Film Production Technology resources

The Film Technology division has two fully equipped studios - the Digital TV studio with Vision, Audio and Lighting Galleries and the Digital SDI Green Screen Studio with Control Gallery and Film Finishing studio.  We also have two fully equipped Labs and a resource store with equipment which students can borrow to use on location. Film Technology facilities in use.

Film Studio Flyer (PDF, file size: 478.74KB)

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• Successful Rapper inspires students
• Harry Potter star at Staffs University

Video

• 3 x  Sony DXC-D50 Studio Cameras mounted on Vinten pro-ped pedestals. Each camera has full talkback facilities, autocue and chroma-key light ring.
• 1 x For-A VPS 700 video switcher
• 3 x Sony DSR-1500AP DVCAM recorders
• 2 x Sony 23” LCD monitors plus 2 x JVC 17” CRT monitors for program and preview outputs.
• 8 x Sony 14” LCD monitors for camera and other inputs.
• 2 X JVC 17” CRT monitors for engineering
• 1 x Kramer VS-1616   16-channel video matrix
• 1 x Hamlet Monitor Scope
• 1 x Snell & Wilcox video distribution amplifier
• 1 x Deko video graphics system
• 2 x Samsung 42” plasma displays
• 1 x Sony presentation projector

• 1 x Soundtech Alice Series A audio mixing desk
• 2 x Drawmer DL441 compressors
• 1 x Tascam CD-160  CD player
• 1 x Tascam MD-350 minidisk player
• 4 x Genelec 8030A active monitors
• 4 x Sennheiser EW300 radio microphone systems
• 2 x M-Audio Aries condenser microphones
• 2 x  Beyerdynamic MCE-86S  shotgun microphones
• 1 x  Audio-Technica boundary microphone
• 1 x sound effects p.c.
• 1 x ASL talkback system with PS278 master station and PS230 remote stations

PA system

• 1 x Onkyo TX-SR703E master amplifier
• 1 x Cambridge Audio A1 amplifier
• 1 x JBL full surround speaker system
• 2 x JBL Control 25 speakers
• 1 x Yamaha MG12 audio mixer

Lighting

• 1 x Strand 300 Series lighting console with a 48 channel lighting grid
• 10 x Strand Coda 500
• 2 x Strand Arturo floodlights
• 2 x Strand SL 15/32 profile spotlights
• 5 x Strand Bambino spotlights
• 5 x Strand Studio 1kW fresnels
• 2 x Strand Studio 2kW fresnels

Ancillary equipment

• 1 x Adtec Edje2100 real-time MPEG-2 encoder
• 1 x Adtec Soloist-2  real-time MPEG-2 decoder
• 1 x Digital Rapids real-time encoding system
• 1 x Sony  DVP-NS92V DVD player
• 1 x Panasonic SuperVHS player
• 1 x presentation p.c. mounted in studio lecturn
• 1 x TV-One video down converter
• 1 x Kramer VP-23 presentation switcher

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Video

• 3 x  Thomson 1707 Studio Cameras mounted on Vision pedestals.
• 1 x Globecaster video switching system
• 2 x Panasonic AG-DV2500 DV recorders
• 1 x Sony  20” CRT monitor
• 1 x JVC  19” CRT monitor
• 3 x Sony 14” CRT monitors
• 3 x Sony 9” monitors
• 1 x waveform monitor & oscilloscope

Audio

• 1 x Eurodesk  MX2442A audio mixing desk
• 5 x Sennheiser EW100 radio microphone systems
• 2 x Genelec 8030A active monitors
• 1 x ASL  talkback system
• 1 x Marantz  CD recorder
• 1 x studio p.a. system 

Lighting

• 1 x Eurolight  LC2412 lighting controller with 24 channel lighting grid
• 12 x Studio Fresnel spotlights
• 2 x single floodlights
• 2 x quad floodlights

Ancillary equipment

• 1 x Media100 video capture p.c.
• 1 x JVC 4:2:2   digital-S  tape recorder

Hardware

• 60 x PC based work stations all with T.V.Monitor and dual screen plus headphones
• DV Decks
• DVD Players
• DVD Recorder
• VHS Players
• Blu-ray Burners
• Blu-ray Players
• A1 - Large Format Printer
• CD/DVD Disc Printer

Software

• Discreet Combustion
• AVID Xpress Pro v 5.6
• Adobe Photoshop CS2
• Adobe After Effects CS2
• Adobe Illustrator CS2
• Adobe Audition 2.0
• Adobe Encore 2.0
• Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0
• Media 100 with Real-Time MPEG encoder.
  
  

Hardware

• 35 x Mac based workstations with T.V.Monitor and headphones
  

Specialist Software

• Bootcamp/XP (Windows Partition)
• Adobe After Effects 7.0
• Adobe Audition 2.0
• Adobe Encore DVD 2.0
• Adobe Illustrator CS2
• Adobe Image Ready CS2
• Adobe Photoshop CS2
• Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0

• OSX (Apple Partition)
• Apple Final Cut Pro 6.0
• Apple DVD Studio Pro 4.0
• Apple Color
• Apple Soundtrack Pro 2.0
• Apple Motion 3.0
• Apple Compressor 3.0

Students are able to borrow equipment from the faculty allowing them to film and record on location

Cameras

• Panasonic HVX-500 HD + P2 media
• Panasonic HVX-200 HD + P2 media
• Panasonic DVX-100
• Canon XL-2
• Canon XL1S
• Canon XL1
• JVC 700
• Various handycams
• Samsung compact digital cameras
• Grip
• Steadicam
• Hague dollies/tracking
• Hague jibs
• Losmandy flexible tracking
• Indie tracking
• Manfrotto, Vinten and Libec tripods plus dollies

Lights

• Ianiro Blondes 2000W
• Ianiro Redheads 800W
• Ianiro Lilliput Redheads 650W
• Ianiro Gullivers 300W dimmable
• Arri  300W
• Sachtler Reporter 300W
• Draper industrial lights 500W
• Ianiro battery lights 100W
• Reflectors Lastolite

Sound equipment

• Marantz PMD 660 and 670 solid state recorders
• Tascam DAT recorder
• Sennheiser ME-66 directional microphones
• Shure SM-63 dynamic microphones
• Adastra boundary microphones
• Sennhesier radio microphones
• Coles Microphone

Lenses and filters

• Canon manual lenses for XL series cameras
• Wide angle lenses for Canon
• Matte boxes plus gradient filters for Canon
• UV, polarising and ND filters