Footage CPD Schedule Announced

FOCAL International has announced the schedule for its Footage Continuing Personal Development week.

Running from 19 – 23 September 2016 in London, the course provides an introduction to the commercial audio-visual industry from archive to exploitation, and is designed for anyone who needs to know more about the footage industry.

The schedule is as follows:

Day 1: 19th September
Takes place at the Imperial War Museum, covering the history of film and video technology and includes hands-on experience using different film formats.

Day 2: 20th September
Attendees will travel out of town to experience restoration processes in action, plus tour Pinewood Studios followed by the integration of the BBC Motion Gallery content into the Getty Images collections at BBC Television Centre.

Day 3: 21st September
RESEARCHING FOOTAGE AND CONTENT CONFERENCE at the Westminster University, Regents Street Campus. This will be led by a panel of professional researchers who will cover all aspects, from the project briefing, accessing the content, through research, copyright clearance and third party rights to include artistes, music, sport and formats plus delivering for the edit. Orphan Works and ECL will also be discussed.

Day 4: 22nd September
COPYRIGHT AND ARCHIVE FORUM to be held at Regent Street Cinema. Again, this will be led by experts in footage and content discussing UK and international copyright law; monetising content, looking at the cataloguing and metadata systems through to the preservation and restoration of the content. The Keynote speaker will be Lord Puttnam.

The FOCAL International Summer Networking Party will also take place at The Glasshouse, Holiday Inn, 30 Jamestown Rd, London, NW1 7BY.

Day 5: 23rd September
AP Archive will talk on metadata, cataloguing and clip sales within their archive and finalising the day at Sky News looking at the fast turnaround world of media management and newsroom workflow.

Registration for the full week costs £850 + VAT Early Bird. From 15th August, the cost is £900 (plus VAT) and includes lunches and light refreshments. Places are limited.

To register, visit here.

In addition, the Researching Footage and Content Conference and the Copyright and Archive Forum, at the Westminster University in Regent Street and the Regent Street Cinema, also include refreshments and lunch. They can be booked separately and are open to anyone, as is the Summer Networking Party which includes some drinks and canapés.

The CPD week is being supported by Creative Skillset by funding a few places.

www.focalint.org

(JP/MH)