LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EDITING LABS
If you have questions please contact the Film at Mason office, below.
Students work on some foley techniques in our post-production suite.
Mason Film students have 24-hour access to the Jason Cortez Creativity Lab, as well as access to the state of the art Post-Production Suite.
Software Update Policy
Film at Mason strives to keep its labs in working order. To do so, software and operating system upgrades are strategically initiated at specific times in an academic year, which is between semesters ONLY and never during a semester. Updates are fully vetted and recognized to be compatible before completed.
Per post-production best practices, upgrades are never done immediately after new software and OS versions are released. We encourage you to follow these same practices with your own systems. It is never a good idea to update your editing software or operating system while in the middle of editing a project. We encourage you to complete your project first, back up both the project and your system (as always) and then perform software updates. Following Apple guidelines, updates should never be done without backing up your system and files first.
For more information on the software and versions currently running in our labs, please see below. Note: The systems run Deep Freeze so all freeware that is installed or updated is erased at midnight. To report system or software problems please send an email with your questions and/or concerns.
Students work in the Jason Cortez Creativity Lab, a collaborative hub and popular hangout. The space was named to honor the memory of Film at Mason alum Jason Cortez.
Hardware
Students are required to purchase one external hard drive. For best practices, we encourage students to purchase two; one drive should be transported to classes and to the labs, and one drive should remain home as a media storage backup. The drive you bring to classes and editing labs must be portable.
While there is no laptop requirement for Film students, we do recommend students purchase an Apple Mac Book Pro. Students can visit Patriot Tech located in the Johnson Center for the most up to date purchasing guidelines and recommendations.
Supported Software
Our single post-production edit bay is available for students to reserve when they need a quiet space to complete projects.