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DCTV

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.

Upcoming Classes (17)

Check each class below for its location or online format.

Tuesday, October 20th
12–6pm ET

$125

Saturday, October 24th
11am–5pm ET (2 sessions)

$390

Saturday, October 24th
12:30–3:30pm ET (4 sessions)

$500

Wednesday, November 4th
12–6pm ET

$255

Wednesday, November 4th
6–9pm ET (2 sessions)

$225

Thursday, November 5th
6:30–9:30pm ET (4 sessions)

$475

Saturday, November 7th
10am–6pm ET (2 sessions)

$475

Saturday, November 7th
11am–5pm ET

$255

Monday, November 9th
6–9pm ET (2 sessions)

$275

Saturday, November 14th
11am–4pm ET

$425

Monday, November 16th
12–4:30pm ET (2 sessions)

$290

Monday, November 16th
6–9pm ET (6 sessions)

$575

Wednesday, December 2nd
6:30–9:30pm ET (4 sessions)

$500

Thursday, December 3rd
12–6pm ET

$290

Saturday, December 5th
11am–5pm ET

$255

Monday, December 7th
6:30–9:30pm ET (3 sessions)

$350

Saturday, December 12th
11am–5pm ET (2 sessions)

$390

About DCTV

Founded in 1972, DCTV is a non-profit media arts center for NYC’s independent filmmakers. Fostering a diverse and inclusive community in its landmark firehouse located in Chinatown/Tribeca, DCTV provides affordable workshops, production equipment and space rentals, post-production facilities, a signature screening and event series, renowned youth media programs, and more – all under the same roof as its award-winning documentary production house.

Offering over 150 hands-on workshops in digital filmmaking and media arts each year, from basic video production to advanced editing, DCTV is a one-of-a-kind training facility. Unlike other centers, we provide the space and the gear, and keep class sizes small so you can gain a wealth of information in a short amount of time. With consistently low prices and a convenient location, you don’t have to stop your life to pick up a new skill.

School location

Map showing 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013

DCTV

TriBeCa, Manhattan
87 Lafayette St
Btwn White & Walker Streets
New York, New York 10013

Reviews of DCTV

(4.3-star rating across 241 reviews)
  • Camera Fundamentals

    Nidhi S. • August 9, 2025
  • Unearthing the Media Archives

    Katherine R. • January 24, 2025
  • Digital Cinematography: Lighting

    Jack D. • December 9, 2024
    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

    Prasheeth V. • August 18, 2024
  • Audio Fundamentals

    Isabel G. • November 17, 2023
  • After Effects

    Lindsay H. • September 10, 2023
  • After Effects

    Jason A. • September 2, 2023
  • Unearthing the Media Archives

    Anonymous • August 1, 2023
  • Digital Cinematography: Camera

    Per J. • July 23, 2023
  • Digital Cinematography: Camera

    Julia A. • March 25, 2023
    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

    Patrick M. • July 27, 2021
    CLASS WAS CANCELED AND NO REFUND
  • After Effects

    JENNIFER H. • May 14, 2021
  • Audio Fundamentals

    Anonymous • February 28, 2021
    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

    Anonymous • May 29, 2020
    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

    Connor N. • March 1, 2020
  • Camera Fundamentals

    Anonymous • March 1, 2020
    One of the best workshops I have done!
  • Photoshop

    Anonymous • February 28, 2020
    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

    Anonymous • February 6, 2020
    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

    Terri P. • November 30, 2019
  • Premiere

    Anonymous • November 18, 2019
    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.

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