breath of fresh air. You can do almost equipment and talented students
anything you want.” produces award-winning work.
To hold all those student projects in- SMAD students have taken top prize
progress, there is an XSan shared video in the nationwide Apple Insomnia Film
server with 27 terabytes of storage. Festival and the Virginia Film Festival,
“Everything is all connected, so among other honors. Woody displays
you can do something in the editing these student-crafted videos on his
lab, send it to the studio, use it in a website, www.iedithd.com and smad.
broadcast, then take it back into the jmu.edu/showvidaud.html.
Hodges says, “The most important
It’s a high-tech
thing is that we have created a
wonderland bursting
professional environment for students,
so the tools don’t get in the way of the
with creative potential
process.”
Future job-seeker Hannon says, “I feel
like people in the industry know us…I
studio for further editing,” Hannon know I have a little bit of an edge.”
said. “Without all the storage, we
Sweet editing: Jeff Wasserboehr at one of 16
would never get anything done.” — Meg Ebersole
digital editing stations, that enable students to
The combination of sophisticated
work with the latest special effects.
photo: Lelia Saadeh
daily digital dose Gives Students an edge
Snapped up: Matt Uvena, Sarah Masters, and
Chase Butler are three of 11 SMAD graduates
hired by Interface Media Group in Washington
D.C.
Best bells and whistles: JMU’s new studio and editing facility feature high-definition moni-
tors and top of the line audio boards and character generators, allowing students to master
all aspects of production.
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