Gorilla Academy: Professional Post-Production Training, For the Industry, by the Industry.
Data management is the key component of any production. It involves the collection, organisation, storage and retrieval of data in order to ensure a successful project. Data management not only helps streamline the filmmaking process, but also helps to improve accuracy and efficiency.
Having built up years of expertise supported by one of the largest post-production facilities in Wales and the South West, Gorilla Academy has been able to identify and list some of the pitfalls in data management and put together clear guidelines that could benefit the Welsh screen sector with their tapeless workflow.
DATA MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS might not sound like an exciting way to spend 3+ hours of your life, but data management is an important role and responsibility, collecting and organising raw footage and other data, which is essentially the beating heart of your programme. Lose it and you have nothing, no project, nada - so it is critical to catalogue and store data in the correct way both for ease of access and speed of retrieval.
Our ambition is, to create a streamlined approach to data management across the Welsh screen sector, to help improve efficiency and collaboration, avoid sleepless nights, make financial savings, and speed up the filmmaking process when it reaches us in post.
During this 3.5 hour, in-person session, Gorilla Academy’s expert trainer, Paul Hawke-Williams, will help you to identify, what you need to store, as well as estimate how much data you’re going to be generating per production, along with a walk through the workflows commonly used. We’ll also put this information in perspective in relation to those data-driven roles and responsibilities and how to progress your career.
We’ll be covering the technicalities of file storage, hard drives and why speed really does matter, long term storage, naming parameter, working with external companies (post-production company, dubbing etc.) and easy ways to move data around outside of your company.
Finally, we look at cost savings, security and the all-important green agenda.
Brief course outline:
So come and join us for this unique training opportunity and discover the true value of good data management, with the Gorilla Academy, part of one of the UK’s biggest post-production facilities.
This programme is funded by Media Cymru in partnership with the Gorilla Academy (part of the Gorilla Group).
This 3.5 hour interactive, in-person workshop is open to any Welsh or Wales-based screen sector professional handling data as part of their day job. This isn’t exclusively a technical training session (although there will be some) but an upskilling opportunity for anyone, on the data management frontline, to learn how best to organise files to ensure future project success.
From a production point of view, we look at how can you ensure your media is safe, secure and easily searchable and accessible, whether in the building or out on the road so handy for smaller independent companies too.
Producers, production assistants, project managers, camera assistants/ trainees, camera, edit assistants, this overview covers almost every type of file so every type of role would benefit.
Numbers will be capped at 12 per session and places (at each location) will be allocated on a FIRST COME FIRST SERVED basis.
We ask that you ensure, you can commit to one of the following training dates:
If you have any specific requirements that would make this application more accessible to you (such as advice, scribing or reading support) or would like this application in an alternative format (video or audio formats, audio narration, large font, plain text, or alternative language) please email [email protected]
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