This practical, hands-on course aims to upskill production personnel in the areas of shooting and editing, as well as the data management steps associated with these areas. No prior knowledge is assumed, but it will be a fast paced, intense course with a steep learning curve.

Days One and Two:
Data Management for camera/audio from set to pre post
A group of eight participants will spend two days being tutored by a camera person who shoots for Lifestyle/Entertainment TV. Participants will be shown the following:
An overview of data wrangling on set from data acquisition to location storage to back-up and duplication to tranfer to base and storage pre- post.

• An overview of the equipment required for a digital selfshooter (camera, audio, drives, laptop etc)
• How to set up the PMW200
• A brief summary of technical terms.
• Understanding focus/exposure/ ISO
• Lighting interviews
• Audio techniques
• Different cameras & their specs & limitations
• Using radio mics
• Using other audio equipment such as rifle mics and zooms
• Comparing types of audio from different equipment

Day Three: Shoot & Data Wrangling in Post
Participants will have to shoot a short lifestyle piece. The footage will then be critiqued. In the afternoon, a data management expert will give a masterclass to consolidate material covered and delve into more detail on certain aspects.
Areas covered on this day will include:

• How to shoot a piece solo
• Acquiring the correct coverage
• Summarising data wrangling from data acquisition to storage to pre-post
• Overview of the post workflow
• Compression & codecs
• Storage options
• TX Delivery

Day Four: Editing
Participants will be introduced to the Final Cut Pro interface. They will be guided by an Editor and an Assistant Editor. The following will be demonstrated:

• Importing footage from the cameras
• Creating a workflow for your footage
• Setting up a project in Final Cut Pro
• Creating a basic rough cut
• Logging footage
• How to deliver your footage for RTÉ/TG4 and Webstreaming.

Venue: The Hilton Hotel, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
Cost: €250.00

Lisbon Docs is an international financing and coproduction forum for documentary film, which takes place in the framework of doclisboa - International Film Festival. At Lisbon Docs you'll be introduced to the power of new players in the distribution and financing markets. The workshop sessions will focus on analysing the content of the selected projects, on delivering advice on how to tell the stories in a way that will allow people to find an audience without losing artistic integrity.

Lisbon Docs concludes with all projects being pitched to a panel of leading broadcasters, financiers and experts. Following the pitch projects and panelists will be individually matched for meeting. The panel participants for the concluding pitching sessions will be announced as we have them available.

The winners of the pitching session will receive a follow-up consultancy by the EDN team and the opportunity to demonstrate the progress that has been made in the development of their project - and to reach decision makers that were not present during the Lisbon Docs 2014 pitching session - by organising an online pitch a couple of months later.

Lisbon Docs will offer extra power to your international development and financing strategy. 20 selected documentary projects will be developed in the intense workshop. Priority will be given to producer-director teams. The Lisbon Docs expert team will assist you in defining a realistic strategy to finance your documentary and offer you the tools to boost your persuasiveness during the pitching stages after the event. The workshop will be run by EDN Director Paul Pauwels. The tutor team of the workshop will soon be announced here at the web site.

Lisbon Docs is open for all European documentary professionals and has a limited number of seats for participants coming from outside Europe. Submissions are accepted from professionals, who want to take part in an intense creative dialogue and development process as well as present their project to potential documentary financiers, European television channels and producers. In the past Lisbon Docs has proven to be successful in pushing filmmakers into the international scene.