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=media type="custom" key="409321"= =A Little Bit of Hollywood in Uniondale= by Daniel Galiardi

Uniondale has gone Hollywood! The TV/Film Production Studio is finally completed. The conversion of room 118 at Uniondale High School has been taking place slowly since this past summer. This special classroom has a new lighting grid with eight ceiling mounted filming lights controlled with a lighting mixer board as well as blue screen wall for special effects scenes. The studio lighting setup complements the various other portable/mobile lighting kits and the two excellent studio video cameras on rolling tripods.

Students in the newly created TV/Film Production class utilize this filmmaking equipment to learn professional narrative movie making techniques. Lights, Camera, Action! Students control the lights, operate the cameras, record audio, and even act in the productions while completing class video assignments. Shot material is then edited on twelve new computers equipped with the movie industry standard program - AVID. About ninety percent of Hollywood movies are edited today using this program.

Several students from the class participate in the after school TV/Film Club. Club members recently have recorded and currently are editing the Christmas concert. Another interdisciplinary project is presently in the works; this time the TV/Film Club is collaborating with Library Services and the Social Studies department to record student projects. If interested in a tour of the room or joining the club, please visit. The club meets every Thursday after school in room 118 from 2:30 to 3:30; all are welcome!