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, iMovie, iDVD, Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro, and much more. In addition to our workstations, we also have two duplication stations capable of copying up to 7 CDs or DVDs simultaneously. 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

Apple iMac workstations allow you to utilize a wide range of professional video editing and multimedia software, including Adobe Premiere and After Effects CC, and Apple’s Final Cut Pro. Make a project from the ground up with professional results.

Duplication Station & Video Transfer

We have facilities to transfer a wide variety of formats, including:

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

You can also convert PAL to NTSC, etc. Please note that we cannot assist with duplicating copyrighted material.

Audio Lab

Our audio lab is equipped with a Mac Pro, which houses an array of digital editing software, including GarageBand, Logic and Reason, allowing everybody from the beginner to the pro to create music from the ground up.

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 offer instruction on the Adobe Creative Cloud package, Logic Pro, and our suite of media production equipment, as well as 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 are interested in learning. 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 Journalism and Mass Communication
Computer Assisted Research lab with 12 PCs, scanners, slide readers and videocassette players.

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.