The Weitz Center for Creativity

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1. Building

During the term, the building is open to the public 7 am to 9 pm Monday through Friday and noon to 9 pm Saturday and Sunday. All Carleton students, staff, and faculty with a valid One Card can access the building 7 am to midnight seven days a week. Cinema & Media Studies and Theater & Dance students have additional access (see below).

2. Cinema (WCC 161)

   a. booking
Events in the Weitz Cinema are included in the Carleton events calendar. The cinema can be reserved by contacting Steve Richardson, Director of the Arts (srichard@carleton.edu; ext.4389).

   b. lights
Just inside the main entrance, on the right side of the door frame as one walks into the space, there's a small recessed panel. The bottom right button is "cinema night" (dark, but with aisle lights for safety). The others turn on various lighting cues: mainly, spotlight in front of the stage, lights over the wide aisle on the floor, fluorescent work lights.

   c. playing a movie
In the projection booth, tap the LCD panel once. It will turn on and offer you a choice of projection or sound system only. (The projector has a warm-up time that can seem rather long if you just need to use a microphone.) If you choose projection, the next screen has a column of buttons along the right side that allows you to select a video source, for example, "DVD." Insert a DVD or Blu-ray disc into the player and press play.

Best practice with any projection for an audience is to watch programming in its entirety with lead time enough to deal with tech if trouble arises. This includes screening the actual copy of the movie on one of the cinema's Blu-Ray players and, in the case of presentation, previewing media such as Powerpoint from the machine it's actually going to play from.

     d. talking
A handheld wireless mic is stored in the teaching station. This can be attached to the teaching station by a gooseneck stored in the same place.

    e. some tech specs

Signal comes into a Denon DN-A7100 processor (reference manual). Sync sound in the room is managed by a Lectrosonics DM1612. Then volume control at the LCD panels (one in the rack, the other at the teaching station) is enabled  by AMX AXB VOL3 Volume ControlSignal. From there, signal is sent to a 13,900-watt array of amps: a LabGruppen C 5:4X and C 10:8X; A LabGruppen C 28:4 and two LabGruppen C 48:4 amps. The amps power ten EV [SL-10|http://electro-voice.com/family.php?id=51] (120W cont/480W peak) speakers side and rear, two EV [TL-880D|http://www.electrovoice.com/product.php?id=223] subwoofers (700W cont/2800W peak), and three ElectroVoice TL606ST+HPK Variplex II Cinema Series front/center speakers (800W continuous/3200W peak). (The speakers have a total capacity of 5000W cont/20000W peak).

A snake connects the teaching station to AC power, data and signal in the wall that allows the teaching station to be positioned as far downstage as the third row of seats in front. The plugs on the snake are clearly labelled by what port in the wall they need to be connected to. When not in use, the teaching station is stored in the large closet stage right.

3. Large Meeting Room (WCC 236) & Conference Room (WCC 131)
These spaces are booked in EMS, Carleton's room scheduling system.

4. White spaces (WCC 148, 226 and 229)
Students wanting space to put on exhibitions and installations as part of comps, should work with faculty to determine space needs; faculty should contact Steve Richardson as far in advance as possible.

5. Teaching Museum (WCC 101 & 102)
See Laurel Bradley. No food or drink please.

6. Media Lab (WCC 138)
This room is used as a classroom; the schedule is posted at the door. The Media Lab is open to Carleton students, staff and faculty 7 am to 11 pm seven days a week, and open to current CAMS Digital Foundations students 24/7. See Marla Erickson to schedule. No food or drink at computers please.

7. Advanced Edit (WCC 134)

This space is envisioned as a workshop for media making students to work as well as share ideas and offer each other notes. Advanced Edit is also home to the Wenger unit, a self-contained sound recording booth. Advanced Edit can be accessed 24/7 by CAMS faculty, staff, and majors, as well as current advanced CAMS production classes such as comps, Fiction, and Nonfiction. No food or drink at computers please.

8. Studios

Studio requests are initiated by filling in [this form|http://weitzstudios.notlong.com]. No food or drink in the control rooms please (WCC 41, 36 and 46). Water in containers that close completely is encouraged on the sound stages (40, 38, and 45) for talent and crew on long shoots. No other food or drink please.

    a. Audio Recording Studio (WCC 45 & 46)

    The audio recording studio is a Carleton-wide resource. See the Weitz Audio and Video Technical Director.

    b. Studio A (WCC 40 & 41) and Studio B (WCC 38 & 36).
    See the CAMS Techical Director.

10. Theater

11. Dance Studio 2 (larger)

12. Dance Studio 1 (smaller)