Located in the bottom floor of the Harold F. Johnson Library, the media makers lab has production, post-production, screening and collaborative learning space, as well as green screen and in-house lighting grid, television studio and control room, animation stand, voice-over sound booth, analog digitization, flatbed scanners, digital music production, and several digital media editing stations and private suites.
For more information on the media labs, visit their website.
To get in touch with John Bruner, please email him at jdbLO@hampshire.edu.
John Bruner: Advanced Media Coordinator
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John Bruner (94F) was born and raised in Oklahoma, in the town whose best known hero is Will Rogers. He is an example of the benefits of the JobCorps program where he graduated from Tulsa Technical Institute with a degree in electronics. During his time in the midwest, John started a futon business, worked as a union carpenter, and was a drummer in several local bands. It was during that time he started building studios and honing his electronics interests. After a storied journey, John found himself stranded at Hampshire College, but on hearing the school's philosophy and experiencing the campus, John applied and was accepted to Hampshire where he first met and worked with the legendary John Gunther as a lab assistant. As a Hampshire student, he studied audio recording, digital video and communications. Since graduating, John has worked on commercials and many independent film and television projects. In 2004, John spent a month in India helping Tibetan’s at the Central Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies to develop strategies for using digital media to preserve their heritage. Since then John has Co-Produced “Return to Mountain” a documentary on the origins of T’ai Chi shot on location in China with fellow Hampshire Alumnus Jud Willmont. He has written as well as directed a number of stage plays and screenplays. John is responsible for the HFJ Library Media Labs which include InTran Video Collective and YURT Radio broadcast stations as well as the Stop Motion Lab. John considers himself a jack-of-all-media -trades, with a broad range of interests and experience—animation, special effects, music recording and all varieties of analog and digital production. With over two decades of institutional knowledge, he’s always ready to help.