Hall offer CTVA students the opportunity to produce films in a professional environment. 16mm cameras (Arriflex, Eclair, Cinema Products, and Bolex), grip equipment, and portable lighting, are housed and maintained by the engineering staff and are available for checkout to film students. Each semester selected senior film production students will have the opportunity to use a new state-of-the-art Arricam 35mm camera through a new relationship with Arri, Inc. (Arriflex Corporation). The Film Stage includes a complete lighting package with dimmers. A J.L. Fisher 10 Dolly with accessories is kept on the stage for use in student projects. The 40' x 56' production area is fully sound proofed and encircled with two movable cycloramas in blue and black. The adjoining scene shop is available for construction and storage of sets and props. A two-wall green-screen hard cyc cove is available for special effects production in an adjoining Insert Stage. Post-production editing is done using either Avid or Final Cut Pro non-linear editing stations. These are available for student use in both bullpen and private suite environments. Senior film production students edit in the new Hollywood Foreign Press Association Senior Film Editing Suite which houses an Avid Media Composer Adrenaline System.Grants are available through the department for completion money to conform negatives to the decision list and to create release prints. Recently completed is the Paul Hunter Film Titling/Visual Effects Suite, featuring state-of-the-art digital animation and titling creation utilizing 3-D Max, Combustion, and After Effects software programs. The Film Sound Mixing Facility features an ADR/Foley Stage complex and a multi-track digital sound mixing room with Pro Tools technology and rear screen projection. Each year, the best works produced by CTVA film students are showcased at a special screening at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Industry representatives are invited to evaluate the work.

Students in the CTVA television program work in a 40' x 60' television studio with adjacent Scene Shop. The television studio contains 4 state-of-the-art Hitachi Z3000 digital television cameras with telepromters, an extensive lighting package with dimmers, and movable blue, white, and black cycloramas. Overlooking the studio is the Video Control Room which contains a Ross Digital Switcher with digital video effects. The adjacent Sound Room is housed with a Sony digital audio board, a digicart machine and instant replay capability. The Master Control Room has a character generator and still store and supports recording and playback in Betacam SP, DVC Pro, DVCAM, Mini-DV, Umatic, and VHS video formats. Television students can also check out from the Equipment Room. An array of portable digital cameras, as well as lights and support equipment, are available for field work . Television students edit in Individual Editing Suites with Final Cut Pro being the preferred system. Completed programs are regularly broadcast on the local cable stations.