Gorilla Group

Data Management Fundamentals - CARMARTHEN
2024-07-23 13:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | YR EGIN, College Road, Carmarthen, SA313EG
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.

Mae’n bosib nad yw HANFODION RHEOLI DATA yn swnio fel ffordd gyffrous o dreulio 3+ awr o’ch bywyd, ond mae rheoli data’n rôl a chyfrifoldeb pwysig, gan gasglu a trefnu ffilm crai a data arall, sydd yn y bôn, yn rhan greiddiol o’ch prosiect. Os collwch chi’r data, fydd gynnoch chi ddim byd, dim prosiect, dim byd o gwbl – felly mae’n bwysig iawn logio a storio data yn y ffordd gywir er mwyn sicrhau mynediad rhwydd a chyflymder.
Ein huchelgais yw creu dull rheoli data syml ledled y sector sgrîn yng Nghymru, i helpu i wella effeithlonrwydd a chydweithrediad, osgoi nosweithiau di-gwsg, arbed arian a chyflymu’r broses o greu ffilm pan fydd yn cyrraedd y pwynt ôl-gynhyrchu.
Yn ystod y sesiwn 3.5 awr wyneb yn wyneb hon, bydd hyfforddwr arbenigol Gorilla Academy, Paul Hawke-Williams, yn eich helpu i nodi beth sydd angen ichi ei storio, yn ogystal â rhagweld faint o ddata fyddwch chi’n ei greu fesul cynhyrchiad, a chanllaw ar y llif gwaith sy’n cael ei ddefnyddio’n aml. Byddwn hefyd yn rhoi’r wybodaeth hon yn ei chyd-destun ynghyclh y rolau a’r cyfrifoldebau sy’n seiliedig ar ddata a sut i symud ymlaen yn eich gyrfa.
Byddwn yn trafod hanfodion technegol storio ffeiliau, gyriannau caled a pham fod cyflymder yn bwysig, storio hirdymor, paramedrau enwi, gweithio gyda chwmnïau allanol (cwmni ôl-gynhyrchu, dybio ac ati) a ffyrdd rhwydd o symud data y tu allan i’ch cwmni.
Yn olaf, fe edrychwn ni ar arbedion costau, diogelwch a’r agenda werdd sy’n hollbwysig.

Essential Media Composer Skills for Wales HETV Edit Assistants
2024-05-18 - 2024-05-19 | Gorilla 101, 101 Golate House, 101 St Marys Street, Cardiff, CF101DX
Age – 18+
Career Stages – Early, Experienced
Industries – High-End TV
Funding – ScreenSkills Fully Funded
This hands-on session will ensure you have the core skills required in the use of Media Composer and the knowledge of workflow of a scripted programme and the ability to carry out day to day task that would be a requirement as an edit assistant. You’ll run through the processes from beginning to end in the key tasks amen on a daily basis using professional equipment.
This course covers:

Two days training with a professional Edit Assistant who is currently working within the industry
Learn the fundamental tools and processes in using Media Composer
Take away the skills to be able to manage data, keep relevant records, communicate with the editor, organise projects, manage layouts and much more
Basics of Nexis storage use and administration

This programme will be delivered by Gorilla Academy and is supported by the ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund with contributions from UK high-end TV productions.
Who’s it for:
They training programme is for machine room operators or new entrants into post production who want a guide to skills required to be an edit assistant. It is also useful for current edit assistants who want to reinforce their current skills or assistants moving from an unscripted workflow into a scripted project.
What it covers:
On this course you will cover all the essential skills required for an edit assistant in a scripted programme. It will allow you to enhance your skills for this position and run through common tasks and jobs required as well as look at any common issues and work arounds so you can hit the ground running.
Once compete you will feel confident with the skills required to assist and edit/editor as well as confidence in handling shared resources across a project.
Course Outline

Backup, Ingest and LTO
Nearline and Nexis use
Working with a DIT
The Colour Pipeline
Organising a project
Sync with sound
Metadata and clip labelling
Exporting cuts for viewing/Dailies
Logs and paperwork
Signiant and other portals
Delivering preview cuts
VFX integration/Pulls
Conforms
Working with a Post House

Dates
TBC
Trainer information
Lucy Harris
Lucy Harris has worked on some of the largest productions o come out of Wales in the last few years including Dr Who, The Way, GenZ and is currently working as the Edit Assistant on Dope Girls.
Over the years Lucy has worked in both scripted and unscripted programming but has primarily landed most of her recent work with scripted and we’re so glad she could be involved in this programme as our principle trainer.

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Media Composer Core Skills for HETV in Wales
2024-05-11 - 2024-05-12 | Gorilla 101, 101 Golate House, 101 St Marys Street, Cardiff, CF101DX
Age – 18+
Career Stages – Early, Experienced
Industries – High-End TV
Funding – ScreenSkills Funded
This hands-on session will ensure you have the core skills required in the use of Media Composer in a professional environment for HETV. The course gives you the foundation to build on with one of the most used tools in TV and Film in the UK and across the world. Med Composer is the go-to suite for the industry along with Nexis storage – a shared storage solution that aids in the seamless sharing of media and projects for multi-editor environments.
This course covers:

Two days training with one of the leading editors in TV across Wales and the UK
Learn the fundamental tools and processes in using Media Composer
Take away the skills to be able to ingest, organise media, cut, export files and manage a project using Media Composer in a shared storage environment
Basics of Nexis storage use and administration

This programme will be delivered by Gorilla Academy and is supported by the ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund with contributions from UK high-end TV productions.
Who’s it for:
They training programme is for editors who are used to using other non-linear editing packages, new entrants who have not had guided support in the use of Media Composer in a post production facility and editors who have not had experience of using Media Composer in a shared storage environment and want to learn more about collaborating with other editors on a project.
What it covers:
In this two day course you will be introduced to Media Composer and Nexis storage and walked through the skills required to edit within a shared working environment. Most programmes editing and delivered in the UK have been cut using Media Composer and edited by multiple editors throughout the programmes life cycle so its essential to gain skills and tips on how to handle yourself in a post production environment.
Once compete you will feel confident with the basic use of Media Composer as well as confidence in handling shared resources across a project.
Course Outline:

Overview of the interface and tools
Starting a project and working in a shared storage environment
A basic overview of Nexis workspace administration
Basic edit techniques & Tools
Organising footage, bins and clips
Getting to grips with the sequence
Refining the edit
Working with audio
Basic transitions
Basic effects
Rudimentary colour and image adjustments
Output options and exports
The “offline” and “online” process

Dates
TBC
Trainer information
Paul Owen
Paul Owen has been a major player in Post Production in Wales for over 25 years. He has been an editor using Media Composer for all of this time as well as being a qualified Avid Trainer for the last 10 years.
He has large portfolio of productions under his belt and continues to edit, regular sort after by some of the biggest production companies in Wales.
Speaking both English and Welsh, Paul’s cuts have spanned across many genres including drama, documentary and sports.

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