The BA (Hons)  Television course at Westminster is well equipped with professional standard  equipment and facilities. Our Skillset Media Academy status ensures that a high  level of technical facilities at Westminster is always maintained. As standard  we record onto DVCAM tape. Some of our cameras also record onto memory cards.  The course is well stocked across the whole production process:

Pre-Production

We have access to  a wide range of production planning rooms and classroom space throughout the  Harrow Campus and access to rooms on other University sites in Central London.  The majority are equipped with computers and viewing facilities. The University  also contains a 60 seater preview theatre on the Harrow  Campus and the Cinema where the Lumiere brothers  projected their first public  screening.

Production

Students will have  access to a wide range of camera equipment. Standard issue throughout the  course are Sony V1E, Sony Z1E or Sony Z5E cameras - all of which record in  either DVCAM or HDV formats. A wide selection of sound recording equipment,  tripods, mounts and other materials are also available for hire from our video  stores.

At our site in  Harrow has two 2000ft double height studios one of which is a Broadcast  standard multi-camera television studio.The television studio comes equipped  with 4 Sony DSR-450WSP cameras, 3 of which are mounted on heavy-duty studio  pedestals whilst the other is mounted on a Mini-Jib. There is a Production  Gallery with Vision Mixing (Grass Valley Indigo Mixer), Play-in and Recording  (DVCAM 4:3/16:9 Switchable) facilities. The studio is also fitted with Autocue  heads and extensive lighting equipment to give all productions a polished and  professional edge.

The University’s  ‘Multi-Media Newsroom’, also located at Harrow, is equipped  with 3 Sony Z1 16:9/4:3 switchable cameras.  These, along with a newly installed NewTek TriCaster system enables us to use  live virtual-set technology and broadcast live directly to the Internet.

Post Production

As standard the  University uses Apple based Final Cut Pro editing tools. Currently, we are  running version 7.0 of FCP on the Apple Snow Leopard operating system. The  television department has access to the 13 edit suites in M Block including a  fully High Definition capable suite. There are also numerous Final Cut Pro and  Final Cut Express facilities available around the campus.