In recent months, the state-of-the-art Studio Labs film and post-production facility at Ringling College of Art and Design has hosted and collaborated with several noteworthy professional artists and organizations.
“We’ve had some exciting projects roll through the doors,” said Troy Logan, Studio Labs Coordinator. Those projects, which include a marketing campaign for a national nonprofit and post-production services for a top-rated Apple TV program, provide invaluable professional experience for Ringling students while bringing prominent companies to the campus.
Studio Labs has also begun hosting its weekly freshmen workshops to showcase the facility and introduce first-year students to the basics of sound design.
New Marketing Campaign for Dogs Inc.
Dogs Inc. (formerly Southeastern Guide Dogs) provides high-pedigree service dogs to people with vision loss and veterans with disabilities at no cost. Among its ongoing marketing efforts, the nonprofit regularly produces animated short films depicting the ways their dogs aid and comfort their human partners. Several of those films have been produced in partnership with Ringling Studio Labs with support from its student workers.
The 18-minute documentary All About Ace, also created in partnership with Ringling College, provides a behind-the-scenes look at the many people and parts involved in a five-minute animated short.
ADR for Apple TV’s Bad Monkey
Studio Labs also ran ADR for Apple TV’s Bad Monkey, which debuted in August 2024 and was among the streaming network’s most-watched shows this summer. The Florida-set dramedy, filmed primarily in Miami and Key West, was based on a novel of the same name by Carl Hiassen.
ADR, or Automatic Dialog Replacement, is the art of redubbing and replacing dialog that was not clearly captured during filming. Riley Cullather ’26, Film, assisted on the project.
Weekly Freshmen Studio Labs Workshops
Begun in late September, Studio Labs’ weekly freshmen workshops are a chance for first-year students from all majors and departments to learn more about the facility and especially its sound design capabilities.
Attendees receive an introductory course in ProTools, working with premade templates to learn mixing, sound design, and recording techniques that can be applied to anything from film to video games. Sign up for a workshop here. The workshops have no academic obligation; they’re simply a chance to learn and be creative.
