Marcia Lucas Post-Production

LPB

The three-story building named in honor of renowned Academy Award-winning editor Marcia Lucas (American Graffiti, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Star Wars) houses sound and video facilities as well as the John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts.

Immediately adjacent is the Steven Spielberg Scoring Stage that includes a recording studio (large enough to hold 50 musicians), a new digital console and state-of-the art recording equipment.



Marcia Lucas Post-Production Building

10.6 Lab

(10) Media Composer 9000's version 10.6
(1) Single processor 533mhz Mac G4

Adrenaline Lab

(8) Media Composer Adrenaline 1.6.5
(1) Dual Processor Mac G5

 Xpress Pro Lab

(20) Xpress Pro 4.3.1
(20) Protools LE 6.9
(1) 1.25 Dual Processor Mac G4

Classrooms (three)

Xpress Pro 4.3.1 attached to the Xpress Lab
 
Teaching Room

Attached to both the 10.6 and the Adrenaline Lab
Runs Adrenaline 1.6.1
Dual Processor Mac G5

Lanshares

(3) One for each lab

Sound Production:

(9) Digital Production Sound Kits featuring Fostex FR-2 Digital Field
Recorders and Sound Devices 442 mixers.
(21) Nagra Analog Field Recorders Kits (2 stereo)
(13) Stereo Video Sound Kits
(21) Production Sound Kits featuring the Marantz PMD 670 Digital Recorders

Sound Post-Production:

All editing rooms, stages and studios are equipped with Digidesign
Pro Tools HD hardware and software
(10) Pro Tools Editing Stations
Foley Stage (sound effects)
ADR Stage (Automated Dialogue Replacement)
Studio B Recording Studio (doubles as a dub stage) Pro Control control surface, Networked sound effects server, Netmix SFX management software

Dub A:

60-seat dubbing theater
Euphonix System 5 digital console
Video and 16mm dual-system playback

Dub B:

20-seat dubbing room
Digidesign D-Command 24 fader control surface

Dub C:

Six seat dubbing room
Digidesign D-Command 8 fader control surface
 

John C. Hench Animation & Digital Arts Facilities

Located on the second floor of the Marcia Lucas Post-Production building, this facility includes administrative offices and equipment as noted below:

John C. Hench Animation Studio:

(28) individual student cubicles equipped for cel and/or computer animation, all installed with HP 8200 Work Stations with NVidia Graphic cards and software

Software: Maya (3D), Softimage XSI (3D), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Go-Live (web), Adobe Audition (sound), Adobe formerly Macromedia: Director, Flash (web, Dreamweaver), Composite VFX software Boujou, Stitcher, Commotion and Shake

Note: Pixar's Photorealistic Renderman, Renderman Artist Tools and Renderman for Maya are also installed on every workstation in the program.

(1)  35mm Oxberry animation camera
(1) 16mm Oxberry animation camera
(1) lunchbox recording system for pencil testing
(1) 16mm Producer's Services optical printer with 35mm and 16mm projection capability
(1)  stop-motion studio with basic lights
(3) 16mm Bolex cameras
(1) DVD workstation for mastering, recording and replication
(1) Canopus video input/output station
(1) flatbed scanner for digital ink and paint using Toonz

Adobe Suite:

(20) HP 8200 Work Stations with NVidia Graphic cards and software

Software: Maya (3D), Softimage XSI (3D), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Go-Live (web), Adobe Audition (sound), Adobe formerly Macromedia: Director, Flash, Dreamweaver (web), Composite VFX software Boujou, Stitcher, Commotion and Shake.

G138 Classroom:

(20)  traditional animation drawing stations with lightboxes
20-seat classroom with digital projection from Internet-ready workstation, DVD and SVHS players  and regular 16mm film projection
(1) G4 Mac digital workstation for digital single frame capture using a video camera
(2) Lunchbox recording systems for pencil testing
(2) hole punchers for animation paper

G134 Lab:

(6) HP 8200 work stations
(2) animation light drawing tables