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Film, Media and Animation Facilities Carmarthen

Our Facilities

As a film, media and creative industries student in Carmarthen, you’ll have access to an array of studio, edit suites, workshops, and theatre spaces. 

Our Facilities

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Our specialist Film and Media facilities include: 

BA Adventure Filmmaking students have access to a Mac lab space, green screen studio, and post-production edit suite, as well as the Cynefin Outdoor Education Centre. Students have workstations they can use to fine tune their editing and discuss work with peers. Whilst the post-production edit suite utilises industry standard software on Apple mac computers with audio equipment to grade and treat the visuals and audio aspects of their films, and screen them for feedback. Students also have access to VR headsets and the campus Immersive Room where digital environments can be created and exhibited. Our audio visual equipment store is where you can meet our technical demonstrator to discuss ideas, book, and collect equipment. We use a range of camera equipment brands including, Canon, Lumix, OM Digital, Zoom, Benro, Insta360, GoPro, and Sennheiser. 

A young man films with a Lumix camera on a gimbal.

Our Location 

Carmarthen offers a rich and vibrant hub of creativity that draws together a unique subject combination of the creative and performance-based arts with hi-tech digital film and media processes, to create a learning community that is dynamic, innovative and exciting. The campus is a creative melting-pot for practitioners and entrepreneurs located within striking and iconic buildings. We are based near stunning coastline, dramatic woodland, and ancient castles. All great spaces to create original work. 

A different kind of classroom in a truly immersive campus experience 

We subscribe to the idea that everywhere is a classroom within our creative community. The learning opportunities in workshops, lecture theatres, rehearsal studios and locations are where ideas are formed, discussed and acted upon – these are spaces for reflection, 

discussion, enquiry and opportunity. Whether you are a filmmaker, photographer, or researcher, you will find yourself working alongside, and with, creative writers, actors, new media producers, set designers, performers, directors, and adventure educators. 

A man crouches by a camera on a tripod as he films white breakers on a rocky shore.
Adventure Filmmaking (BA Hons)

The Adventure Filmmaking programme is based in a unique location which benefits from beautiful coastal and mountainous landscapes. Regular expeditions and location workshops enable students to film and photograph nature and adventurous activities with the guidance of experienced practitioners. 

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Production

Production training happens on location and in our studios and computer labs. Students will have access to our state-of-the-art Samsung immersive screening room, as well an Apple Mac Suite with large 4K monitors and Adobe Creative Cloud software. There are also studio spaces such as Y Llwyfan, a Green Screen Room, Post-production Edit Suite, and screening facilities.

Aerial view Cynefin bike track
Cynefin Outdoor Education Centre

The University’s Cynefin Outdoor Education Centre includes a green hub, pump track, climbing wall, adventure equipment stores, and access to fields, natural habitats and landscapes.  

Outside on Carmarthen Campus, a young man looks down at the preview screen on a large, professional camera.
Collaboration 

We collaborate on a number of events and work placement opportunities with the home of Wales national broadcaster S4C in our Yr Egin centre. Events such as the Adventure Film Festival, graduate showcase, and workshops with major camera brands allow students to connect with industry. There are also media production tenants offering a wealth of industry knowledge and experiences. 

VR Headset 

A student stands in a classroom wearing an Oculus Quest headset and holding two controllers.

Green Screen

A young man holds a clapperboard and looks off towards the left, waiting; the background is a green screen.

Mac Suite 

Students sit around a conference table with a lecturer.

Immersive Room

A student points to a mountainous landscape displayed on a digital screen inside the Carmarthen immersive room.

Immersive Room

Our state-of-the-art Samsung immersive screening room allows students the opportunity to display projects.

Students stand in the Carmarthen immersive room; one wall displays photos of a male wood duck and an insect on a flower petal.
Students view scenes from the outdoors on display inside Carmarthen Immersive Room.
Carmarthen Immersive Room; one wall shows the edge of a lake in sunshine; another shows a woman dancing in a car park amidst coloured smoke.
Students applaud in the Immersive Room; one wall displays text under the heading – Daniel James Photography – next to a black-and-white photo.
A lecturer uses the Carmarthen Immersive Room control touchscreen interface; in front of him, students look at the digital walls.

Facility Gallery

Students in an immersive room standing in front of a six-foot screen; the screen shows hikers walking along a track through a heath at sunset.

Immersive Room

Two tutors stand at the front of a classroom; one points to a large screen which shows an extensive editing interface surrounding an image of an old wooden building by the sea.

Teaching Space 

A student in headphones next to a film camera watches the activity in front of a green screen, where a lecturer is demonstrating a light wand.

Green Screen

A student stands in a classroom wearing an Oculus Quest headset and holding two controllers.

Computer Lab 

VR Headset

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On Location 

Outside on Carmarthen Campus, a young man looks down at the preview screen on a large, professional camera.

Filming 

Carmarthen Campus 

A group of students stand in an Immersive Room looking at the digital walls which display dramatic images of the outdoors.

Immersive Room 

Student presentations 

Two students face each other, one backing away holding a film camera up by its mount; the other holds a camera and smiles; a third student lifts a light wand above her head.

Filming 

On Location 

Campus Life

students at Carmarthen Campus

Carmarthen Campus Life

Explore the excellent range of facilities at Carmarthen campus, offering an all-round enriching experience for students. The campus features cutting-edge learning resources, creative arts spaces, studios and rehearsal rooms, and innovative teaching areas. The library is packed with both digital and physical collections. Students can engage in diverse extracurricular activities at the sports centre, which features a gym, fitness classes, and sports pitches. Additionally, the campus provides ample social spaces, cafes, and a students’ union hub, creating a lively community vibe that’s perfect for both academic and personal growth