On a path through a tropical glasshouse, a camera stands on a tripod between four young people wearing green Jungle Escape t-shirts.

Film & TV Facilities

Introduction

As a BA Film & TV student you will have access to Adobe Suites equipped with Macs and the Creative Cloud including Adobe Premiere and After Effects. We are based in the Dylan Thomas Centre – a beautiful building which houses a cinema sized screen and theatre for student’s use. The perfect location to get creative.  

Details

With location partners in and around Swansea we frequently shoot on location in venues such as Plantasia Tropical Zoo, The Grand Theatre, Swansea Museum, Mumbles Pier, Dylan Thomas’ Birthplace and Brangwyn Hall to give students hands-on experience of working on location to tell stories.  

Kit Summary  

  • 1 RED Cinema Camera (RED ONE) 

  • 1 Netflix Grade Camera (C70)  

  • A range of small form factor Cine Cameras used for documentary filming and Hollywood movies (Blackmagic and Sony)  

  • A range of DSLRs  

  • A plethora of Different lenses, from 1940s vintage lenses to brand new Hollywood grade anamorphic lenses  

  • 5 sets of Professional Grade Sound recording equipment  

  • Green Screen Set up  

  • Lights for both stage and screen, ranging from classic tungsten all the way up to high end LEDs  

  • A variety of motion equipment from dollys, gimbals and sliders  

  • TV / Live Streaming set ups 

Filming on Location: Plantasia

A young woman looks up while holding a clapperboard; the text on the board contains information about the production, director, cameraman, and shot number.
Film clapboard and whiteboard pen resting between a ceramic toadstool and ceramic flowering plant; text reads Production Plantasia Advert.
A young woman with a large set of headphones round her neck looks down at the image preview window on a professional camera; a clapboard rests on the petal and stamen of a giant artificial purple flower to her left.
A young man stands behind a film camera on a tripod; another young man gets ready to close the stick on a clapperboard to signal action.
A film camera with a monitor attached to its top; the figures of the students can be seen out of focus in the background.
A young man kneeling lifts a camera carefully out of its case; another young man kneels beside him and watches.
A young man holds a camera on his shoulder while looking into the preview monitor clipped to the top of the camera.
Four of the crew stand smiling amongst tropical plants.