About National Film School
The National Film and Television School is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. It is featured in the 2017 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 comprises state-of-the art facilities including film and television stages; animation and production design studios; edit suites; sound post-production facilities; a music recording studio and three dubbing theatres, all furnished with current digital equipment comparable to that used in the film and television industry. The school completed an expansion and modernisation programme in early 2017 with new teaching facilities, a third cinema and a new 4K Television Studio that is the most advanced dedicated training facility in the UK with the ability to shoot, record and stream live content in high definition 4k. 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. " British Film Magazine once described the NFTS as being one of the few schools to come "very, very close" to guaranteeing a job in the film industry, and named its leader a "maverick"; Filmmaking.net named it one of two films schools outside the US which had such a high international reputation.
National Film School 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. It is featured in the 2017 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 comprises state-of-the art facilities including film and television stages; animation and production design studios; edit suites; sound post-production facilities; a music recording studio and three dubbing theatres, all furnished with current digital equipment comparable to that used in the film and television industry. The school completed an expansion and modernisation programme in early 2017 with new teaching facilities, a third cinema and a new 4K Television Studio that is the most advanced dedicated training facility in the UK with the ability to shoot, record and stream live content in high definition 4k. 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. " British Film Magazine once described the NFTS as being one of the few schools to come "very, very close" to guaranteeing a job in the film industry, and named its leader a "maverick"; Filmmaking.net named it one of two films schools outside the US which had such a high international reputation.