The MFA Social Documentary Film department is located in the heart of Manhattan on 21st Street and 6th Avenue, and houses state of the art editing suites with sound mixers, a film and text library and voice over recording room. In addition, each student will have work space available to them and access to the latest HD video cameras, lighting and sound equipment.

Cameras:
10 Sony EX1s
5 Sony EX1-Rs
32, 16, and 8 gig SxS cards

Tripods:
Sachtler FSB-6 Fluid Head Tripods
Bogen 501HDV Tripods

Audio:
Sound Devices 302 3 Channel Mixer
Sound Devices 442 4 Channel Mixer
Sound Devices 702T 2 Channel Time Code Recorder
Sound Devices 744T 4 Channel Time Code Recorder
Rode NTG-3 Shotgun Microphones
Sennhieser 416 Shotgun Microphones
Sennhieser MKH-60 Shotgun Microphone
Audio Technica BP4025 Stereo Microphones
Neumann TLM 103 Large Diaphragm Microphone (Booth Mic)
Lectrosonics UCR 400 Series Wireless Packages
Sennheiser Evolution G3 and G2 Wireless Packages

Lighting:
Kino Flo Interview Kit
Kino Flo Diva 200 Lights
Litepanels 1X1 LED Lights
Litepanels on-camera lights
Assorted Fresnel Lights

Editing Suites:
5 edit suites
10 stations
Final Cut Pro 7
Avid
Duel Monitors
Mac Pro Towers
HD Flat Screen Monitors

Theater Specs:

• 48 Seats (can add more)
• 5.1 surround sound with 150 watt JBL speakers
• Panasonic PT AE 3000U 1920 x 1080
• LCD Projector
• Full 1080/60p resolution
• 1600 ANSI Lumens
• CPU Power Point/Presenation (Mac preferred)
• 16′ by 9′ DA-LITE Screen

Supported Formats:

• VHS
• DVD (up-resed to 1080)
• Blu-Ray
• MiniDV
• DV Cam
• Digibeta
• HD CAM

Equipment and facilities questions should be directed to our Production Manager, Joe Neal at jneal@sva.edu.