Schools Film and Video

The Annenberg School for Communications
University of Pennsylvania

The Annenberg School for Communications offers students a firm grounding in various approaches to the study of communication and its methods drawn from both the humanities and the social sciences. Some resources at our school include: a comprehensive collection of Broadcast Political Advertising, Media Research Facilities equipped to work with World Wide Broadcast Materials, and a Media Collection containing more than 350 titles in 16mm film, videotape, and video disc.

Contact: Hannah Kliger
Address: 3620 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6220
Phone: 215-898-7041
Fax: 215-898-2024
E-mail: admin@pobox.asc.upenn.edu
Web-site: www.asc.upenn.edu

The Art Institute of Philadelphia
Video Production Program

The Video Production program provides intensive training for individuals who want to enter and grow in this fast paced creative industry. Students in the Video Production program develop the competence to use the video camera as a technical and imaginative tool. Pre production, lighting and computer applications such as Adobe, Photo shop and Premier augment the basic skills foundation. Students then progress to advanced skills in Multi Camera Production, Post Production Techniques, Non Linear Editing and the creation of a video from idea to final edited composition.

Contact: Erik Hershey
E-mail: hersheye@aii.edu

The Big Picture Alliance

The Big Picture Alliance envisions and works toward a society in which all children have the opportunity and the desire to choose a positive and productive path to adulthood, rather than a life of violence and self destruction. Using the powerful medium of film as a lure, the Big Picture Alliance provides vocational, educational, and artistic opportunities to economically disadvantaged and at risk children by teaching creative self expression through the art and technology of filmmaking.

Contact: Jeffrey A. Seder, Esq. Jared Martin
Address: 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 1616, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-735-5750
Fax: 215-735-9291
E-Mail: chinadancer9@aol.com
Web Site: www.bigpicturealliance.org

Connecticut School of Broadcasting

We are a broad based curriculum with hands on training by professionals. The program is 112 course hours with training in Radio Announcing, Broadcasting, Journalism, Copywriting, Sports, Radio Production on audio digital editing programs, Television Production (behind the scenes) as well as linear & non linear editing, using Videonics, Straight Cut Editing Suite, AVID XPRESS DV and AVID MCXpress systems.

Graduation from the Connecticut School of Broadcasting includes lifetime use of the studios and lifetime job placement assistance.

Contact: Tom DeFranco
Address: One Cherry Hill, #203, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
Phone: 1-800-TV-RADIO (1-800-887-2346)
Phone #2: 609-755-1200
Fax: 609-755-0865
E-mail: cherryhillcsb@aol.com
Web-site: www.800tvradio.com

Drexel University
Film and Video Program, Department of Media Arts
Nesbitt College of Design Arts

The Film and Video Major at Drexel University is a comprehensive program with an emphasis on production, but also with strong cinema studies and scriptwriting components. Work experiences through internships and co op jobs successfully prepare students for careers in the field after graduation.

Contact: Professor Yvonne Leach, Dept. of Media Arts
Address: 32nd and Chestnut Streets/Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-895-2408
Fax: 215-895-4917
E-mail: croslatjr@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu

Future Media Concepts, Inc.
Authorized Digital Media Training Center

Future Media Concepts provides manufacturer authorized, hands on digital media training including non linear video/sound editing, compositing, desktop publishing, animation, web development and multimedia in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Washington DC, Miami and Orlando. FMC is authorized for Avid, Digidesign/Pro Tools, Softimage, Discreet/Kinetix, NewTek, Adobe, Fast Multimedia, Macromedia and Apple. All trainers are certified by manufacturer.

FMC students enjoy small class size (never more than 6 students), state of the art equipment & software. Classes on weekdays, weekends, and evenings at all levels. FMC courses come with satisfaction guarantee. Manufacturer’s certificate upon completion. Financing available for those who qualify.

Contact: Danielle Antonacci
Address: 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 220, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: 215-922-2500
Fax: 215-922-6383
E-mail: daniellea@fmctraining.com
Web-site: www.fmctraining.com

La Salle University
Communication Department

Over 400 students and 25 faculty comprise La Salle University’s Communication Department. The undergraduates enroll in a broad based core program followed by tracks in: Mass Communication, Human Communication, Journalism, Advertising Public Relations, and Film Studies. For hands on experience, students can produce programming for the department’s Comcast Cable Channel 56 and receive credit also for internship and co op courses.

Contact: Brother Gerard Molyneaux
Address: 1900 W. Olney Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19141
Phone: 215-951-1844
Fax: 215-951-5043
E-Mail: molyneau@lasalle.edu

Minority Arts Resource Council

Minority Arts Resource Council Inc., (MARC) is a professional art organization of Fine Artists and Craft persons with skills in all aspects of design. Artists are skilled insignage, stage/background design, graphics, animation and CAD. MARC strives to provide opportunities to move artists of color into the art and film industry.

Contact: Curtis Brown
Address: 1421 W. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Phone: 215-236-2688
Fax: 215-236-4255
E-mail: marc@libertynet.org
Web site: http://www.avenueofthearts.org/venues_marc.htm

Saint Joseph’s University.
Department of Fine & Performing Arts.

The Dept. of Fine & Performing Arts offers courses in film studies and video production within a Fine Arts and Liberal Arts curriculum. Our graduates have developed careers in Film, TV and Theater and have been accepted to the MFA film programs at NYU and USC.

Contacts: Deron Albright, MFA Assistant Professor of Film and Video
Dennis McNally, SJ, Ph.D. Dept. Chair
Dennis Weeks, MFA Associate Professor of Fine Arts
Address: 5600 City Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19131
Phone: 610-660-1840
Fax: 610-660-2278
E-mail: dalbrigh@sju.edu, dmcnally@sju.edu, dweeks@sju.edu
Web-site: http://www.sju.edu/fine_arts/

The Scribe Video Center

Scribe Video Center is a non profit media arts organization, which provides educational workshops in film, video, audio and time based media production to beginning, emerging and mid level media makers. Workshops offered include: scriptwriting, documentary planning, camera and lighting, sound, non linear editing, fundraising. On a limited basis, Scribe provides access to small format video production equipment, as well as non linear editing equipment. Other programs at Scribe include the Community Visions Project, a production workshop that provides training and equipment access to members of community organizations; the Documentary History Project for Youth, an after school and summer program for middle and high school students; Street Movies!, a free outdoor neighborhood screening series; and Precious Places, a city wide community history project.

Contact: Upma Singh, Media Center Manager
Address: 1342 Cypress Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-735-3785
Fax: 215-735-4710
E-mail: inquiry@scribe.org
Web-site: www.scribe.org

Temple University
The Department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media (BTMM)

BTMM provides programs of study in the Media Production and Performance; Media Analysis; and Media Business and Entrepreneurship. Students examine both the history and the emerging future of Communications Technologies.

Contact: Betsy Leebron, Chair
Address: Annenberg Hall, Room 205, 2020 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: 215-204-5401
Fax: 215-204-5402
E-Mail: betsy@temple.edu
Website: http://www.temple.edu/btmm

Temple University
Film and Media Arts Department

BA and MFA. Courses offered include Producing, Directing, Writing, Filmmaking, Videography, New Technologies, Sound, Computerized Editing, History, Criticism, Documentary, Experimental and Narrative. Internships available. Emphasis on individual creative work.

Contact: Paul Swann (Chair)
Address: 1801 Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: 215-204-1735
Fax: 215-204-5280
E-Mail: pswann@temple.edu
Web-site: http://www.temple.edu/fma/

University of the Arts
Media Arts Department

The program emphasizes a personal and experimental approach to film and video and provides a professional background in all phases of production, including Film Cinematography, Videography, Editing, Sound/Image Manipulation, and Post Production.

Contact: Peter Rose
Address: 211 S. Broad Street, 15th and 14th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215-717-6300
Fax: 215-717-6304
Web-site: http://www.uarts.edu/

Widener University
College of Arts and Sciences

Communications Studies is a major focusing on the role of communications in the functioning of the mass media and in the interaction of individuals. The program features five concentrations: film studies, broadcasting, graphic design, public relations/advertising, and speech & human communication. The curriculum is designed to familiarize students with both a theoretical understanding of communications as well as the technical skills used in the application of communication to life skills and communication careers. The department proudly participates in the annual Tripod Initiative underwritten by the Greater Philadelphia Film Office.

Contact: Prof. Dwight DeWerth Pallmeyer, Director of Communication Studies
Address: One University Place, Chester, PA 19013
Phone: 610-499-4632
Fax: 610-499-4639
E-Mail: dwdewerth-pallmeyer@widener.edu