DCTV
Classes in Brooklyn
DCTV is a non-profit media arts center in NYC that offers affordable workshops, production equipment, and space rentals for independent filmmakers. They provide a variety of hands-on digital filmmaking and media arts workshops in a convenient and accessible training facility.
15 classes with availability
Digital Cinematography: Camera
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Master digital cinematography and refine your directorial vision using the Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro. Develop expertise in framing, composition, lens selection, and manual image control to achieve your desired aesthetic. Advance your camera skills at DCTV through hands-on practice.
Oct 24th
11am–5pm ET
Meets 2 Times
$390
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Dec 12th
11am–5pm ET
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$390
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Sat. Oct 24th, 11am–5pm ET
(12 hours over 2 sessions)
Digital Cinematography: Lighting
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Take a deep dive into lighting for digital cinematography and learn how to shape mood, texture, and continuity in every scene. You will practice composing strong shots, dialing in exposure, and managing shadows and hot spots. Join us at DCTV and elevate your craft as a cinematographer.
Nov 7th
11am–5pm ET
$255
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Dec 5th
11am–5pm ET
$255
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Sat. Nov 7th, 11am–5pm ET
(6 hours)
Baselight: Industry Post House Coloring
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Step into professional color grading and explore the complete post-production color pipeline using Baselight, from conform and look development to VFX integration and final delivery. Gain practical insight into high-end finishing workflows while learning techniques used by professional colorists in film, television, and commercial production.
Oct 24th
12:30–3:30pm ET
Meets 4 Times
$500
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Sat. Oct 24th, 12:30–3:30pm ET
(12 hours over 4 sessions)
Audio Fundamentals
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Lift your filmmaking with essential audio skills that bring depth and clarity to your projects. Get into sound theory, explore microphone types, and learn best practices for choosing and positioning gear. Through hands-on practice, master the setup and use of recorders, mixers, and on-set recording techniques to capture high-quality audio in any setting.
Wed. Nov 4th, 12–6pm ET
(6 hours)
Avid
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Master the tools of professional video editing with Avid Media Composer, the industry standard for complex and long-form projects. Discover its advanced media management features and intuitive interface, designed to streamline even the most sophisticated workflows. Perfect for elevating your editing expertise.
Nov 7th
10am–6pm ET
Meets 2 Times
$475
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Sat. Nov 7th, 10am–6pm ET
(16 hours over 2 sessions)
DaVinci Resolve: Intro to Coloring
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Build a strong foundation in color correction using industry-standard tools trusted by working colorists. Practice essential techniques like shot matching, masking, and working with curves and scopes to lift the visual impact of your footage.
Nov 5th
6:30–9:30pm ET
Meets 4 Times
$475
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Thu. Nov 5th, 6:30–9:30pm ET
(12 hours over 4 sessions)
Camera Fundamentals
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Discover the essentials of effective digital video production in our Camera Fundamentals workshop. Get hands-on with core concepts like focus, exposure, and composition using HD video cameras, building practical skills that transfer to any camera you pick up. Whether you're an aspiring filmmaker or media creator, this workshop gives you the foundation to capture engaging visuals with confidence.
Nov 16th
12–4:30pm ET
Meets 2 Times
$290
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Mon. Nov 16th, 12–4:30pm ET
(9 hours over 2 sessions)
Documentary Directing Intensive: From Vision to Screen
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Develop a distinctive creative vision and turn it into a clear, executable approach to documentary directing. Through hands-on, project-based work, filmmakers will strengthen their point of view, visual and editorial language, and creative decision-making from development through production and post.
Nov 16th
6–9pm ET
Meets 6 Times
$575
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Mon. Nov 16th, 6–9pm ET
(18 hours over 6 sessions)
The Artist Tree
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Explore a thoughtful framework for navigating the creative process from initial inspiration to final distribution. Reflect on your artistic foundation, develop practical skills, and apply techniques through engaging activities designed to help bring your creative projects to life.
Sat. Nov 14th, 11am–4pm ET
(5 hours)
Film Swap: From Ukraine To NYC
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Explore documentary film photography through the lens of Ukrainian artists and their innovative use of double exposures. Participants will learn from the project’s creators before heading into the streets to apply these techniques and contribute to a collaborative photographic project.
Tue. Oct 20th, 12–6pm ET
(6 hours)
Access is Everything
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Discover the essential skills for building meaningful relationships with documentary subjects, from making initial connections to earning trust throughout production. Develop a practical access plan for a current or future project, with strategies for identifying contributors, making first contact, and sustaining those relationships.
Nov 4th
6–9pm ET
Meets 2 Times
$225
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Wed. Nov 4th, 6–9pm ET
(6 hours over 2 sessions)
Documentary Editing: Finding the Film in 1000 Hours of Footage
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Learn how to shape overwhelming volumes of footage into a compelling, emotionally driven story through expert documentary editing techniques. Gain insight into crafting structure, uncovering authentic moments, and transforming raw material into a clear, impactful narrative.
Nov 9th
6–9pm ET
Meets 2 Times
$275
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Mon. Nov 9th, 6–9pm ET
(6 hours over 2 sessions)
DaVinci Resolve: Intermediate Color
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Advance your color grading skills with in-depth training on DaVinci Resolve’s professional tools and techniques. Through hands-on exercises, you'll refine your workflow, enhance visual storytelling, and bring greater precision and impact to your post-production projects.
Dec 2nd
6:30–9:30pm ET
Meets 4 Times
$500
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Wed. Dec 2nd, 6:30–9:30pm ET
(12 hours over 4 sessions)
Camera Movement
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Transform your visuals with the precision of sliders, dollies, and jibs. This workshop offers hands-on experience with these essential tools, teaching smooth linear movements, dynamic tracking shots, and elevated perspectives. Master techniques to add depth and cinematic quality to your storytelling.
Thu. Dec 3rd, 12–6pm ET
(6 hours)
Audio for Podcasts
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Learn the fundamentals of recording, editing, and mixing audio for podcasts through hands-on exercises. Explore microphones, mixers, audio interfaces, digital audio workstations, acoustics, and essential techniques for creating clean, consistent sound across studio, field, remote, and voiceover recordings.
Dec 7th
6:30–9:30pm ET
Meets 3 Times
$350
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Mon. Dec 7th, 6:30–9:30pm ET
(9 hours over 3 sessions)
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After Effects
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Discover the leading software for creating visually stunning motion graphics, animation, and video effects in this popular workshop at DCTV. Learn basic animation techniques, how to work with masks, and more as you watch your footage transform into a new dimension. Don't miss out on this opportunity to unleash your creativity!
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Production Week
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Designed for those seeking an extensive introduction to the world of digital production, this comprehensive hands-on workshop combines content from our Camera, Lighting and Audio Fundamentals workshops, and goes one step further with a session on pre-production and full-day to practice shooting. Capture Manhattan at 24 frames per second! This is a Production workshop at the Fundamentals level. Topics...
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Docu Intensive
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Eager filmmakers, come forward for a comprehensive immersion in documentary storytelling! This in-depth workshop takes you through the pre-production, production, and post-production process. During week one, examine the documentary form by reviewing films, pitching your doc idea, creating a shot list and preparing for production. During week two, execute your concept and shoot your footage. A complimentary one-week production equipment rental...
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Premiere
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Learn the art of multimedia video editing with a versatile and comprehensive course at DCTV. Discover how to seamlessly integrate Adobe programs like After Effects and Photoshop for optimal motion graphic workflows. Unlock your creative potential with this hands-on training.
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Final Cut Pro I
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Apple's Final Cut Pro X is a powerful, self-contained editing software that is popular among budding to professional editors. Learn basic system setup, how to create user profiles, navigate its visual interface, import media files, sync and modify sound, and create titles. This workshop provides the foundational knowledge to start editing in Final Cut. Topics include: FCP Workspace Magnetic Timeline Import and Organize Media Keywords and Events...
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Reviews of DCTV
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Camera Fundamentals
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Unearthing the Media Archives
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Digital Cinematography: Lighting
This is a great course to learn about the technical and the artistic elements of film lighting. I'm very happy I took the class, and Patrick is a great instructor. -
Camera Fundamentals
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Audio Fundamentals
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After Effects
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After Effects
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Unearthing the Media Archives
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Digital Cinematography: Camera
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Digital Cinematography: Camera
I loved my Cinematography class! Patrick was very knowledgeable and answered all questions everyone had - and there were many! I definitely will take more film classes with DCTV. -
Mobile Filmmaking
CLASS WAS CANCELED AND NO REFUND -
After Effects
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Audio Fundamentals
Very informative. I would have liked even more sessions. Instructor was very good about answering questions and steering the talk to our areas of interest. -
Online Workshop: After Effects: Titles and Infographics
Was hoping that it would focus on title design for film opening/end credits or for animating text on screen in videos and focus on infographics such as bar graphs, pie charts and data driven graphics like number counters, HUD displays and such. But his focus was scattered across showing as many project files as he could and skimming over steps while telling stories or making jokes. This course would be better titled as After Effects Tips and Tricks. A lot of time was wasted waiting for his computer to render the video in the app in order to see the animations. He should have rendered a .mp4 video of the animation before the workshop for us to open alongside the project so that we could preview what the animation will look like before he started diving into a project and showing us his steps. Sometimes we would open a project, follow him as he pointed out certain steps and then eventually we would see the end result and I thought the payoff was not worth all the time spent going over it. Some of the tips/tricks he mentioned were good to know, but you could learn those shortcuts/hot keys in an AE Fundamentals course. It felt like he focused on showing tricks as he showed his previous work and it could have been better if he chose a few really cool infographic or title styles and did a whole session on mastering that style/animation and then moving on to the next. -
Camera Fundamentals
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Camera Fundamentals
One of the best workshops I have done! -
Photoshop
Tom was very knowledgeable and patient when you had questions or made a mistake. He even took the time to see if we had questions on anything he didn't cover but we wanted to know more about. The only downside to the class was that he didn't have any notes or handouts to give up of his own knowledge or shortcuts he spoke about in class. They were very helpful and I wish we had his "cliff notes". I took an Excel workshop before and they handed out a packet like this. He did give us some printouts of shortcuts that he found online for us. But besides that, great class! -
Avid
I left the class early after the lunch break and didn't return the second day. I don't know if it was for me and I felt like it might have been for people who had a baseline understanding of video editing. -
Production Week
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Premiere
Good intro class. Definitely geared towards beginners, as it goes into a lot of detail about the Premiere interface, and basics like saving/ exporting files and importing clips. Helpful instructor and small class size.
