About this event

Course Offering

Classroom based

Date - 18th February 2025

Duration - 1 day

10am to 4pm

Lunch Included

Intro

This 1-day course is designed to give you an introduction to data management within film and television, specifically in an unscripted production.

You will learn how to confidently handle a tapeless workflow on a shoot, from the data leaving the camera through to the arrival in the edit suite/post production facility. You will learn about the fundamentals of data management and how to keep everyone on the production informed and happy about the safety of the material shot! 

Who is this course for:

This is one of our entry level session on our Stepping Stone project. The Data Wrangler role can either be a specific role OR the skills learned can be used in many entry level positions including runner, researcher and camera assistant etc.

What we will be covering

In the training session we will be looking at the following:

• An overview of current digital camera formats and codecs
• An overview of current hard drives, SSDs, cables, connectors and software.
• Choosing the correct equipment for a particular job.
• How to create a simple documentation to record all the essential tasks required
• Introduction to quality control checking
• How to securely transfer, organise and back-up camera data to recognised industry standards
• An overview of Shotput Pro and Offshoot as wrangling tools

Learning outcomes

Once completed you will have a better idea of the role and responsibilities of the data wrangler and have a good idea of how the skills fit into an entry level role. You’ll have a good overview of industry tools to enable you to backup your material in a safe and industry recognised way and follow industry good practices.

As a delegate on the course you will also be notified of any networking events run by ourselves or partners as well as having access to our fortnightly drop in session at Gorilla Academy.

This project has received support from the Welsh Government via Creative Wales

It is part of a project called Stepping Stones being introduced by Gorilla Academy
The funding will support entry level and up-skilling training opportunities within post production in Wales with a percentage of the training being delivered through the medium of Welsh