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Facilities

The London Film School building was previously a warehouse, and has a rough workshop atmosphere which can be exciting, but is not academic and certainly not luxurious. We offer guided tours around the school on Thursday afternoons throughout the term which includes a chance to look at some student films. Facilities at the LFS include:

Studios
Two studios equipped with lighting rigs are available for the 35mm exercises, as well as a rehearsal studio, used also for drama and script workshops.

Using Super America at LFS

Cinemas
Projection facilities are available in two cinemas. 35 mm projection includes magnetic sound and Dolby Stereo SR analogue sound. 2K digital video projection accepts most formats.

Camera Department
Equipment includes 8 Aatons with prime or zoom lenses for the 1st year 16mm exercises and 35mm cameras for the 2nd year, including Panavision Gold and 2 MovieCam Super America, geared heads and Fisher dollies. There are also Super 16 cameras available for graduation films. Digital formats range from DVCam for documentary exercises and research, HD cameras hired in as required for the 3rd term, and training on RED1 and 24P in the 6th term. Lighting Equipment ranges from the standard tungsten Openface, Fresnel and HMI lamps to Kinoflo’s, dedo kits and lite pads. Incident and spot light meters are available.

Photography
A stills wet photography darkroom and the Kodak Look Manager system are equipped for student use. Personal 35mm and digital still cameras are highly recommended.

Design Studio
There is a fully equipped design studio with drawing boards, model making facilities, visual reference library and materials library and design computer suite.

Editing
The School has 24 non-linear editing systems. There are 8 MacPro Avid Media Composer suites, 14 iMac intel systems, running Avid Media Composer and Final Cut Pro, and on-line Avid Symphony. There is also one fully equipped 35mm analogue editing room and one16mm Steenbeck.

Sound
Production sound is recorded on Nagra V digital hard drive recorders. There is a full range of modern microphones, including Micron radio mics and stereo mics. Also Protools 24 work stations for preparation of sound tracks for Dolby SR mixes. Commentary and foley recording area.

Production Office
There is a production office with computers, fax, telephone and internet access.

Editing department

Extranet
Using the Extranet students are able to view, download and print technical manuals, syllabuses, course descriptions, forms, legal agreements, school regulations and other documents. The school is WiFi enabled.

Library
The School Library keeps and documents LFS productions, producing DVD copies and digital masters. LFS shows work at over 150 film festivals around the world each year, and supports sales of films to broadcasters and distributors. The library also holds an extensive collection of films for loan, plus a small collection of core books. By arrangement with the British Film Institute, students have access to the BFI Reference Library, which is within ten minutes walk.

Coffee Bar
The school has a privately-run coffee bar on the ground floor.

Long Acre Building
Our annexe building offers additional facilities for the MA Programmes and Workshops. AV facilities include an Electric drop-down screen (203cm x 152.4cm), an Epson EB-W8 projector with WXGA (1280 x 800 resolution), Blu-ray DVD player, and Yamaha Amplifier and JBL Speakers (Stereo).

Clubs and Societies
The Students Union is affiliated with the NUS and LFS students are entitled to NUS Extra cards, offering a range of benefits. Our clubs and societies include the LFS Film Society and an LFS football team, which arranges matches against other film schools. LFS Students are admitted free to many of the film programmes at the BFI Southbank. LFS is a full member of CILECT, (Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision), the international confederation of film schools and NAHEMI (National Association for Higher Education in the Moving Image), the national association for British film schools.

Disabled Access
The School welcomes applications from disabled people including those with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia. While we cannot claim to have all the facilities and services that will meet each need for students undertaking our MA Filmmaking or MA Screenwriting programme, we will endeavour to remove barriers to access and to success in post graduate film education for disabled people.

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