LIVE OAK HALL Live Oak Hall brings a new film sound stage and TV studio to Texas State. The newly constructed 10,291-square-foot Live Oak Hall serves students and faculty of the College of Fine Arts and Communication. The $10 million facility features a film sound stage, TV studio, recording mix classroom, editing lab, Foley room for sound effects, and offices. The building is a response to the growing film program in the Department of Theatre and Dance. Theatre enrollment has increased 53% over the previous five years, and the new facilities will allow Texas State to meet the growing demand for the film concentration.
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CONTACT Brooks A. Hull Vice President University Advancement 601 University Drive, JCK 960 San Marcos, Texas 78666 brookshull@txstate.edu 512-245-30215
Live Oak Hall gives the School of Journalism and Mass Communication a dedicated television studio for the first time. For 30 years, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication has rented studio space from Alkek Library to teach video production and television news courses. This new studio, control room, and media lab will help ensure that Texas State maintains its stature as a professionally accredited program. The new television studio also serves as the home of “Bobcat Update,” an award-winning and campus-oriented newscast produced by students who major in electronic media. Sports and interview programs are also produced in the new studio. The film sound stage and television studio are equipped with green screen technology. The sound recording classroom includes technology for both theatre and film sound design, with full surround sound capabilities, an isolation sound recording booth, and the opportunity to employ a full array of sound effects. The television studio features broadband fiber for live broadcast streaming. San Marcos is situated between Austin and San Antonio, two cities with vibrant independent film communities where film graduates are in demand. With the advent of digital streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, and Hulu, the global demand for graduates with both creative and technical skills will continue to rise, and Texas State is uniquely situated to create a program that feeds both the curricular demands of students and the industry that will hire them.