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Facilities

Tools and Labs

We use a combination of digital and analog tools to realize projects
Animated Arts Lab

The Animated Arts Lab (Room TK) features the equipment listed below plus a student lounge shared with the Video + Sound department. Students also have complete access to unique equipment like various high-lumen projectors, 4k cameras, and steady cams.

Animated Arts Lab at PNCA
Shipley/Collins Mediatheque for Projection and Performance

This 170-seat theater, with its flexible seating and capacity for high-end lighting, sound, and technology, is perfect for performance, projection, installation, and screenings. The space includes a green room and sound booth.

Shipley/Collins Mediatheque for Projection and Performance at PNCA
Sound Lab

The Sound Lab features a professional vocal/isolation audio recording booth, Logic X production/mixing station, DJ station with Serato Scratch for live mixes and web radio broadcasting, Oculus Rift development kit, 4K video camera, Steadicam, legacy media transfer station, specialized projectors for installation pieces, Mac Pro with specialized video and sound editing/manipulation software such as Isadora, access to unique equipment like 8mm, 16mm projectors, mixers, microphones, amplifiers, monitors, and vintage film reels.

Sound Lab at PNCA

Facilities and Equipment

Digital Animation
Six Wacom Cintiq workstations loaded with contemporary animation software and programs.

2D Animation
Four workstations that cater to various methods and traditions of 2D animation.

Production Tables
Four light tables and accompanying tools for drawing and creating animation frames.

Technology
Complete access to unique equipment like various high-lumen projectors, 4k cameras, and steady cams.

Private Animation Suite
Reservable multiplane animation station used create and capture linear motion.

Stop Motion/3D Animation Suite
Three 3D stations loaded with the industry standard DragonFrame software and 3 Canon 50D's.

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Animated Arts