Media Commons
The Fine Arts Media Commons offers a large inventory of digital media production equipment that may be signed out by students enrolled in fine arts courses and used for class projects or personal projects.
Set up an account
Head over to media commons (FIA 238) with your OneCard and fill out a borrowing agreement to set up a new account or reactivate an existing account each school year.
Learn how it works
Watch the online tutorials to learn about our policies and online booking system. Once you’ve set up an account and watched the tutorials, you can book equipment online.
Schedule a consultation
Need some guidance? Set up one-on-one equipment training sessions or project consultations, or drop by during open hours. Check out the FAQ page for more general information!
Contact us
Closed for the Summer
Opening in September
Correctly coiled cables
- Prevents damage: alternating coil direction prevents the copper wires inside the cable from over-twisting.
- Makes it is easier to unravel cables without knots/tangles when in use.
How to fold a bounce
- Grab either side of the bounce with one thumb up and one thumb down.
- Gently twist and fold in opposite directions.
Lighting setup safty
- Light stand legs positions over the cable
- Sandbag placement over lighting stand
- Secure nobs
Equipment available to borrow
Cameras
- DSLR / SLR cameras & lenses
- Camcorders
- VR 360 cameras
- Tripods for video work and still photography
- Pipe dolly & track
Audio
- Digital audio recorders & interfaces
- Podcast & voice mics
- Shotgun microphone kits and boom poles
Lighting & Grip
- Tungsten Lighting kits & softboxes (training required)
- Sand bags, apple boxes, c-stands, and flags
- Bounces, diffusion, gels
- 5′ x 7′ collapsable blue/green screen
Projectors
- Digital projectors
- Overhead projectors
- Slide projectors
- Cables, adapters, clickers
Manuals
Photography & Video
DSLR Cameras & Accessories
DSLR Cameras
Film/SLR Cameras
Mirrorless Cameras
*Restricted Access
Camcorders
Lighting Equipment
- Ledgo LG-D1200M Fresnel
- Ledgo LG-1200MSCii LED Panel
- Ledgo LG-D600 LED Fresnel
- Ledgo LG-D3000M LED Fresnel
- Luxli Taiko
- Luxli Viola LED
- Lighting Kit – Cello Kit LED Panels
- Martin 550 Smoke Machine
- Minolta Autometer III (lightmeter)
- Pentax Spotmeter (lightmeter)
- Photographic Lighting Kit
- Sekonic L-308S (lightmeter)
- Vivitar 285 Flash
VR/360
- Insta360 One X – quick start guide
- Insta 360 Flow
- Ricoh Theta S – older 360 camera
Tripod/Support
- AXLER Slider
- Manfrotto 190
- Shoulder Mount
- Various Tripods (photo + video)
Audio
Mic’s, mixers, recorder & accessories
Microphones
- AKG C535EB (XLR)
- Audio-Technica AT835b Shotgun (XLR)
- Audio-Technica ATR2500 (USB)
- Audio-Technica 2000 Series
- Audio-Technica ATR2100
- Blue Yeti (USB/XLR)
- Rode NT USB Mini (stereo mini)
- Rode Podcaster (USB)
- Rode Video Mic (stereo mini)
- Rode VideoMic Pro (stereo mini)
- Rode Smart Lav (for smart phones)
- Rode NT1-A (XLR)
- Sennheiser Lav Ew100G2 wireless
- Shure 565SD (XLR)
- Shure SM58 Mic (XLR)
- Shure SM57 Mic (XLR)
- Shure SM7B (XLR)
Microphone Kits
- Audiotechnica ATR2100 Kit (USB/XLR)
- Podcaster Pro Kit (USB)
- Shotgun Mic Kit (XLR)
- Shotgun/Field Recorder Kit (XLR)
Recorders
Equipment
Projector & Media Players