Media Lab

Media Lab

The Digital Media Lab gives UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty and staff access to the latest in multimedia software and hardware. Our lab offers 11 workstations, each one with a wide range of video hardware and software, including Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Audition, and much more. Whether you want to produce a full-length documentary or make that wedding video look just right, we have the tools you need to do it!

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Video Editing Suites

Our Lenovo workstations allow you to use a wide range of professional video editing and multimedia software, including Adobe Premiere and After Effects CC. Make a project from the ground up with professional results.

Video Duplication & Digitization

We have equipment to duplicate and convert a wide variety of formats. Setup requires supervision of MRC Staff. Please email us at mrc@unc.edu to schedule an appointment.

We have the resources to work with the following formats:

• VHS
• VHS-C
• Hi8
• DV
• MiniDV
• DVD
• Audio Cassette
• CD
• MiniDisc
• Vinyl Record (33)

Please note that we cannot assist with duplicating copyrighted material. Additionally, we are not responsible for any damage that may occur to your media while using MRC equipment.

Additional In-House Resources

We have some additional in-house peripheral devices to assist with your multi-media and design projects:

• Blue Yeti Multi-pattern USB Microphone
• Wacom Intuos Pro Drawing Tablet and Pen
• SD Card Readers and External Hard Drives for file transfer

Please note that the above items are for use only in the MRC’s Media Lab.

Audio Lab

Our audio lab is equipped with a Lenovo desktop, which houses an array of digital editing software, including Audition and Reason 10, allowing everybody from the beginner to the pro to create music from the ground up.

Book Audio Lab

Podcast Studio

In the podcast studio, you can record podcasts or any audio files using our studio quality mics and headphones.  Just bring your laptop with your favorite recording software, plug in the USB and you are ready to record.  If you don’t have your own software, we recommend getting the Adobe Creative Cloud, available at no cost for students.  Reservations are required prior to room use.

Book Podcast Studio

The MRC Digital Media Lab offers free one-on-one and small group instruction. We provide instruction on Adobe’s audio and video applications and our production equipment. Additionally, we can tailor our instruction based on the nature of the project at hand.

We can accommodate you between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please email mrc@unc.edu with your requested date and time and an alternate, and let us know what you would like to learn. Library sessions are open to current UNC students, faculty or staff.

Do you or any of the students in your class have accommodation needs we should take into account when planning and teaching the library session? If yes, please describe how we can best accommodate those needs, ideally with 5 business days’ notice before the session.

Consulting and Instruction Sessions

Designing a new course and want to add a media component? Need help incorporating media assignments into a class you’re already teaching? We’re here to help.

Media Resources Center staff members can assist you in developing assignments to target specific digital and media literacies as well as provide hands-on instruction to your students on how to use a host of digital media production equipment and editing software.

Some examples:

• 2-3 minute visual essay
• Short documentary
• Public Service Announcements
• Anatomy of Scene / quick film analysis
• Political Campaign Ads
• TEDish talks
• Conducting an interview
• Podcast
• Film Synthesis or Trailer

Scheduling

To schedule an assignment consult, please email Winifred (freddie@email.unc.edu).

To schedule a production instruction session in the Media Lab, please complete the Production Instruction Form or email mrc@unc.edu with your requested date and time and an alternate, along with a sentence or two on the students’ prospective assignment (video, audio, image editing, etc). We can also reserve a block of digital video-cameras or audio recorders and other equipment for your students for up to 5 days. Please be aware that the lab and equipment calendars fill up pretty quickly towards the end of a semester, so the earlier you schedule your class, the better the chances are that we can get you everything you need!

Accommodations

Do you or any of the students in your class have accommodation needs we should take into account when planning and teaching the library session? If yes, please describe how we can best accommodate those needs, ideally with 5 business days’ notice before the session.

Swain Hall

Department of Communication
For Communications majors and students enrolled in COMM production classes only.

SILS Information and Technology Resource Center

Manning Hall
SILS students only. Equipment available for checkout. Editing stations for in-house use.

Design Lab

Undergraduate Library
Open to anyone with a UNC One Card. Scanning stations, image editing, web design, and multimedia creation workstations for in-house use.

Park Library

School of Media and Journalism
Small equipment loans for anyone at UNC include: Mac, PC, and iPhone chargers, VGA adapters, presentation clickers, calculators, earbuds, & more. Additional equipment is available to School of Media & Journalism students in certain classes.

School of Education ITS

Peabody Hall
Checkout equipment available to UNC School of Education faculty, staff and students only. In-house equipment is available for non-SoE students or faculty for UNC-related projects.