Communication Studio/Lab
XIM University
XIM Communications Studio, which is housed at School of Communications which is situated at the New Campus of XIM University has professional audio and video studios, shooting floor, online TV production set-up, Green room, lobby, edit suits, lab and professional training in the high end software used in the industry like Final Cut Pro (FCP), Avid media composer, Adobe Creative Cloud which includes adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Dreamweaver, InDesign. Besides the students also get training in Maya, 3DxMax, 4C+ and Quark Xpress. The AV studio is spread in a sprawling studio space of more than 4000 square feet.
The “XIM Studio” is equipped with online video production facilities along with professional lights and grips. The school has Panasonic HD and Panasonic 4K cameras besides a Steadicam for film and TV production. The XIM Studio has latest still cameras like Canon 5D and many more. Besides there are other facilities like the teleprompter to train students for TV anchoring, latest tripods, professional lights like muti-20, multi-10, cool lights with 4 banks, 3 banks and 2 banks.The studio has professional LED lights with DMX controller, which could change the
colours or mix colours at a given time. There are spotlights and baby lights with all the accessories. Outdoor lights are also available for the production of short films and documentaries. XIM Studio also has a modern digital still photography studio with all the lights and latest DSLR cameras.
The “laboratory “ has registered Adobe Creative Cloud (academic version) for imaging and graphic design besides Final Cut Pro and Avid Media Composer for real time film and video editing. Workstations give students ample chances to practice what they learn in classrooms. Professional editing and animation are done on all the systems using Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro and Maya.
The Audio Studios is an important component of film and TV production. The studio has the latest registered software- Presonus Studio One Professional with midi-keyboard and many musical instruments. It has a wide range of microphones. The sound studio boasts of Shure Cordless, Blue Bird (Spark), Bluebird Reactor, Beyer dynamic, Shure SM 58, Short Gun, lapels, cordless hard mic, and pioneer cordless mics.
The state-of-the-art classrooms, academic rigor and mentoring make our students feel that they are professionals from day one in the University.
The studio has the following facilities:
- P2HD Cameras (8)
- Panasonic 4K Camera (1)
- TV Studio Floor – 1200 Sq. Ft.
- Online TV Production control room with Online Switcher, digital recorders, P2HD recorder, & talkback system for a professional TV production
- Steadycam
- Professional lights like spot lights, babies, Multi-20, Multi-10, Soft lights (2-3-4 banks)
- Professional Audio Studios using Presonus 24-input audio console using Studio 1 Pro software
- Still Photography Studios with strobe lights
- Canon 5D Mark II & Nikon D7000 DSLRs
- Master edit suites for both Final Cut Pro & Avid Media Composer 5.5
- 4C+ and QuarkXPress for Print
- Professional Audio Studios using Presonus 24-input audio console using Studio 1 Pro software
- Variety of microphones ranging from professional Condenser microphones to Dynamic ones.
- Teleprompter
- Green Mat studios
- Light grids
- Mac Edit suites using Final Cut Pro 7.0 (10)
- Dell Work Stations (i5) for Adobe software (10)
- Dell Work Stations (i5) for Adobe software (10)
- Track & Trolley for shooting video & film
- Pedestal for online TV production
- YouTube Live telecast equipment
- Adobe Creative Suite software