Instructional Materials Fee:
New Genres enrolled students are required to pay a $50 Instructional Materials Fee. This fee is quarterly, and allows you access to all equipment rentals, the Video Viewing room, NG Editing Suites, and usage of all tools and equipment related to New Genres classes. Students who are not enrolled in NG classes and wish to check out equipment will also need to pay this Instructional Materials Fee.

Equipment Checkout:
All There is a 3-Day Checkout Monday to Thursday or 4-Day Checkout Thursday to Monday. Available equipment: 3-Chip Digital Video Cameras, 5MP & 7MP Digital Still Cameras, Super 8 & 16mm Film Cameras, Mini-DV decks, Firewire Drives, Digital Audio Recorders, Microphones, Lighting Kits, C-stands, and Green & Blue Screen. For your exhibitions we have Video Projectors, TV Monitors, DVD Players, Speakers and Various Small Powertools. You can also reserve any of this equipment. Equipment Checkout and Return times are posted each quarter on the New Genres office door. *Please check the days and times clearly to avoid late penalties.

New Genres Installation Spaces:
There are three New Genres Installation Spaces available to undergrads for two-week residencies. There are no proposals required but these rooms are to be used for New Genres projects. Each studio is approximately 10' x 12'. You may sign up to use these rooms at the beginning of each quarter. Sign up is done on a first come bases and you may not sign up twice in one quarter. The sign up sheets go up on the room doors on Monday morning of the second week of each quarter. Projects must be New Genres related but students do not have to be currently enrolled in a NG class to sign up. The Installation Spaces are "As Is" condition and should be kept clean and in relatively good condition. There are a few rules, which must be followed or you will lose your opportunity to use these rooms. Those rules will be posted on the doors along with the sign up sheets. For more information about these spaces and rules stop by the NG office. Installation Spaces are rooms, 2138, 2140 & 2147.

Video Resource & Viewing Rooms:
Our Video Resource Database has over 600 tapes available for students to checkout and view on campus in our "Video Viewing Room", room 2118. Our expanding collection contains video art tapes, artist documentaries, films, art documentation videos, and a few books. You can view our catalog of titles on the computers in the Digital Studio or on the Video Resource Database computer in the New Genres office. The Video Viewing Room is open 9:30am-5:30pm M-F.

New Genres Editing Suites
There are two private video editing suites available for student use. NG Suite #1 contains Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Motion, Creative Suite CS, Soundtrack, LiveType and After Effects. NG Suite #2 contains Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Motion, Creative Suite CS, Soundtrack, LiveType, and After Effects. These rooms are open for art student use during building hours. Before you begin working in the editing suites you will need to see Julie to go over the room rules and policies. You will also need to receive a door code. You can sign up on the door for 1 - 4 hour blocks of time. Rooms 2132 & 2136.

New Genres "Store" Offers:
CD, DAT (Digital Audio Tape), DVD, Mini-discs, Mini-DV tapes, Zip Discs

New Genres Lab Supervisor:
Julie Orser - jorser@arts.ucla.edu
310.206.3888
Hours: 9:00am - 5:30pm