HOW TO BECOME A HARTFORD PUBLIC ACCESS TV PRODUCER

• Requirements
• Orientation
• Workshops
• Fees

To provide the City of Hartford’s community, government and educational institutions free and unrestricted access to the cable television system, we offer specified training workshops for individuals and groups who wish to produce programs both here in our in-house studios or on-location productions.
This page will assist you on your way to become a producer at Hartford Public Access.

Requirements
Our workshops are for individuals and groups who will be producing programs to air on Hartford Public Access Television. Training is available for City of Hartford residents and organizations based in the City of Hartford.

The first step is to call and sign up for an orientation. Call 524-8621 and speak with Nyesha Smith, the Senior Program Coordinator and one of the instructors. Nyesha will assist you in sigining up for the orientation, based on availability. One major responsibility of a studio producer is to assemble a crew. Crew members must take the workshop and be willing to volunteer on a regular basis for the production of the program. It is in the producer's best interest to have a crew when taking a workshop as it will facilitate the training and production. Suggested minimal crew positions: 1 director, 2 camera operators, 1 audio mixer.
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Orientation
Orientations are first come, first serve. They are on the First & Third Wednesdays. To accommodate people's different schedules, the First Wednesday Orientation is at 7pm. The Third Wednesday Orientation is at 12pm.

During the orientation, you will be introduced to the staff and tour the facilities. The instructors will assess the individual producer's needs, knowing that each producer has a unique vision that they want to realize and share with the communities of Hartford. Workshops will then be scheduled to develop the producer and/or crews' proficiency to operate the studio and equipment to self produce. The goal of the workshop, as stated in our mission statement, is to 'develop self sufficient, independent television producers and production crews'.

Orientation is MANDATORY for producers only, but crew members will be welcomed. Attendance and participation of crew at workshops is mandatory
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Workshops
Workshops are individualized for producer's benefits. This allows the producers to learn on a more one-on-one basis.

There are two forms of productions which producers can take: STUDIO and FIELD.

• STUDIO - Productions which will use the Hartford Public Access Studios for either LIVE broadcast productions or to RECORD productions for broadcast later.
• FIELD - Productions which will utilize our field equipment for ON-LOCATION productions outside of our station.

Non-Linear Editing training is included in the Field Production Workshop, but can be available to Studio Productions should the production require it. Hartford Public Access TV offers NLE systems using ULEAD Media Studio Pro Software for post-production.
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Fees (per workshop)
Producers - $50.00 tax-deductible donation to Hartford Public Access
Crew members - $20.00 tax -deductible donation to Hartford Public Access

Donations are accepted at the end of the Orientation to complete enrollment in Workshops. Once workshop completed, you will be granted access to use facility or equipment to produce your vision for broadcast to the Hartford Community.
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