Facilities

©2010 john houlihan / witness.co.uk

There is a long tradition of high quality teaching and research about theatre, film, television and interactive media at the University.

We moved into a superb £30m building in September 2010. The facilities and equipment in this extensive media complex are central to our teaching, but also have a significant commercial dimension and are available for hire by industry professionals:

  • two theatres
  • two television studios
  • a large sound stage
  • production labs
  • extensive post-production facilities and a digital cinema
  • rehearsal rooms, changing rooms, workshops etc.
  • a full-wall 3Sixty room for projections
  • computer labs
  • an interactive design lab

Equipment and software are industry standard, from our theatre lighting to our Red Digital Cinema production camera kits to post production using the Adobe CC Suite and other leading industry packages.

View images of our new building, facilities and kit

Image: TFTV building entrance, ©2010 john houlihan / witness.co.uk
Image: The Black Box, a large space that can be configured as a theatre with tiered seating, a theatre-in-the-round, or as a shooting stage for film and TV production
Image: A Black Box play rehearsal, ©2010 john houlihan / witness.co.uk
Image: Students working the theatre lighting grid, ©2010 john houlihan / witness.co.uk
Image: A 200 seat state-of-the-art theatre, with a large backstage area, with dressing-rooms and make-up and costume facilities, ©2010 john houlihan / witness.co.uk
Image: Theatre class, ©2010 john houlihan / witness.co.uk
Image: Theatre dressing room
Image: Two rehearsal rooms, one with a sprung floor for dance and movement, ©2010 john houlihan / witness.co.uk
Image: Studio 1 Gallery
Image: One of our local clients, Parashoots, using the green screen facility in the small TV studio
Image: Two fully configured RED Epic 5K digital cinema camera packages, ©2010 john houlihan / witness.co.uk
Image: Two postproductions labs (undergraduate and postgraduate) with Final Cut Pro and X-San; and a picture finishing area with Flame, Smoke and Lustre; and a Nucoda FilmMaster, ©2010 john houlihan / witness.co.uk
Image: Postproduction lab, ©2010 john houlihan / witness.co.uk
Image: A large suite of audio finishing rooms, including two mixing theatres, a live room and a Foley pit, ©2010 john houlihan / witness.co.uk
Image: Foley pit (foleys are live sound effects that have to exactly match the picture, such as footsteps and clothes rustle), ©2010 john houlihan / witness.co.uk
Image: A digital cinema with full surround sound, ©2010 john houlihan / witness.co.uk
Image: Studio 1 Floor