Our campus gives you access to five floors of professional creative facilities, including high‑spec audio studios, edit suites, dubbing theatres, film stages, creative workstations and computer labs. Every space is equipped with industry‑standard hardware and software, so whatever your course, you’ll be working in a modern, production‑ready environment.
You’ll be part of a community that shares the same building – musicians, producers, filmmakers, editors, designers and artists – all creating original work across different disciplines. Alongside this, you’ll have access to specialist areas such as our 10 music, mastering and post‑production studios featuring Neve, Avid S6, SSL and Avid consoles, plus our purpose‑built film studios with virtual production and motion capture facilities.
It’s a space designed for collaboration, inspiration and hands‑on creative development, no matter which pathway you choose.
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Futureworks offers an exceptional range of sound and music production facilities, each designed to support individual development and enhance employability. Students work with recognised, industry‑standard hardware throughout their studies, building confidence and expanding their skillsets as they progress. These spaces have helped produce some truly outstanding creative work. Explore the gallery below to see the full range of our studios.
Our Audio Studios
This is our top studio – the place where your projects really level up. It’s the room built for big ideas and even bigger results. The 72‑channel Neve VR Legend console gives you world‑class analogue power, backed by Dynaudio M3 mains and Genelec 8050 nearfields for stunning clarity. The outboard chain reads like a greatest‑hits list: Urei 1176s, LA‑2A, Distressor, EMI TG12345, Neve 2254, Lexicon 224XL, AMS RMX16 – all ready to shape your sound. With Pro Tools HD and premium valve pres and EQs, this studio is built for serious artists, serious projects and serious results.
Modern production meets analogue soul. The SSL AWS900 gives you hands‑on control of both your mix and your DAW, making it perfect for hybrid workflows. Barefoot MicroMain27 monitors deliver huge, detailed sound, while the outboard – Urei 1176, Urei 175B, Neve 2254, AML valve EQ, Lexicon reverb, TL Audio compression – gives you endless ways to sculpt your tone. It’s a studio built for producers who want speed, flexibility and that unmistakable SSL punch.
If you’re chasing that vintage analogue magic, this is where it lives. The fully restored 32‑channel Neve 5116 console delivers classic tone with a punch that modern plugins dream of. A custom Bryston‑powered monitoring system keeps everything razor‑accurate, while Adam T7Vs and Pro Tools HD give you a flexible workflow for any style. The live room is warm, characterful and perfect for everything from full band sessions to intimate overdubs. It’s a studio that makes you fall in love with sound.
Our Foley Suite is a playground for sound‑to‑picture creativity. Packed with props – shoes, doors, chains, gravel boxes, fabric, metal sheets, bottles, tools and all the strange objects that make films feel real – it’s where you recreate the world one sound at a time. With HD projection and a dedicated recording space, this is the room where stories come alive through movement, texture and imagination.
Where mixes become masters. This suite is loaded with high‑end tools – Dangerous Music Master, Antelope Pure2, Kii THREE BXT monitors, Studer A80 tape, Fairchild 670, Neve 33609, DBX 160, Avalon VT‑747sp, Sontec 432 EQ, Waves L2. It’s a room built for detail, colour and finishing touches that make your tracks shine. If you want to learn the art of mastering, this is the place.
A perfect first step into pro‑level recording. The Audient 4816 sits at the heart of this studio, giving you that clean, modern analogue workflow that’s ideal for learning the craft. With Quested VH3208 and Genelec 8030 monitoring, an SSL 2 V2 interface for your laptop sessions, and a TL Audio Ivory compressor for shaping your sound, this room is built for creativity. The medium‑sized live room is your playground for band tracking, vocals, and all the projects that kickstart your journey.
Step into immersive audio. The Avid S6 console puts you in full control of Dolby Atmos mixing, backed by HD projection and a dedicated Foley room packed with props and microphones. This is where you learn the techniques used in modern film, TV and AAA game audio – from spatial design to Foley performance to cinematic soundscapes. It’s a future‑facing room for future‑facing creators.
This room is all about precision, colour and vibe. The Neve 8816 summing mixer with 8804 fader unit gives your mixes that unmistakable Neve glue, while ATC SCM50A mains reveal every detail with studio‑grade honesty. Add a killer lineup of mic pres – Neve 1073, API 512, Gyraf G9, AML 1081, SSL 4000K/8000K, Focusrite ISA – and you’ve got a space built for shaping your sound exactly how you imagine it. Perfect for hybrid workflows, detailed production and mixes that hit hard.
Your gateway into the world of digital mixing and sound‑to‑picture. With Dynaudio 5.1 monitoring and a full suite of digital tools, this studio is designed for film, TV and game audio workflows. It’s where you learn surround mixing, automation, and the foundations of Dolby Atmos. Clean, powerful, and built for storytelling through sound.
A tight, controlled, professional vocal space designed for clean dialogue and character work. With a Universal Audio Apollo Twin X and a curated mic selection, this booth is perfect for voice‑over, ADR, narration, podcasts and game audio. It’s quiet, precise, and built for capturing performances that feel alive.
“All the studios are amazing, and you can book them any time you want for coursework and independent projects.”
The Futureworks School of Film, Television & Media gives you full access to industry‑standard kit – cameras, lenses, lighting, grip, audio gear, our Virtual Production Suite and professional studio spaces – everything you need to bring your ideas to life.
Our Filming and Virtual Production Studios
From large Blackmagic URSAs to the smaller Blackmagic Pocket Cinema series, great for film production and industry-standard cinematography. We also have a range of Canon DSLR cameras for entry-level film production and documentaries. Coupled with various Canon and Samyang Cine Lenses, Futureworks students use the cameras the pros use starting from year one.
For support, we have various grip styles, from Vario 5 Easyrigs to DJI Ronin S, Indie Dollys, and Hague Sliders. We would be remiss not to mention the impressive Hague Crane. You’d expect to use these types of Grips within a film production studio.
Incuding the ever popular Arri lights, which have been used for decades on most major film sets worldwide. Our latest addition to our lighting family is the Aputure MC-4 Kit, which is versatile, small, and portable and is now a popular lighting choice for modern filmmakers. Topping off with various LEDs and Rotolights, our students have many options for lighting.
We have a mix of shotgun and pencil condenser Røde Microphones, Zoom F4 & F6 Field Recorders, very popular with Indie filmmakers, and Sennheiser Radio and Lavalier mics, perfect for wiring up your actors.
“The course allows students to expand not only on their editing skills, but also skills within other aspects of working in post-production – such as audio and VFX. Which I think is vital for going onto the industry.”
Our studios classrooms and equipment are here to support your creativity, helping you learn, experiment and produce work you’re proud of.
Our Games and Animation Labs
We’ve built a flexible setup that lets you book Wacom Cintiqs, light boxes and rostrum cameras whenever you need them for your projects. Our Facilities Team is always on hand to help out, answer questions and guide you through the equipment so you can focus on creating.
Our library is packed with essential art, animation and games books chosen specifically for what our students study – perfect for research, inspiration and developing your creative practice.
And whether you’re working in illustration, animation or games development, all the software and hardware you’ll use is kept fully up to industry standards. That means you can concentrate on your ideas without worrying about the tech getting in the way.
Futureworks also boasts five floors of high-specification audio studios, edit suites, dubbing theatres, creative workstations, and computer labs. A diverse range of facilities, equipment and support that provides students with all they need to produce original and creative work.
You’ll learn the tools, workflows and creative techniques used across games and animation, guided by tutors who bring up‑to‑date industry experience into the classroom.
“What I’d learnt at Futureworks on how to use the software was critical, and what you need to realise is that the skills you gained from using the different programmes can be transferred to other software platforms. For example, what we learnt in Maya can easily be transferred to Blender; it’s just the interface that’s different, but the principles of the software are the same.”