Facilities for hire

We have a range of professional industry standard recording and film making facilities. Based in our Gateway building, the media centre houses the latest state-of-the-art equipment in a modern and contemporary environment.

We have a choice of film studio spaces that include audio-visual editing suites, with Final Cut Pro/Studio, Avid and other audio-visual sequencer/plug-ins and related software on Mac Pros. The suites are acoustically treated, sympathetically lit and situated in aesthetically pleasing post production spaces.

Our equipment and facilities are available to hire. To help organisations meet the growing demand for film and online content, we offer a series of audio and film packages that can be used for a variety of promotional purposes. Please see our brochure for full details.

Students also benefit from using these cutting-edge amenities.

Studios

Video studio 1/green screen studio
Film studio 1 is 100m2 in size, and is a multi-camera facility with optional use of a large green screen (2 x 8m/9m walls and full floor covering). The studio has a full TV lighting rig with the option of control from the studio and/or gallery. This can be complemented by the vast array of camera and lighting equipment available from our media resources department.

Video studio 2
Film studio 2 is 75m2 in size, containing a full HD gallery including vision mixer and sound desk, lighting controls, monitors and everything you need for live camera and audio vision mixing.

Video studio 3/drama studio
Also known as our drama studio, this flexible studio can be configured for performance or film and audio capture.

Edit suites

All the Mac Pro Workstations have Final Cut Studio and Avid Media Composer installed. One of the large teaching suites is equipped with 7.1 surround sound and a projector whilst the second suite has TV monitors attached to all workstations for professional colour correction. Our Individual Edit Suites are fully equipped Mac Pro workstations running Final Cut Studio, Avid Media Composer and the full Adobe Creative Suite to help you fully realise and deliver your production. Each suite is capable of DVD and Blu-Ray authoring; they have a fast P2 workflow using P2CMS and come equipped with HDV tape decks for HD Digitising up to 1080/50i. Each suite is sound deadened and fully air-conditioned.

Outside broadcasting unit

Our outside broadcasting mobile unit contains the very latest equipment for broadcasting live events such as music concerts and sports matches. It includes:

• vision mixing with Panasonic AV-HS450 mixer
• six x GrassValley Thompson LDK6000 Mk2, with HJ22 & HJ11 Canon lenses
• LDK4502 rack mounted camera base stations & OCP400’s
• RTS MCE325 talkback system
• recording to P2 on Panasonic AJ-HPS1500 recorder
• ten x Sennhieser radio mic receivers
• six x 200m triax cable reels.

Further information

Our equipment and facilities are available to hire.  To find out more, download our brochure by clicking here (pdf format), or contact us today:
Tel: 01494 522 141
Email: duty.manager@bucks.ac.uk

Complete our online booking form

If you would like to take a closer look at our fantastic facilities, why not take a virtual interactive campus tour.