The Department of Film, Television and Digital Media provides its students with the latest technology and resources. State-of-the-art resources include high-definition studios, soundstages, audio and video editing suites, a campus radio station, and a full complement of equipment.
The Gwendolyn P. Tandy Memorial Film Library houses more than 15,000 titles.
Learn more about any of these resources below.
Isiah Manzanares (front) is working on the controls while Jacob Martin communicates with someone through his headset mic, live from the TCU Sports Broadcasting room. (Annabel Foye/Schieffer Associates)
FTDM students work in three production studios, as well as on location. In our sound studio, students engage in single-camera film production on student-produced sitcoms and soap operas. Our Sports Broadcasting students enjoy a separate, dedicated studio, complete with fiber optic cables that link the facility to nearly every sports complex on campus. In the fall, this technology allows our sports production students to provide instant replays, bio profiles, advertisements and promotions to the football stadium video board for our fall home games. In the winter and spring, students continue to work as operators, directors and producers to provide the same content during the basketball and baseball season.
A student adjusts a camera while working on a video project in an FTDM studio in Moudy South in March 2025. (Photo by Shelbie Whitten)
FTDM production classes are committed to utilizing the latest technology in order to prepare students for its real-world applications. Students working on location or in our studios film (and later edit) in high-definition using Panasonic HDV200 High Definition cameras with Red Rock Lens Adapters. Students working in our news studios work with Sony DSR 500s.
Basic Video editing with Dr. Hahn
Students learn current post-production techniques and software, including Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Studio and Adobe Creative Suite, on iMac desktop computers.
About the Station
KTCU currently features some of the top software used by radio stations throughout the world, including the digital audio automation software InfoAudio and the world’s number one scheduling software, MusicMaster. MusicMaster scheduling software is used by top media companies SiriusXM, Entercom, Univision, MTV and more.
Students who volunteer at KTCU are also allowed to develop their own shows and features. KTCU programming has won awards from local media, the Broadcast Educators Association, College Broadcasters, Inc. and the International Academy of the Visual Arts.
Tandy Film Library
The Department of Film, Television and Digital Media is home to the Gwendolyn P. Tandy Memorial Film Library, an extensive collection of movies and television programs on Blu-ray, DVD, VHS, and LaserDisc. The collection currently includes more than 15,000 titles and new items are added every month. The film library is not a lending library; rather, it is an essential teaching resource for the FTDM department. Faculty can use the most recent films and programs in their classes, so that course material is always up-to-date. Students may schedule time to watch films in the library, whether it be for a class or as a way of exploring their own interests and independent projects. FTDM Professor Kylo-Patrick Hart serves as the curator of this important educational resource.
The Gwendolyn P. Tandy Film Library was established and has developed over the years as a result of generous donations from individuals in the TCU community and the surrounding area. If you would like to contribute to the film library, please contact Professor Kylo-Patrick Hart via e-mail at k.hart@tcu.edu. All contributions are tax-deductible.
