McCormick Screening Room

 

1070 Humanities Gateway

A state of the art venue for film screenings, film courses, and local festivals, the McCormick Screening Room is a place where faculty, filmmakers and students come together to engage in discussion and analysis of a wide range of topics on film and media studies. Features include:

  • 89 fixed seats
  • 4K projector installed summer 2024.
  • 35mm, 16mm, Dolby Digital film projection
  • Video playback in Bluray, DVD, VHS, podium Mac computer, or via laptop HDMI or VGA. Laptop HDMI is 4K-capable
  • DCP (Digital Cinema Package) screening capabilities (can be run from projection booth)
  • 4K Blu-Ray player (in projection booth)
  • Sound: Dolby Stereo, Dolby SR Stereo, Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Digital 5.1 Sound, DTS Digital, DTS Neo Digital, Mono
  • QSC Professional Cinema Series speakers and amplification
  • Crestron smart podium system

 

Reserving McCormick Screening Room

McCormick Screening Room can only be reserved by UC Irvine faculty, staff, and student organizations for screening events. The room is not a general purpose meeting space. Regular meeting rooms can be booked via the Student Center. 

Because some regular weekly classes are scheduled in the screening room, the room can only be booked in advance after the schedule of classes is posted for the quarter. To book the room, use the request form below, or email Nikki Normandia (nikkinor@uci.edu) with:

  • The title of the film being screened, and the format you plan to use (laptop with HDMI, Blu-Ray, streaming, etc.) 
  • Your requested date and time
  • An alternate date and time for your screening

Plan to pick up a key from the Film & Media Studies checkout booth during their operating hours on the day of or day before the event, or by appointment directly from Nikki outside of those hours. The checkout booth hours are 10:30am through 3:30pm, Monday through Friday. The checkout booth is in the hallway on the second floor of Humanities Gateway, next to room #2021.

There is no fee for academic units or campus organizations to use the screening room. 

 

The Rules 

  1. No food or drink (except water) in the screening room. Please keep the room clean. Keyholder is responsible for cleaning up any spills.
  2. Shut down the projector and lock the door when finished with the room.
  3. Do not prop the double doors open; this will damage the motorized doors.
  4. Do not tape anything to the doors or walls, inside or outside. This can damage the paint. 
  5. Do not block exit paths, walkways, ramps, or exit doors.   
  6. If you use the tables or extra chairs in the room, please fold tables back up and stack the chairs back in the front of the room to the right of the screen.