Learn about SCAT and public access television at a free orientation open to the public. All new members are required to attend an orientation before registering for classes.

This class is for members who want to get started producing multi-camera studio programs. In the first two sessions you will learn how to work as a camera operator and floor director in SCAT's three-camera TV studio. The last two sessions will cover the operation of the control room, including the digital switcher, audio board, and Compix graphics. You will also learn the basics of directing in the studio. After completing the class and crewing on two productions, students will receive their Studio Producer certification and will be ready to reserve the studio for their own productions. 
Tuition $20 members, $40 non-members
7:00 - 9:30pm

In this hands-on class, Students will learn camera operation, audio techniques, and the basics of lighting in the field. The group will brainstorm project ideas and will be encouraged to work together to shoot field footage. Students will have one month after the instruction sessions to take out the cameras and get familiar with the equipment. During that time, any questions that arise will be answered by the instructor. After completing the class and at least two practice sessions, the student becomes “camera-certified” and may take out the cameras for TV projects. 
Tuition $20 members, $40 non-members

Learn to organize your production and edit your video footage in the SCAT edit suites using Final Cut Express software. Includes graphics, transitions, filters, and audio sweetening. Students are certified after completing the class and demonstrating competency and may reserve the edit stations for SCAT projects. 
Tuition $20 members, $40 non-members
7:00 - 9:30pm

This class is for SCAT members and non-members who prefer to learn in Portuguese. Learn to use SCAT's professional digital video cameras, audio equipment, and light kits in the field. Following the three-session class, SCAT members will have one month to take out the cameras and shoot a certification tape that demonstrates competency with the equipment. This is a special workshop.
Tuition is $20 for SCAT members, $75 non-members.

This four session class is for SCAT members and non-members who wish to learn editing in Portuguese. The class will teach students to organize their projects and edit video footage in the SCAT edit suites using Final Cut Express software. It includes graphics, transitions, filters, and audio sweetening. Students who are SCAT members are certified to use SCAT edit suites after completing a short certification tape that demonstrates editing competency.  This is a special workshop.
Tuition: members $20, non-members $75
7:00 - 9:30pm

SCAT- Somerville Community Access Television esta ofertando classes de Edicao  em Portugues. Os alunos aprenderao o basico de edicao usando o software Final Cut. O objetivo do projeto e inserir e fomentar  maior participacao da comunidade de lingua Portuguesa na Tv comunitaria que oferece espaco gratutito para seus membros criarem Tv shows, usarem equipamentos e  infra-estrutura. O curso e aberto para membros e nao membros.

Valor:  Membros: $20;  Nao membros: $75

This training course explores the robust and intuitive Photoshop functionality. Through hands-on instruction, students learn key concepts such as file size, resolution and bit depth, as well as the difference between raster and vector graphics. Three sessions.
$50 for SCAT members, $100 non-members.

Learn to write headlines like the pros in this one session News story/package writing/production workshop. Discover what it takes to make a compelling news package. The story, the script, the b-roll and how they all contribute to making an enjoyable and educational news piece. Using the ever popular who, what, where, when and why you will learn to write and package your video like the news pros.
Instructor: Bill Barrell, five years news photographer and editor for WHDH Channel 7 News. $25 members, $45 non-members.

Participants will learn to weave together images, first person narration and music to tell personal stories using iMovie software. The instructor will guide students to write well-structured narrations and make creative use of visuals and audio for dramatic effect. The class is great for those who want to share memoirs, community stories or organizational profiles from their own point of view. Students are encouraged to begin organizing photos for the project in advance of the first class. More information about digital storytelling can be found here: www.storycenter.org.

Instructor Meryl Perlson began making documentary and experimental video in Philadelphia in the late 1980's. She is a founding member of the Termite TV Collective, an ongoing swarm devoted to the creation of alternative media. Her award-winning collective and individual work has been broadcast on PBS and cable and exhibited nationally. She has an MFA in Film/Media Arts from Temple University and is currently Co-Director of 13FOREST Gallery in Arlington. Meryl has taught media making and studies at the community and college level for more than a decade.

Five Tuesday nigh sessions from June 30 to August 4. No class on July 28. $75 for SCAT members, $125 for non-members.