Media and Photography Studios

<p>Our film and photographic equipment and resources are among the best in the UK and students from all programmes are encouraged to access a wide range of camera and lighting equipment, photographic studios, both digital and traditional darkrooms and high-specification digital imaging and printing facilities.</p> <p><strong>Darkroom 1 —</strong> There is nothing quite like the magic of seeing your first print appear in the tray. If you have always wanted to learn how to make a black and white print in a darkroom then this is the room for you. We show you the basic steps to get you started, what you will need, preparing the chemicals, choosing your negative, focusing your image, setting the aperture, making a test print and making the final print. Our enlargers can be used for 35mm to 5x4 negatives with a maximum print size of 20”x24”. Darkroom 1 contains 12 x 504 enlargers and two cascade wash sinks with the capacity for two sets of chemicals to be used simultaneously.</p> <p><strong>Darkroom 2</strong><strong> —</strong> A dedicated developing room for Alternative Processes and Traditional Photographic Processes, offering image-makers with a desire to cross the creative divide between conventional photography and that of the artist printmaker, an abundance of options. Here students create unique works of art and photography, exploring chemical processes to develop analogue imagery and further their hand-drawn works, paintings and prints. This room contains one Enlarger on an adjustable stand which allows it to be lowered for wheelchair users, and can be used for 35mm up to 5x4 negatives with a maximum print size of 20”x24” with two Wash Sinks (one contains two Archival Print Washers), and an Ultraviolet Light Box.</p> <p><strong>Process Room —</strong> Here students develop silver-based photographic and colour film negatives for photography and moving image film. The Process Room is equipped with 2 x film dryers, 1 x equipment dryer, a chemical mixer, wash sinks, 2 x drying racks and 1 x chemical cupboard for student storage, FD10 fine grain developer, stop bath, and fixer. <br /></p>

<p><strong>Cove Studio</strong> <strong>—</strong> Ideally set-up for high-quality studio portrait photography, but adaptable for all forms of media production, the Cove Studio measures 7m x 9m and is equipped with a two-sided white Infinity Cove. You'll also find four suspended Broncolour Siros flash heads, a large Elinchrom Octa flashlight on a moveable stand, an Apple Mac Mini M2 computer containing Adobe Creative Suite, along with Capture One Software connected to twin Eizo ColorEdge 27" monitors for tethering, a Manfrotto Product Light Table for product photography, a Studio Stand, eight Polystyrene reflectors (one side black and one side white), a mirror and two soft boxes. </p> <p><strong>Media Studio <strong>—</strong> </strong>Suitable for all forms of media production, our Media Studio is an open black space making it ideal for moving image as well as studio photography. The Media Studio has three wall mounted Colorama options with assorted colours.<br /></p> <p><strong>Product Studio <strong>—</strong> </strong>Best suited for product photography and portraiture, our Product Studio houses three wall mounted Colorama options with assorted colours, four Broncolor studio flash heads with ceiling suspension, a Manfrotto Product Light table, a Fibreglass Product Mini White Cove, four reflectors (one side black), an Apple Mac Mini M1 computer with the Adobe Creative Suite and Capture One software connected to twin Eizo ColorEdge 27" monitors for tethering, and a wall-mounted light/camera stand.</p> <p><strong>Film Studio —</strong> Our multi-functional Film Studio is open to all students and is equipped with a green screen infinity cove, a range of coloramas, and LED continuous lighting rig controlled by an iPad, making it ideal for moving image. This studio is often used with our Mobile TV Studio for live streaming.</p> <p><strong>Sound Studio —</strong> Our Sound Studio is ideally suited for recording Foley, and predominantly used for sound for film, but is open to students across all courses. The recording area contains an eight channel patchbay, a six channel headphone mixer amp, a monitor linked to the computer in the control room, a foley cupboard with access to a diverse range of items to create different sounds, and baffle boards to dampen sound. The control room contains 2 Rokit speakers, a Beringer 8 channel interface, a Mac mini M2 with two monitors running Logic X and a collection of guitars, acoustic and electric.</p>