LIMS (Lifton Institute for Media Arts and Sciences)

LIMS has a singular goal, to create skills that are immediately applicable in the film, television and new media industries. We do this by immersing the student in an intense three month, 40-60 hours per week schedule of hands on training. Students choose a career path that most suits their skills and desires. They are trained in basics within the classroom and then put directly into the field working in a real film production. This production is not a typical student film. It is a professional feature film, approximately 90 minutes in length. Students take advantage of training from department Keys; utilizing stages, production offices, feature production equipment, computer stations, edit bays and mixing rooms. Each student will actually perform all of the duties of the chosen career path, i.e.: carpenters build sets, electricians set lighting, camera persons shoot footage, editors edit scenes, animators create visuals, production personnel negotiate prices, book actors a...