Production Facilities
The National Film and Television School functions like a professional studio - our equipment and facilities are industry-rivalling to match our unparalleled training standards.
As a student here, you will gain access to an exhaustive range of high-end equipment relevant to your studies.
This includes Dolby Atmos certified dubbing theatres, full-scale film stages, two cinemas, over 50 top-of-the-range cameras, the latest editing software, prop stores, 280-degree green screen room, motion and performance capture facilities, cutting-edge computer labs and Virtual Production facilities. And that’s just the start.
Professional rigging and technical staff are available to give students the freedom to create any set imaginable and has allowed stages across the School to be transformed into a space station, a submarine, a country cottage (with live cow!), a flooded hospital, a Spanish cave and a homestead on the plains of the Wild West.
We nurture close links with pivotal companies such as Panavision, Panalux, Arri and Avid, giving us the ability to equip our students with the best possible kit, as used by industry.
As a student of the School, you will be given full access to the largest production facilities you’ll find at a film school in the UK.
If you want to make high-quality, award-winning content for film, television and games, guided by world class professionals every step of the way, the sky truly is the limit at the National Film and Television School!
Production Facilities
The NFTS Main Stage
The Main Stage, originally built in 1921, when the NFTS was a working film studio, is fully refurbished and equipped to the latest industry standards. This studio is used for major productions, being our latest stage at 7,000 square feet.
Dubbing Theatres
There are three Dubbing Theatres at the NFTS which are fully equipped with the latest Avid, Dolby and ProTools equipment and theatrical Dolby Atmos sound.
4K Television Studio
The Sky 4K Television Studio has state-of-the-art UHD TV Galleries with HDR monitoring, and can facilitate large-scale multi-camera, television productions.
NFTS Cinemas
There are three cinemas at NFTS. They are used for rushes and work-in-progress screenings, as well as curriculum and exclusive screenings and Masterclasses.
TV Gallery
The Sky 4K Television Studio has state-of-the-art UHD TV Galleries with HDR monitoring, and can facilitate large-scale multi-camera, television productions.
VP LED Wall
The LED Volume wall arrived in 2021 and is used for the School’s Virtual Production Certificate course and other NFTS film and television productions.
Stages 2 and 4
Stages 2 and 4 accommodate smaller set builds.
Animation Studios
MA Directing Animation students have access to workstations fully equipped with the latest design and animation software. In the first year, each animation director is offered their own desk area with a computer in a shared studio space. In the second year, students have their own small rooms to use as a production base.
Composing Studios
Each student has access to their own studio space, which are equipped with Apple Mac workstations running Logic.
Music Recording Studio
The Recording Studio is fully fitted with industry-standard equipment to record live music and sound to picture.
Colour Grading Suites
Colour Grading and Finishing MA students benefit from industry standard suites, kitted out with the latest software including Resolve, Baselight and Nucoda.
Content Tabs
NFTS students are given access to the largest production facilities at any UK film school – and we won’t charge you extra for the cost of productions or materials.
The National Film and Television School has four studio Spaces.
The Main Stage was part of the original Beaconsfield Studios built in 1921 and has since been fully refurbished to accommodate some extraordinary productions. The 7000 sq foot space is an incredible resource for our students and the possibilities of what can be built here are endless.
The Sky 4k Television Studio is fully equipped with industry standard UHD TV Galleries with HDR monitoring, and can facilitate large-scale multi-camera television productions. This stage now also facilitates our LED volume, allowing us to run our Virtual Production Certificate and integrate the teaching of VP techniques across our courses.
Stage 2 and Stage 4 act as smaller stages for teaching and set builds.
All courses offer students dedicated workspaces and our post-production courses have dedicated suites. Our post production facilities rival many professional post houses and are continually updated to keep pace with new innovations.
Our Teaching Block and Ossie Morris Building provide students with computing facilities for all our other courses.
For more information on the dedicated facilities per course, please visit the course web pages.
There are three cinemas at NFTS. As well as hosting our masterclass programme and the high profile guests that deliver them, and hosting exclusive screenings of pre-released films, they are also regularly used for rushes and work-in-progress screenings, and for curriculum use.
The 150 Seat cinema in the Oswald Morris building
With Dolby Atmos, and equipped with 4K Digital Cinema Projector with DCP and alternative content playback including playback of files using Avid and Premiere, DVD and Bluray.
The 60 seat cinema in the Channel 4 Rose building
With Dolby Digital Surround and a 2K Christie Digital Cinema Projector with DCP and alternative content playback including playback of files using Avid and Premiere, DVD and Bluray
The 60 Seat Screening Theatre
This has self-operation facilities for playback of files using Avid and Premiere, DVD and Bluray as well as 35mm projection.
To support all this activity and our extensive facilities and equipment stores, we have technical services staff, professional electricians and fulltime carpenters/set builders on hand to support both learning and productions.