Important Resources

THE SCA PRODUCTION OFFICE

The Production Office is your hub for everything related to film production at SCA. They approve requests for equipment and stage use, direct filmmakers to important documents and templates, and help determine which forms are needed for each production. You can also reach out with any other production questions along the way.

Contact the Production Office to ask questions or set up a one-on-one meeting in person or via Zoom: [email protected].

FACILITY STAFF

The staff at each SCA production facility are excellent resources for questions about equipment and the reservation, checkout, and return systems outlined on this site.

You can find contact information for each center here:

• Loop Equipment Center (The Cage)

• The Shack – Cinespace Lighting & Grip Equipment and Power Distribution

• Camera Vault – Advanced Camera and Sound Equipment

• Cinespace Stages

Get Involved!

Joining student-run organizations is a great way to meet the SCA community and get involved.

SCA Instagram Student Organizations

VAS (Visiting Artist Series) Channel – Live events are open to SCA students and are streamed and posted throughout the year.

VAS YouTube Channel

DePaul TV Incubator – Develops and produces television concepts. The TV Incubator has attracted network attention, closed first-look deals, and played festivals.

DePaul TV Incubator - YouTube

Online Resources

General Resources

CDM Website SCA Central SCA Knowledge Base

LinkedIn Learning Tutoring

These resources provide tutorials, FAQs, and technical support for software, A/V tools, and other production-related questions.

Production Resources

Production Resources Patron Portal

Equipment and some facility reservations are made through the Webcheckout Patron Portal after approval from the Production Office via the Greenlighting process.

See the Reserving Equipment section of this handbook for more details.

The Well

A script database managed by Screenwriting faculty, providing opportunity for screenwriting and production students to collaborate on original SCA productions.

• Screenwriters: contact your writing professors or Chris Parrish ([email protected]) for consideration of your work to be added to The Well.

• Producers/Production Students: Access The Well via the SCA Central (D2L) home page to search for scripts.