Columbia College Hollywood: Our Campus

Columbia College Hollywood is located in a two-story, 44,000 square foot building, the former home of Panavision Cameras. CCH offers the following facilities and equipment for in-class projects and authorized student productions.

PRE-PRODUCTION
Computer Labs with:

EP Screenwriter
EP Budgeting
EP Scheduling
Final Draft
Frame Forge (Story Boarding Software)
Production Meeting/Conference Room
Casting Room

PRODUCTION
Shooting Facilities with:

Sound Stage
Insert Stage with Make-Up and Wardrobe Room

Film Cameras:

Arriflex SRI and SRII with Studio Accessories, Arriflex ST, CP-16 Éclair NPR 16 and Bolex

Digital Cameras:

Canon XL-H1, Canon XL-2, Panasonic DVX100a, Canon XL-1, Sony VX-2000 and Panasonic HVX200

Lighting:

300w, 600w, 1K, 2K and 5K Fresnels
1K and 2K Open Face, 1200w HMI
2K Zip Soft Lights, and Kinoflos

Grip:

C-stands, Sandbags, Apple Boxes
Combo Stands, Flags and Cutters
Reflectors and Dollies and
other miscellaneous items

Sound:

Fostex FR-2, Tascam HD-2, Nagra, DAT Recorder, Mixers, Microphones, and Mackie 24 Channel Audio Console

TV STUDIO

3 new JVC GY-HD25OST16 High Def Cameras Ross S1-001BC Switcher Sustem Compix standalone character generator

POST-PRODUCTION
Individual Suites with:

ADR Room with Pro Tools and Digi Rack
Digital Post
Hardware
Apple Dual, G5s, Mac Pro’s
Sony Digital Decks
NTSC Monitors

Software:

MACINTOSH
Mac OSX Tiger/Leopard
MAYA, EP Screenwriter, Final Draft, Avid Media Composer, After Effects, Pro Tools, Macromedia
WINDOWS (PC)
Microsoft Office 2003
Windows XP

STANDING SETS
The campus has been remodeled. A key element of the remodel was the creation of scenically designed lounge and study areas which also double as sets for student productions. These include a Boston brownstone and a roadhouse pool hall. Vignettes evoking Little Shanghai, Little Havana, a taste of Bourbon Street, and a Venice boardwalk-style cafe are still in the planning stages.

The 5,000 square foot facility houses over 10,000 volumes, periodicals, videocassettes, DVDs, and scripts. The computer lab has 15 stations with high-speed internet access and is open during campus hours. A private DVD screening room is open during library hours. Wireless internet access is also available campus-wide. The library hours are weekdays, 11:00 am to 9:30 pm and Saturdays, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. A collection of actors’ headshots is available for use in casting. All services are free of charge.

PARKING
There is on-campus parking for students and staff. Street parking and other nearby lots are also available.

Columbia College Hollywood has had a number of locations in the almost 51 years of its existence, from MacArthur Park in downtown LA (1952-70) to La Brea Avenue in the heart of Hollywood (1970-97) to the former Panavision building in Tarzana (1997-present). The Tarzana campus is located near many production and post production facilities. It is also convenient to Universal City, Studio City and Burbank, where major studios such as Disney, MCA, Warner Brothers and Universal Studios are headquartered.