Students in the Film and Video BFA gain full access to the JHU–MICA Film Centre’s extensive production and post-production resources. There is a large sound stage for building sets, shooting with controlled lighting, or using a green screen in production. A 49-seat screening room with HD projection and surround sound is used for classes, filmmaker lectures, and digital video and 16 mm film screenings.
The Film Centre houses a gear cage stocked with a broad range of equipment — from 16 mm cameras (e.g., 16 mm Bolex and Canon Scoopic) and Mini-DV cameras to heavy-duty production tripods, fluid-head tripods, dollies, risers, and full lighting kits (including LED lighting systems, HMI lighting systems, and Tungsten lighting systems). On the audio side, students have a professional sound studio for use and can check out professional microphones (shotgun, wireless lavalier, and dynamic mics) and mixer recorders, and equipment for location and studio sound capture.
For post-production and finishing, the Film Centre features dedicated high-definition editing suites with Mac computers, industry-standard monitors, and the full Adobe Suite and DaVinci Resolve Studio, plus a specialized workshop room for editing 16mm film.
This infrastructure supports a wide variety of media production—from narrative and documentary filmmaking, to video art, experimental media, and sound-driven work—providing students with both the tools and the space to realize professional-level projects in a fully equipped media-arts environment.
