Spring Session 4: Site Planning & Setup

PCTV Studios 4 Federico Drive, Suite 2, Pittsfield, MA, United States

Every production needs a plan - whether it’s a few cables or full scaffolding, you’ll be ready to prepare a site for production.

Spring Session 5: How to Set Up a Parade

PCTV Studios 4 Federico Drive, Suite 2, Pittsfield, MA, United States

This “lab” style class will have attendees setup a practice production similar to the PCTV 4th Of July Parade.

Spring Session 6: Apply Your Mobile Skills

The Common 100 First Street, Pittsfield, MA, United States

Put your skills to the test ON-LOCATION at The Common, serving as production crew of shows at June’s 3rd Thursday event!

Advanced Training: Jib Operator Certification

PCTV Studios 4 Federico Drive, Suite 2, Pittsfield, MA, United States

Become certified to operate the PCTV camera jib for mobile productions! This class includes how to support staff with setup and breakdown of the jib, how to serve as a spotter during operation, and how to safely operate the jib during a production.

Fall Section 1 (Producing), Session 1: Studio Producer Basics

PCTV Studios 4 Federico Drive, Suite 2, Pittsfield, MA, United States

You’ve got a cool idea and you want to make it into a video or audio program - now what? This Section of our series will teach you how to be a successful producer.  In this session, we focus on the most simple location to produce a program: in one of PCTV's TV production studios

Fall Section 1 (Producing), Session 2: Field Producer Basics

PCTV Studios 4 Federico Drive, Suite 2, Pittsfield, MA, United States

You’ve got a cool idea and you want to make it into a video or audio program - now what? This Section of our series will teach you how to be a successful producer.  We go afield in this session, addressing the challenges that are required to produce a program for camcorder or mobile unit.

Fall Section 1 (Producing), Session 3: Radio Producer Basics

PCTV Studios 4 Federico Drive, Suite 2, Pittsfield, MA, United States

You’ve got a cool idea and you want to make it into a video or audio program - now what? This Section of our series will teach you how to be a successful producer.  In this session, we feature our first training session collaborating with WTBR-FM, and cover how to produce a radio program.

Fall Section 2 (Editing), Session 1: Basics of Video Editing

PCTV Studios 4 Federico Drive, Suite 2, Pittsfield, MA, United States

Video editing is one of the most rewarding production skills you can have - but it has an aura of mystery to it. Dispel that mystery and learn the basics of this powerful software.  In this session, we take a tour of the Final Cut Pro X software, and provide editors with the foundation for […]

Fall Section 2 (Editing), Session 2: Hands-On Edit Workshop, Part 1

PCTV Studios 4 Federico Drive, Suite 2, Pittsfield, MA, United States

Video editing is one of the most rewarding production skills you can have - but it has an aura of mystery to it. Dispel that mystery and learn the basics of this powerful software.  In this session, editors will take footage (that they have recorded or that has been provided for them) and "ingest" it […]

Fall Section 2 (Editing), Session 3: Hands-On Edit Workshop, Part 2

PCTV Studios 4 Federico Drive, Suite 2, Pittsfield, MA, United States

Video editing is one of the most rewarding production skills you can have - but it has an aura of mystery to it. Dispel that mystery and learn the basics of this powerful software.  In this session, editors will engage in finishing on their projects, export the final clips, and present those clips if they're […]