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Inspiration
Business Management Application For Creatives
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A simple web-based system that allows you to manage clients, contacts, bookings, projects, budgets,equipment, rooms, rates, emails, meetings, to-do's, calendars and documents.
Skylight's features are designed for all aspects of business organisation - scheduling, contacts, client relationships, communications, rates and accounting. It all becomes easier to organise with Skylight.
VET
VET trains the industry's creative and technical editors for the flexible working that is required of them on Avid and Final Cut Pro.
Conversion courses from Avid to FCP and FCP to Avid , Advanced courses, Finishing, Effects, Colour Correction, Color, Motion, are all taught by practitioner trainers to help editors to be effective and more employable.
Creative editing courses for non-editors focus on cutting styles for great content.
Tapeless workflows, HD and RED are all de-mystified in practical ways in VET's HD and Tapeless one day course for both FCP and Avid.
Related courses to suit assistants, web content creators, support teams, non-editors and managers are available too.
VET also offers camera courses and notably they are Europe’s leading AVID authorised training partner. The courses are delivered by the best trainers in the industry - practitioners who are also great tutors
The training takes place bright spacious rooms in our full service post production facility overlooking Hoxton Square in Shoreditch.
For training enquiries please contact Joan Leese on 020 7505 4747 training@vet.co.uk
Associations
UK Screen Association
UK Screen Association is the trade body for UK companies providing services to the film and television screen industries.
Specifically they support and promote the commercial interests of companies involved in post-production, audio, visual and special effects, DVD, camera, lighting and equipment hire, new media, outside broadcast and studios.
Together the service companies provide the infrastructure which underpins the entire film and broadcast industry. Whether lobbying on a local, regional or national basis it makes sense to have a loud and united voice; UK Screen provide a central point of focus, gathering and representing the views of the sector to government, broadcasters, studios and manufacturers.
Contact Angela and Becs to discuss the benefits of joining UK Screen Association: 020 7734 6060
Facilities
Clementine Studios
Clementine Studio delivers high quality world musicians and music samples on call for online overdub services.
From their wide range of musicians, Clementine deliver overdub services over FTP on your music at any format required, in less then 72 hours.
Check out samples and facilties on their website and to learn more contact Yotam Agam: +91 44 4205 2532
Perfect Balance Studio
Perfect Balance specializes in providing offline and High-End ONLINE and GRADING solution on Final Cut Pro, for all sort of projects ranging from documentaries, drama, music videos and commercials.
Clients include: BBC, Channel 4, Discovery Channel, Universal, Palm Pictures, Nike, Speedo and New Balance.
Set in the leafy heart of Notting Hill, one of the most vibrant and exciting areas of London. The studio is superbly positioned to offer a stimulating and relaxing work environment. Clients enjoy the choice of quality cafes, restaurants and shops close by, as well as use of Perfect Balance's fantastic viewing room, including a 42inch plasma screen, avaialble to hire for meetings and private screenings. Understated luxury - Very smart!
Superb value for money and all within quick and easy access to Central London.
To enjoy the treat of working at Perfect Balance, contact Arturo on: 020 7229 3000
UNIT
Unit is Soho’s first all-Apple, all HD post house. They have 18 Final Cut Pro online suites, a full fledged Color grading suite and Pro Tools 5.1 audio – all found over six floors just by Soho Square. UNIT has 3 main departments: UNIT Edit and Grade, UNIT Audio, and UNIT Effects (2D and 3D). All these services work across their massive shared storage for maximum speed and flexibility.
At Unit your suite and your rate are carefully tailored to your requirements, both technically and financially. If you’re staying in house for your offline and need the flexibility of expanding and contracting according to your edit needs, you might also be interested in UNIT2U. Where Unit quite literally bring a ‘UNIT’, to you. Here’s how it works;
First, take them your rushes, which they digitise, uncompressed onto their Xsan storage system.
Next, one of their tech team will compress your rushes onto an external Firewire drive.
Finally, they will deliver your Final Cut suite to your doorstep, including a quad-processor Mac, a 23” display, headphones, commentary record microphone and speakers.
Unit’s inclusive tech support service includes telephone assistance, remote desktop trouble shooting, and, where needed, personal call outs. Because they’ve held all your media for you, when you return for your online they simply re-link the media, and you’re good to go - no need for conforming!
Call Luke or Rhiannon to discuss your FCP Post Production needs: 020 7494 5700
WIDEi Films
WIDEi Films is a highly creative London based Post Production boutique. Our company is driven by creative and technical excellence, and offers a bespoke experience tailored to your individual needs.
We enjoy working with independent producers on exciting projects, and can advise on the most efficient use of your budget without compromising on quality.
We provide FINAL CUT PRO Offline, Online editing and COLOR finishing to full HD resolution. Complimented with Sound mix and Design talent, we are fully equipped to manage your project under one roof at a fraction of the cost of other companies.
Credits: Adrenalin Junkie - ITN, Swinging with the Finkles, IMELDA MAY- Julien Temple, SOS - Commercial - Mosaic, CAN DOGS SMELL CANCER? - BB4, Confessions of a Teen Angel: Charlotte Church
Formats: RED, HDcam SR, EX/XD HDcam, SD and HDV
Final Cut Pro & Color Finishing
Contact Taimur Khan
taimur@widei-films.com - UK 0871 855 2790 - M +44 (0)7958 707232 - www.WIDEi-Films.com
Production
Earthsync
As a world music record label, Earthsync is committed to nurturing folk, tribal and native music. Earthsync produces world music visual documentaries and concerts. Inviting film and music producers and directors for collaboartions to create projects that nurture the music of the earth.
The Earthync team are committed to ensuring the music of the communities they visit never ceases. Their passion for cultures, music, sound and excellence often takes them on journeys of discovery beyond the studio to little known lands and their music.
Notable projects include: The Laya Project (Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, India), Nagore Sessions (South India), Voice Over The Bridge (Myanmar)
RaveMedia
RaveMedia is the in-house production company of Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, the leading provider of hands-on professional training and education in the media industries.
RaveMedia is run by experienced media professionals who, working alongside Ravensbourne trainees and graduates harness their insight into future trends in design and technology to offer innovative media products of the highest technical standards.
As a powerhouse of creativity, Rave Media are ideally placed to provide businesses with affordable, high value digital media solutions. Their expertise covers studio shows (for entertainment, current affairs and drama), location camera shoots, broadcast pre-and post-production, multimedia, interactive design, 2D and 3D animation, special effects, motion graphics, graphic design and branding.
To get a quote on facility hire or discuss a project you’d like to produce, call Hilary Chadwick or Liam Hayer on: 020 8289 4805
