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Five Towns College: When You're Serious About Filmmaking

By StudentFilmmakers.com
posted Nov 30, 2011, 14:42

Five Towns CollegeWhen you're a student at Five Towns College, you get the freedom to tell your story utilizing the largest selection of film equipment in the North East starting your first year!  You'll study in an intimate setting with experienced and award winning faculty only 35 miles from the largest production hub in the world – New York City! So if you're passionate about filmmaking and have a story to tell, come to Five Towns College!

The Five Towns College Film/Video Program offers student's hands-on-training with a unique opportunity to master industry practices while earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (B.F.A.) in Film/Video. From the first day of classes, students are trained and educated by award-winning professors on the same state-of-the-art equipment used by industry professionals. This rigorous and exciting curriculum will equip the Five Towns College graduate with an impressive array of skills and an extensive knowledge that will leave them well prepared to succeed in whatever career they choose.

Five Towns students will have the opportunity to put their skills to the test with internships.  The college's Career Services Department works with many high profile companies in film, television and broadcasting and will guide students to internships that fit into their professional goals.  The skills that students learn provide them with enough knowledge to pursue careers as Directors, Production Managers, Broadcasting Engineers, Editors or any other professionals in the field of Film and Television.

The college provides students with the use of the most up-to-date equipment and facilities.  The sound stage itself has a professional lighting grid, grid equipment and a silent air-conditioning system.  The control room has a Sony Digital Field Switcher, HD/SDI Camera Control Units, Fiber Optic connections, HD/DSI Monitors and Sony EX3 HDSDI cameras capable of doing three camera live switches for The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center (located on campus) or any off campus event.  The equipment room supplies students with the latest equipment including Arriflex Super 16m film cameras, Sony EX3 HD video cameras, Arri and Mole-Richardson lighting kits, Nikon D60 SLR cameras, J.L. Fisher Dollies, Trans Video Monitors, Wireless Microphones and Headphones, Sennheiser shotgun microphones, Sachtler Fluid Heads and Tripods, Kino Flo Lighting and other film and video equipment. 

The college's film/video editing lab is equipped with Macintosh computers installed with the latest software.  These include Final Draft 7, Final Cut 7, Creative Suite 4 Masters Addition with After Effects, Premier, Photoshop, Flash and Illustrator.  All computers have FTC LAN networks and have internet access.  Students are required to have their own external storage devices.  Students are supplied with Sony DV-CAM decks, Sony HDV decks and Sony SxS memory cards to capture Standard Def and Hi Definition footage.  The Mac Lab also has a full color LCD Projection System as well.

Five Towns College holds Open Houses every month except for February and August.  For our next Open House date go to www.ftc.edu. Five Towns is affordable and offers many scholarship opportunities which can be discussed with an Admissions Representative.  To learn more about the Film/Video program, please contact our Admissions office at 631-656-2110, Monday-Friday between 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. 

Five Towns College
305 North Service Road
Dix Hills, New York 11746
631-656-2110
Website: www.ftc.edu
Email: admissions [ at ] ftc [ dot ] edu