For the beginning of the 2014 academic year the media lab at Massey’s Palmerston North Campus has seen an extensive refurbishment, which has seen both production and post-production equipment overhauled.

In terms of production equipment, the lab, which is used during media practice and expressive arts papers including media practice I and II, creative communication, creative processes, new media and digital cultures and documentary filmmaking, has been kitted out with Canon 70D DSLRs which will be used to teach both still photography and HD video and Canon C100 cinema cameras, which belong to Canons prestigious Cinema series, other models of which were used on feature films nominated for this year’s best cinematography Oscar. Alongside the new, high definition solid-state cameras there are new shotgun microphones, solid state sound recorders and fluid-head tripods.

For post-production, the lab has been equipped with workstation class computers with a dual full HD monitor setup, which will run a range of industry-standard production software including Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere and After Effects alongside Avid Media Composer and Davinci Resolve for high end video post-production.