Be a Star, Produce Your Own TV Show

Grafton Community Television will host an open house and tour of the town’s cable public access TV facilities from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20 at the Grafton Community Television studios at 296 Providence Rd., South Grafton.

The open house also serves as an introduction to the spring 2012 video production class which begins on Monday, March 5.

According to Kris McMullin, Grafton Community Television Public Access Coordinator, “With this year's class, students will be trained on becoming independent producers, allowing them to assemble crew for studio shoots and edit their projects individually for broadcast on GCTV's Public Access Channel. The course is recommended for students who are comfortable with handling multiple tasks and have basic to intermediate knowledge of Apple computer's software environment. An in-class assignment required for certification will include a project designed, produced, and edited by the student, utilizing the skills taught throughout the eight-week course."

The spring 2012 GCTV video production class is made available at no charge to Grafton residents, town employees and local business owners who are 18 or older, regardless of whether or not they are cable television subscribers. The deadline for signup of the video production class is Friday, March 2.  

Students must complete a minimum of 7 of the 8 classes to successfully complete the course. Completion of the class certifies you as a GCTV producer and allows you to produce your own television shows on Grafton Community Television.

Prospective students ages 17 and younger may participate in the classes with permission of the Cable Television Oversight Committee and must contact GCTV no later than Feb. 13.

For more information, call Kris McMullin, Public Access Coordinator for Grafton, at (508) 839-2983 or email at GCTV11@charter.net

Grafton Community Television provides programming on three distinct public access channels in the Town of Grafton over the Charter Communications and the Verizon cable systems. Monthly schedules for Grafton Community Television Channels can be found at www.GraftonTV.org.