Film Studios, Facilities, and Equipment
Facilities
- Dreyfuss Cinema Sound Stage with full stand-alone lighting/ grip package and fisher 10 dolly, designed as a miniature SilverCup Studios sound stage (with green screen sweep)
- Twombly Cinema Sound Stage, with LED lighting and small grip package for student assignment use (with portable green screen)
- Twombly BlackMagic TV Studio, with 3 Blackmagic studio cameras and pre-lit talk show set
- Sound Recording Room for Foley and ADR.
- Digital Cinema Screening Room
- Two Pre and Post Production class rooms with Avid, Final Cut, Premier, AfterEffects, DeVinci lite, Movie Magic scheduling software, Pro Tools Sound Mixing and X2Pro, music/sound efx library
- Digital Animation/After Effects lab
The FDU Backlot
The FDU Florham Campus, with its historic mansion, rolling hills, Italian garden, and classic fountains provides students with the same backlot used by feature films and commercials.
Hollywood feature films such as “A Beautiful Mind” and “The Family Stone” were filmed on campus. (See IMDB location list.) This opportunity afforded our students a chance to be on set and observe a professional production. Many TV commercials have also shot on our campus, using the Florham Mansion and the recreation building.
Our students take advantage of having a unique backlot to shoot their projects on. Our Virtual Production office has location scout photos of areas across the campus from the woods and fields to the lounges and building structures. The quaint town of Madison also provides students with town and suburban locations to film in and the vibrant New York City is only a 45-minute train ride away.
Equipment
Cameras
- Arri Alexa, Canon and a wide range of Sony Cameras
Lighting
- Professional LED, Tungsten and HMI lights made by Arri, Lowell, Mole and others
Grip
- Grips stands, dollies, butterflies and assorted Matthews grip hardware
Sound
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Boom poles, shotgun mics, lavaliere mics, wireless mics, portable audio mixer and recorders
