As a followup to the recent creation of a film production studio (Film Las Cruces Studios) in the old CocaCola bottling plant in Las Cruces, the IATSE Local 480 and Film Las Cruces non profit are holding a workshop on July 31 as described below.
As film productions continues to grow in the Las Cruces area, it is important that our film crew workforce grows as well. This is your chance to learn more about the IATSE Local 480 career paths available in the film and television industry.
Local 480 covers a wide variety of crafts; construction, landscape (greens), accounting, costumes, gripping, painting, and so much more. Experience and/or education in film are not required to work in these fields.
Join us at the Film Las Cruces Studios and we will walk you through the process of joining the IATSE Local 480 Overflow List. This is the first step to joining the Local 480 Union. We will also be available to answer any questions you may have about the industry as a whole.
In addition, DACC Creative Media Technology program has announced OTJ training at that studio in conjunction with classes, certificates of completion, and associate degree programs in video productions and media skills.
Today, when the word “film” is used, generally the medium is in fact digital video production, not celluloid film as was the traditional “higher production value medium suitable for projection in movie theaters.” Digital Video technology is now used for almost every production from the most humble YouTube or smart phone product, up to the highest production value big budget blockbuster.
Yes, it’s confusing to still call a production studio a “film studio” or to use the word “Film” in the name of non profit supporting media arts in Las Cruces. It is in fact the “Video Las Cruces Studio”, or perhaps the Video Arts Las Cruces non profit. Do we care? Dunno. At one time there was an ongoing controversy as to NMSU offering film courses, and DACC only being able to offer video courses. Now that there’s really no film production involved, how has that changed?
That’s just the way we are using these words today, but it also indicates that technology changes so fast as to beyond our capability to have the up to date terminology to employ. We may continue to use the word “film” for decades, long after many even know where the word came from…or we may find another terminology for this field.