Digital Media Facilities
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We pride ourselves on having some of the most up to date and extensive resources available for our undergraduate and post-graduate students. We have a number of bespoke studio and workshop areas which you will use for timetabled classes, and for your own work outside of class.
Digital Media invests heavily in resources in three broad categories, namely IT facilities (both software and hardware), dedicated spaces for production work, and media prodution equipment such as cameras, portable lighting and sound recording devices.
A number of specialist workspaces are used by digital media students. A motion capture and photographic darkroom area (pictured below, right), a green screen studio (top, left). In the green screen studio we have a number of high specification edit suites linked to a fibreoptic high-speed network for moving around large video and graphic files at high speed. In addition we have a sound-insulated recording studio for recording instrumentals, vocals and a booth for recording voiceovers.
As well as our IT and workshop resources, our students have access to a substantial array of media production equipment for project work. We currently have 20 HD video cameras for student use, all recording to solid state media, the majority of which are Sony XDCAM EX cameras. We also have about the same number of Nikon digital SLRs for still photography and a number of Zoom audio recorders. Other professional-standard equipment available to our students includes a RED ONE camera (one of very few RED cameras available in UK universities), tripods, portable lighting rigs, microphones, reflectors, diffusers, and lenses.
Creative Music Studio
Sound Lab is a custom built "room inside a room" specifically designed to reduce noise spillage and create a professional space for recording sounds ranging from loud guitars to delicate violins and inspiring vocals. The studio utilises three rooms. A control room which records and mixes sounds fed from the main room and the isolation booth. A complex network of over 1 mile of assorted cables links each room to the control room for powerful communication and recording possibilities. The studio uses an assortment of hardware and software instruments and equipment to offer a wide range of options for sound recording and production. Recording, mixing, mastering, surround sound, synchronisation, live and MIDI enabled tasks are also possible. Sound Lab has been used for different projects ranging from Film, TV, multimedia, games, remixing, sonic arts and radio.
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