300,000+
square foot digital media footprint
The largest and most comprehensive film and TV production spaces in higher education
In Hollywood and New York, across Georgia, and beyond, more than 15,000 SCAD alumni in the entertainment industry are transforming the film and TV scene. Current and future SCAD students are primed to join these trailblazing professionals through the unrivaled instruction and unparalleled new technology at SCAD Film Studios in Savannah and Atlanta, empowering them to launch stellar careers.
With multiple soundstages, dozens of street facades, and a network of students and alumni to contribute in front of and behind the camera, SCAD Film Studios also offers professionals a range of set options and the talent to staff their next film projects.
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Set the scene in Savannah
At Savannah’s SCAD Film Studios, students collaborate across creative disciplines on the largest and most comprehensive university backlot in the nation. SCAD Film Studios features an 11-acre backlot, an LED volume stage, multiple production spaces, and a green screen studio. The backlot currently consists of over 40 separate street façades and more than 8,000 square feet of interior dressed set space, modeling Savannah’s iconic historic district, big city streetscapes that include a subway entrance and brownstones, and small-town USA scenes reflecting a variety of eras. Two industry-ready soundstages are also currently under construction.
Students from top-ranked SCAD degree programs in acting, animation, film and television, immersive reality, production design, sound design, and visual effects film and create content on productions that model industry practices, or contribute to professional projects shooting at SCAD Film Studios. In addition to the backlot, SCAD students add style and authenticity to their films and TV shows from a 17,000 sq. ft. production design facility housing classrooms, modern costume design sewing labs, an innovative industrial garment conveyor for storing costumes, and a massive, high-tech prop-making shop with tools for woodcutting, welding, and painting.
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“SCAD’s backlot is a game-changer. It allows our students to learn how to make films like the pros, without the hassle of permits, noise, and crowd control. Our backlot has it all — from historic Savannah scenes to modern cityscapes — and there’s more to come!”
— D.W. Moffett, SCAD chair of film and television
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Make magic in Midtown Atlanta
Empowered by next-generation technology, state-of-the-art studios, and unparalleled instruction, SCAD students are ready to make their mark on the massive film and TV industry in Atlanta. From a 60,000-square-foot former TV studio nestled in Midtown, SCAD students in top-ranked acting, animation, film and television, production design, and visual effects programs learn the full scope of the production process as they complete films, TV pilots, and immersive content.
Immersion in Georgia’s multibillion-dollar entertainment industry offers students myriad opportunities to lend their talents to blockbuster film and TV productions throughout the region. They also gain experience on student-led productions like chefATL, a seven-episode docuseries that examines Atlanta’s rich history and culture through its world-renowned cuisine filmed on a SCAD soundstage and on-location at local award-winning restaurants.
Generate new worlds with LED volume stages
In Savannah and Atlanta, SCAD students are empowered to unleash their creativity and explore new frontiers using leading-edge LED volume stages — the same breakthrough technology used on Marvel Cinematic Universe films and smash-hit shows like The Mandalorian.
SCAD’s LED volume stages combine precise camera tracking — made possible by a Red Komodo 6K camera and a stYpe RedSpy tracking system — with 3D, real-time rendering powered by Unreal Engine and a graphics workflow from Disguise. Through this combination of live production and digital backgrounds, the 40 x 20 x 17-foot LED wall screen displays allow students and clients to create massive, immersive virtual environments that take productions to new heights. Since their opening, professionally helmed films, TV shows, ads, and a luxury brand jewelry campaign have created content on stage at SCAD’s LED volumes, providing internship and job opportunities for students behind the scenes.
The stars align with the SCAD Casting Office
Through the only professionally run casting offices in higher education — located in Savannah and Atlanta — SCAD students have booked more than 1,000 roles in major motion pictures and television series. The SCAD Casting Office is led by professional casting directors-turned-educators Andra Reeve-Rabb — formerly the director of primetime casting at CBS Television — and Alpha Tyler — a veteran of casting at DreamWorks, Warner Bros., Paramount, BET, and Tyler Perry Studios. Under their tutelage, the casting office provides unique, career-launching opportunities on sets in Georgia, Los Angeles, New York City, and other global markets, offering SCAD acting students the opportunity to earn their Screen Actors Guild cards before graduation.
1,000+
roles booked for students
“A casting office at the university level is a must, and SCAD is the only university that has one…make that two! The SCAD Casting Office is the connecting point between our talented students and industry professionals and between actors and filmmakers.”
— Andra Reeve-Rabb, dean of the SCAD School of Film and Acting
Resources and spaces that rival Hollywood
Across locations, SCAD features state-of-the-art technology that rivals the world’s most complete studio environments. From initial concept to the final stages of postproduction, the SCAD film and television program provides students with industry-standard software and advanced equipment for all industry production models. In editing suites, students cut together their exceptional work on Mac Pros outfitted with programs like Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, and Final Cut X.
SCAD is the only university to confer undergraduate and graduate degrees in sound design, where Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award-winning faculty prepare students for careers in film, television, game audio, music composition, music production, and more. SCAD sound design students record ADR and Foley effects and music in cutting-edge recording studios featuring the ubiquitous Avid S6 mixing console — one also located in the Dolby Atmos mixing stage, where students watch their films come to life during re-recording mix. During their studies, students can achieve a number of Pro Tools certifications to bolster their professional credentials, including the much-valued Dolby Atmos certification.