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01zero-one: Upcoming Courses

01zero-one offers a wide range of short courses, seminar-workshops and events for those wishing to access or advance their careers in the creative industries. Many subsidised places in their Summer 2005 Programme!

NEW COURSE PROGRAMME: MAY 2005 – JULY 2005

01zero-one
Unlock your creativity and grow your business with 01zero-one short courses.

01zero-one explained:
01zero-one is a unique facility for creative learning, skills development and networking in the heart of Soho. It services London’s TV, Film, Post Production and New Media Industries by offering short courses, networks, talks, events, showcases and private hire facilities to industry freelancers, employees and new entrants.

NMK members are eligible for a 10% discount.

Grow Your Business

New Entrepreneur Survival Guide
Having a good idea is only the beginning. This course is designed to give anyone starting up their own creative business an insight into the structure of business and the boost to make it happen. You will learn what makes an idea financially viable and the creative aspects of design & marketing. Bring your ideas into the world to make you money, from planning to international manufacture to distribution. Find your client and get your product sold.

Led by Gail Olding, Managing Director GOAT UK and Vincent Pavie-Latour, marketing and brand agent Saatchi.

4 days: Thur & Fri 30 Jun, 1, 7, 8 Jul 2005
11am-5pm
Cost £330 Conc £300

VJ Business
A business survival guide for VJ-s and live performers. This seminar will show you how to make the VJ business pay. You will identify business opportunities, learn the best ways to promote yourself online and off, get good at interpreting commercial briefs, practice confident pitches and get your cash.

Led by Olivier Sorrentino, International VJ.

1 day: Thur 28 Jul 2005
10am-5pm
Cost £110 Conc £100

New Producers Survival Guide
Get support to make it in the film industry with the New Producers Survival Guide.

· Gain an essential overview of the current UK film industry and global market and a complete understanding of what it takes to get a project off the ground.
· A grounding in the legal & business aspects of film. A knowledge of managing projects, planning and development.
· Increase your chances of greenlighting your project by 150% by meeting industry professionals.

The course supports those who may be on the brink of either setting up a film production company, or who are trying to navigate their first film into production.

Led by NPA producer and facilitator Anita Lewton, currently producing’ Weekend¹ an international co-production (UK, Ireland, France, Germany) for E2 Projects, and ‘The Techno Pagan Octopus Messiah¹, an Indian/ UK co-production feature adapted from a book. Anita also leads Producer Mentor programmes for the NPA with David Castro (CEO NPA).

Feedback from recent filmmakers from the last course (March 05):

'a massive benefit to my company and projects - no one should even think about making a film project until you have done this course ...' ' hugely de-mystifies areas such as film financing, financier & lawyer terminology, accounting, budgets etc.' 'Outstanding. Reduces the learning process from about 5 years to one year just by doing this course..'

6 days: 2, 9, 15, 16, 23, 30 June 2005
10.30am-5pm
Cost £340 Conc £305


TV, Film & Post Production

TV Presentation
Learn to present in front of camera in the 01zero-one TV studio. You will learn techniques in breathing, posture, eye line, pace and autocue memorisation, interview and news presentation. You will also learn to assemble clips into a showreel using Final Cut Pro.

This course is for those whose careers require them to appear on television or for those considering a career in television presentation. No former experience is necessary.

Led by director, writer and television presenting/confidence coaching consultant Angella Montoute.

5 days: Tue & Fri 3, 6, 13, 20, 24 May 2005
10am - 4pm
Cost £350 Conc £315

TV Academy
TV Academy is a full practical and professional training course in TV and Film production. Offering valuable skills development in existing and new technology to all new creative and technical graduates in television and film production including new entrants, broadcasters, independents and interactive new media companies. You will learn how to write for TV, edit scripts, plan shooting schedules, operate a broadcast camera (multi or single camera operations), record sound for pictures as well as editing sound and pictures, through to planning, rehearsing and producing a full TV studio programme. You will learn how to work in a team, against the clock and be familiar with all the pressures that you and your peers will face when you first work in Broadcast TV.

TV Academy is made up of six two days modules that together will give you a complete experience of Production values both creative and technical. Each module links to the next so you can take one module or all six. Do as little or as much as you want.

Courses are led by Jeremy Gould, former BBC lighting cameraman and ITV Head of Film, PSC and Post-Production, with over 30 years film and broadcast television experience. He has trained employees and students in Far East Asia for the Television Corporation of Singapore and in the Caribbean for Jamaica Television. Jeremy has numerous contacts throughout the global industry and has extensive knowledge in all areas of film and video production.

Module One - Develop a programme idea
Work in a team to create a programme treatment. Research techniques will be discussed and used to plan the shoot, using still cameras, tape recorders and the web to gather information. Each group will commence with practical planning of their agreed item formats and develop these formats in practical storyboard an shoot schedules. In addition to scripting, all costs and practical permissions, where necessary, will be addressed. Make your idea work for TV.

2 days: Thur 26 & Fri 27 May 2005, 11am-5pm
Cost £220 Conc £200

Module Two - Introduction to Professional Camera, Sound & Lighting
Using 01zero-one’s multi camera TV studio, you will work in a studio environment similar to broadcast television. The course will introduce you to the TV studio team, who is who and what should they do, creative and production standards, technical appreciation of studio sound and lighting and video tape machine operations-cuing in VT and time-code. With plenty of opportunity to practice you will learn good camera work, vision mixing, shot calling and lighting set-ups. This module is not overly technical but is 100% practical.

2 days: Thur 23 & Fri 24 Jun 2005, 11am-5pm
Cost £220 Conc £200

Module Three - Reporting & Presenting
You will work in groups to formulate a programme treatment or use your idea from Module 1. This could be a current news item, magazine article or local knowledge. You will learn full journalistic techniques, practical planning for each shoot, plus practical exercises on presentation, talking to camera, interviewing and single camera shooting with a presenter.

2 days: Thur 28 & Fri 29 July 2005, 11am-5pm
Cost £220 Conc £200

Module Four - Location Shooting
Having experienced working with a presenter you can now improve your techniques or professional location shooting. This course includes preparation and instruction on use of equipment including PD170 camcorder or on the shoulder DVCam camera, use of professional sound kit and interview lighting kit, what to recce on location and how to schedule crew and prepare for the shoot. Directors, P. A. and presenter and technical crew rotate to gain experience of all disciplines. Rushes are viewed, analysed and any further pick up shots or additions discussed.

2 days: Thur 29 & Fri 30 Sept 2005, 11am-5pm
Cost £350 Conc £330

Module Five - Camera Work & Editing
Designed to help camera operators and directors understand the principles and needs of editing. You will shoot and edit your own DV format material through non-linear desktop editing. You will train in using a simple non-linear editing system (Avid Xpress Pro) including an understanding of time-code, cutting sequences, assembly of sound, cutting to set timings, intro and outro. Camera operators will edit their material and directors of each piece will be at the edit as well. This will allow full understanding of cutting procedures and how important this is to planning and the finished item.

2 days, Thur 27 & Fri 28 Oct 2005, 11am-5pm
Cost £220 Conc £200

Module Six - Live Transmission & Working to a Script
You will plan the content and running order of a magazine type programme scheduled for 5pm transmission on day 2 of this module. Your team will work strictly to the clock to rehearse and record a full half hour programme. The whole programme will be linked by an anchor person in the studio and opening titles and closing sequences must be planned and agreed.

2 days: Thur 24 & Fri 25 Nov 2005, 11am-5pm
Cost £220 Conc £200

Final Cut Pro – digital video editing for beginners
This course offers a practical introduction to digital video editing in Apple’s Final Cut Pro. You will capture from mini DV, edit and create video footage and learn how to produce motion graphics and effects. The course also covers compression techniques for the web and DVD authoring.

Course led by Chloe Mercier, independent filmmaker.

4 days: Fri 3 - 24 Jun 2005
10am-5pm
Cost £330 Conc £300

Shake School
Shake is a core tool within the digital film post-production industry. You will gain knowledge of the Shake software and how it is used, to assistant level within the industry. Working in teams you will learn about workflow, both within the Shake program, and within the larger Post House scenario, plus gain a deeper understanding of different moving image formats (film, video) and conventions, and important technical issues. Exercises will be presented in all key components of Shake. Industrially relevant exercises will need to be completed in correct Interface operation (resolution, input, appropriate output, efficient tree construction, use of workspaces, proxies), compositing, animation (keyframes, curve editor, move2D), keys and mattes, motion tracking , colour correction and grading.

This course is subsidised by the European Social Fund (ESF), through the LSC and Skillset, and is designed to support freelance runners, assistants and rotoscopers. You must have a good knowledge of graphic manipulation tools such as Photoshop or generic Digital Video editing tools.

The course is led by Saint John Walker, former Director of the National Film & Television School’s effects and compositing training centre, The Finishing School; and other post-production experts.

8 days: Mon 11 - Wed 20 Jul 2005
10am-5pm
Cost £152

Avid for non-technical TV production staff
Avid is the industry standard online editing tool, and increasingly non-technical TV producers are being asked to rough cut or brief editors. This five day intensive course will give you a thorough understanding of the basic skills you need to capture, rough edit, format and file save on AVID Xpress proDV for television. You will also gain an understanding in AVID’s full functionality and usage within TV production, so that you can feel confident that when you brief technical staff you get what you need.

Led by Will Bourton Avid Editor, The Farm, Big Brother, The Salon.

This course is subsidised by the European Social Fund (ESF), through the London Development Agency and Skillset, and is designed for employees.

4 days: Thur & Fri 7, 8,14, 15 July 2005
10am-5pm
Cost £176

Interactive TV and ICT

Creative Alchemy – Making Programmes Interactive
Interactivity is more than the just the red-button or the mouse – it has rapidly emerged as a powerful tool for involving viewers in programming, and a potential source of extra revenue. For those pitching or working on TV programme ideas, interactivity is becoming a component that commissioners are increasingly looking for to tap into audiences.

The Creative Alchemy programme focuses on the creative development of interactive projects for multiple digital platforms that are commercially and technically viable. Making Programmes Interactive offers you a unique opportunity to work with industry professionals and pitch to interactive TV commissioning editors, gaining valuable feedback and experience that can truly benefit your career.

Led by Scott Gronmark and Andy Wilson, this ESF-subsidised course is backed by the LSC, SkillSet, the BBC and 01zero-one, and supported by a wide range of expert contributors.

The course is for freelance programme makers and content producers, who are looking to work in Interactive Television.

4 days: Mon & Tue, 9, 10, 16, 17 May 2005
11am-5pm
Cost £190

4 days: Thur & Fri 14,15, 21, 22 July 2005
11am-5pm
Cost £190

Introduction to Dynamic Web Content
Learn to create dynamic web pages that display information from databases.

This course will guide you through the process, setting up Microsoft internet information services (IIS) and an introduction to Microsoft Access and SQL. You will use the built in Dreamweaver tools to display and manipulate content from a database, such as contact lists and web copy, as well as editing the code produced by Dreamweaver to enable more functionality. You will also become competent in creating Microsoft active server pages in classic asp.

The course is designed for existing web designers who want to do more personalised or easily updatable web sites through the use of CMS (Content management Systems).

You must have some basic experience of creating web pages and forms in HTML. Knowledge of databases and SQL would be an advantage but not essential.

Led by Base5 Designs - Dizzy High and Caroline Nelson, Web Developers/ Designers.

4 days, Tue 7-28 Jun 2005
10.30am-5.00pm
Cost £330 Conc £300

Java Programming (beginner)
Gain a thorough theoretical grounding in designing and constructing software systems such as web servers and search engines. The course covers the principals behind classes, inheritance, interfaces and factoring.

This course is subsidised by the European Social Fund (ESF), through Skillset, and is designed for freelance web developers who want to enhance their web offerings.

Led by software architect and sound designer Nick Rothwell.

4 days , Mon-Thur 25 -28 Jul 2005
10am-5pm
Cost £158

Want to know more?
For course advice or more information about InSync ring Beth Soan on 020 7025 1985 or email your request to courseinfo@01zero-one.co.uk

How to enrol on a course?
Simply complete a 01zero-one enrolment form online at www.01zero-one.co.uk.

Payment
Once completing the online enrolment form payment should be made by credit or debit card over the phone on 020 7025 1985.

Am I eligible for a concession?
Concessions are available to InSync, UK Post, BIMA, PACT, BECTU, NMK, BIMA, NPA members. If you are paying a concessionary fee you will be asked to supply evidence of your entitlement.

Contact us
01zero-one is in Hopkins Street, Soho, London.
Part of Westminster Kingsway College Soho Centre in Peter Street, London W1F OHS.

Tel: 020 7025 1985
Email: courseinfo@01zero-one.co.uk
Web: www.01zero-one.co.uk