Research: Archive Film

Research: Archive Film

A good film researcher is a specialist with wide-ranging skills, interests and qualities that cover everything from being methodical and tenacious to having a passion for watching soaps or feeding squirrels.

This 2-day course unravels in clear and concise terms what a Film Archive Researcher does and how they do it, and explains their importance in the production of any programme.

In brief, the course will cover:

• The standard sources for archive material worldwide - how asking the right types of questions can elicit a wealth of material obtainable from a variety of places
• Knowing what rights need to be acquired and negotiating the best possible deal for royalties, including secondary uses
• Understanding how the various technical routes for film and video work, and ensuring you provide the production with precisely what's needed clearly marked up and with cross-referenced paperwork
• Case histories in lateral thinking - when archive researchers have come up with 'gold' for material included in programmes

This course is an essential for researchers, producers, directors, production managers and assistant producers. To allow participants to gain the maximum benefit, places are limited to eight.

Number of Places: 8 Length: 3 days

Freelance Rate: £225 Full fee: £475