page_title: National Film and Television School
section_title: Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: National Film and Television School / Facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: A television production in the National Film and Television School TV Studio, taken in 2018.
context_page_description: The National Film and Television School is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. It is featured in the 2018 ranking by The Hollywood Reporter of the top 15 International film schools.
  Its community of students makes around a hundred and fifty films a year on courses that are over 90% practical and unlike courses offered at other UK film schools. As of 2017 it had over 400 students and about a thousand a year on its short courses. Beaconsfield Studios consists of film and television stages; animation and production design studios; edit suites; sound post-production facilities; a music recording studio and three dubbing theatres. The school completed an expansion and modernisation programme in early 2017 with new teaching facilities, a third cinema and a new 4K Television Studio.
  The BBC stated that the NFTS was the "leading centre of excellence for education in film and television programme making", and noted that it was "relevant to the industry's present and future needs."
context_section_description: The school's facilities were expanded in 2008 with the addition of new teaching spaces, public spaces and a new cinema, designed by Glenn Howells Architects. Upon its completion in 2008, the strikingly modern three-story building (see photo above) won a coveted RIBA prize. In June 2009 it was formally named The Oswald Morris Building in honour of veteran cinematographer Ossie Morris.
  Two new buildings and one refurbished building opened in January 2017. This included the refurbishment of the 4K Digital Content Production Training Studio, located in the original 1960s TV studio which was completely refurbished with state-of-the-art equipment. In July 2017 this building was named the "Sky Studios at the NFTS" building, with the Production Galleries named "The Sony Gallery". This studio is primarily used by the Camera, Sound & Vision Mixing for Television Production diploma course and the Directing and Producing Television Entertainment MA course.
  Inside the "Channel 4 Rose Building", there are new facilities for the Games Design and Development and Digital Effects MA courses, as well as an extra cinema, café and incubation space to enable graduates to start new businesses and accommodate new ground-breaking courses, enhancing the NFTS' already diverse programme.
  A new teaching block on the north of the site houses a new studio, edit suites, dedicated suites for the Sound Design MA and Graphics and Titles for Film and Television diploma courses, as well as multi-purpose teaching spaces.
  There are four dedicated stages on site:
  Stage 1 (Main Stage) – 7,000 square feet (650 m²) (approx.) – traditional wooden floor film stage with permanent scenic cloth
  Studio 2 (TV Studio) – 3,600 square feet (330 m²) (approx.) – concrete resin floor television studio
  Stage 3 (Rehearsal Stage) – 1,050 square feet (98 m²) (approx.) – traditional wooden floor film stage
  Stage 4 (Teaching Block Stage) – 900 square feet (84 m²) (approx.) – resin floor multi-purpose stage
  There are also a number of dedicated spaces for animation and music recording.
caption: A TV show being rehearsed in the TV Studio
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