AFFMedia Labs

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The AFF Media Production Labs are Workforce Development/Career Exploration programs featuring Master Classes, Lectures, Workshops, and Media Production Experiences, intended to empower NYC Residents between the ages of 17 and 27, providing them with essential skills, hands-on experience, and valuable connections, so they can pursue industry careers in film/tv/digital media production.

Disabled and ELL youth are welcome in the Labs.

THE AFFMEDIA LABS are funded partially by a grant from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. and partially by the generosity of our partners Kaufman Astoria Studios, Gotham Sound, Samansa, BridgeNext, Sound Lounge, MiniKorn. Master Classes and Workshops. The rest is subsidized by the Astoria Film Festival.

Students with CTE WBL hours or intern hours or students in various college intern programs can get paid or get class credits through their programs for their participation in the labs.

Future Labs will be broken into various master classes and workshops around Filmmaking, G&E, Production Sound, HMU, Post-Production, Podcasting, Social Media, and Festival Planning. More info to come.

Requirements: Ages 17-27, NYC Resident, must be available for the days/times of the lab events, both in zoom and in person.

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  • Production Sound Workshop with Gotham Sound

  • G&E Workshop with The MBS Group at Kaufman Astoria Studios

  • Filmmaking Workshop

  • Audio Editing Workshop with Emmy-Winning Editors at Sound Lounge

  • Master Classes with TV/Film Execs

  • Horror makeup workshop

    Horror HMU Workshop with Emmy-Winning IATSE Local 798 HMU

  • Podcasting Internship

  • Social Media Internship