Pillar 01 · The Test Room
A test room on the Pinewood lot.
The Ken Adam Building. Where a product is prepped, benched, taken apart, and then put in front of a unit.
What it is
Not a conventional academy.
The intention is not a conventional academy or a high-volume ‘bums on seats’ model. It is a practical access and skills layer inside the Pinewood creative-technology landscape: supervised learning, production simulation, and technical work that faces the industry instead of describing it.
The room
What happens in it.
| What happens | Who it is for |
|---|---|
| Bench work, teardown and controlled comparison | Manufacturers scoping a product test |
| Stabilisation, gimbal and exoskeleton technique development | Camera and grip professionals, and trainees |
| Production simulation technology, from MR Helix Ltd | Trainees running a working unit |
| AI tools and workflows, tested by department | Crew and departments |
The room is the base. Units also run in London and Liverpool.
The package
The package.
Camera bodies
Digital bodies and support. Ask for the current list.
A full Cooke S4 lens set
A complete set, matched across the range.
Focus pulling and monitoring
Wireless follow focus, director and client monitoring.
Teradek and video transmission
Transmitter and receiver sets, and the cabling behind them.
A 30ft crane
With the grip package around it. Not offered dry.
The Panavision Millennium XL2
35mm sync-sound, 3–50fps, dual registration pins. The camera behind the 35mm social impact film initiative.
Beyond the package
Beyond the package.
Lighting, specialist grip, production sound, aerial, underwater and high speed, through the supply chain. The equipment is MR Helix’s, made available to the CIC.
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