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Introduction to the Broadcast & Media Industry

Delivered under license from Training for TV

Audio & video fundamentals

This two-day course is a beginner's guide to the Broadcast & Media Industry. It looks at the terminology, technology and processes used in producing and distributing content. It also includes an overview of the content creation process, from idea to delivery - along with the equipment, people and jargon. It provides an excellent overview of the entire broadcast and media business.

Course cost: R19,500. plus, VAT pp

This course is validated to provide 16 CPD credits that can be used to maintain a SACIAvalidated professional designation.

This 3-day course splits equally between audio and video technology. The audio element starts by exploring how sound and acoustics work before exploring how audio is created and handled in analogue and digital environments. It then explores measurement systems and how audio can be handled in multi-channel environments from stereo to 5.1. It completes by looking at sound's practical aspects, including microphones, speakers, mixers, effects, equipment and communications systems. The video section starts with an exploration of resolution and scanning systems, interlace and progressive systems and a review of frame rates around the world, completing with a look at synchronisation and reference signals. It then moves on to look at luminance and chrominance signals exploring the human eye and RGB signals, as well as our perception of colour and component signals. In the final part, the course explores digital video systems and standards. It also looks at future developments in video technology as UHD and IP transport systems become more prevalent.

Course cost: R26,500 plus, VAT pp

This course is validated to provide 24 CPD credits that can be used to maintain a SACIAvalidated professional designation.

Fundamentals of workflow in broadcast & digital media

This two-day course introduces the delegate to the concept of workflow … the process by which programmes are planned, produced and delivered in an automated digital environment. The course will examine modern production processes and how they can be broken down so that computers and automation systems can control them. It also looks at the terminology and procedures that comprise the diverse and converging environment that broadcasting, media, and IT now share.

Course cost: R19,500. plus VAT pp

IP & Networking for Broadcast Professionals

The world of broadcast and IT are now intimately linked, and almost every aspect of production, creation and delivery is managed and controlled by IT systems. With the movement of large files and the need for heavy processing, the requirements of a broadcaster's IT are somewhat different from those of the average commercial user. Introducing SMPTE ST2022/6 and ST2120, these courses will also explain how the most significant revolution to hit the industry in decades is just starting. There are three versions of the course.

• A one-day condensed version for individuals involved in management and facilities;

• a two-day course aimed at individuals interested in broadcast operations, and

• a four-day course aimed at broadcast engineers.

This course is validated to provide 16 CPD credits that can be used to maintain a SACIAvalidated professional designation.

The four-day course includes hands-on practical experience for those installing, supporting and maintaining the technology.

Course cost:

Management: 1-day R11,500. plus VAT pp

Operations: 2-day R19,500. plus VAT pp

Technical: 4-day R32,500. plus VAT pp

Managing audio-visual archives: preservation, digitisation, valorisation

Delivered in alliance with FIAT-IFTA

Sooner or later, every professional involved in audio-visual production should consider archives management. This subject is relevant for any organisation (television and radio channels, web TV and radio, production companies, archives collections, public services, etc.). Moreover: archives management becomes a strategic challenge for these organisations because it relates to their memory and identity.

With this 5-day training course, professionals will acquire new skills to manage audio-visual archives: implementation of best practices in terms of preservation and digitisation of old content, storage of a digital library, description and accessibility of contents for various audiences

Course content includes:

• Why do we need to manage audiovisual archives (preservation, valorisation)?

• Strategic and economic issues of audiovisual archives management

• Technical, legal, and documentation requirements for audio-visual archive valorisation

• Overview of the audio-visual archive materials: history and specificities of the audio, film, and video (analogue and digital).

• Setting up of a preservation policy: preventive preservation and physical storage of audio-visual archives

• Designing a preservation and digitisation plan: methodology, technical choices

• Principles of digital storage

• The organisation of audio-visual archives: documentation practices

• Designing a documentation policy

• Templates for audio-visual content description

• Documentation processes (analysis, documentary items, etc.)

• From documentation to the promotion of audio-visual archive: range and types of valorisation projects

Course cost: R32,500. plus VAT pp

This course is validated to provide 40 CPD credits that can be used to maintain a SACIAvalidated professional designation.

Files formats & compression

Delivered under license from Training for TV

Broadcast Quality Assessment

This two-day course examines how we pass video and audio through the broadcast system and the techniques we use to make this possible. It looks at files and codecs in detail. This involves learning about compression techniques, looking at wrappers and how they are used to put multiple sets of data into a single file, and the metadata, which is then used to describe the data. The course will investigate the working principles of lossless and lossy compression techniques and how those are applied to the standard codecs we used, from JPEG to H265.

Course cost: R19,500. plus VAT pp

This 5-day workshop in Broadcast Quality Assessment will train learners on quality assessment of audio and video signals based on ITU international standards. This will include both analogue and digital signals. Learners will be taught the concepts of quality control, the processes involved, the systems used to manage quality, qualitative and quantitative measurements. The standards for video, audio and codecs, digital files and data will be considered during the training, including a practical discussion of the SPMTE ST 2110 standard, Audio Over IP and the Networked Media Open Specifications.

This workshop will also provide technical training for staff using video and audio measurement equipment to measure video and audio signal components. Learners will be able to identify anomalies with the different signals, including audio and video signals that do not comply with international standards. Learners will also configure measurement equipment to trap alarms and identify signal synchronisation issues.

Course cost: R32,500. plus VAT pp

This course is validated to provide 16 CPD credits that can be used to maintain a SACIAvalidated professional designation.

This course is validated to provide 40 CPD credits that can be used to maintain a SACIAvalidated professional designation.

Essentials of AV Technology

Based on a curriculum developed by AVIXA (formerly InfoComm International)

Preparing for AV certification

This 3-day course is designed to help prepare candidates as they get ready to write:

• AVIXA's Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) examination, OR

This 3-day course explains the science and technology for basic audio, visual and audiovisual systems integration. It is relevant to AV staff working in broadcast, fixed installations, staging and live events. This course builds the student's understanding of the fundamentals used daily in the audio-visual industry. It is also great prep for the students wanting to earn the SACIA CertAV Practitioner designation.

Course cost: R16,500. plus VAT pp

• SACIA's Certified AV Professional examination

The SACIA course provides a forum for people to explore a wide range of topics relevant to the AV industry and work collaboratively, studying the exam competency areas with the help of facilitators.

The course assumes a broad understanding of core technologies (such as audio, video, IT and display). It builds on the individual's knowledge by exploring project management, documentation, customer service, basic audio-visual design, etc.

Coursework includes practice examinations and experiential learning.

Course cost: R16,500. plus VAT pp

This course is validated to provide 24 CPD credits that can be used to maintain a SACIAvalidated professional designation.

This course is validated to provide 24 CPD credits that can be used to maintain a SACIAvalidated professional designation.

IP training in the audio-visual industry

A network is essentially a group of devices connected in some way to be able to exchange information with each other.

In the professional audio-visual space, there are several types of network, but the one that dominates across all areas of modern ProAV systems is the Ethernet IT network used for control, monitoring and signal transport.

This practical 3-day course will help you:

• Discover client needs for networked systems, beginning with a robust introduction to IT networks and terminology

• Intercept, filter, and read network conversations between AV and IT devices through interactive Wireshark network analyser demonstrations

• Discuss streaming, digital signage, conferencing, security, service level agreements, remote monitoring and management, and more

• Explore trade-offs between quality and bandwidth, and learn how to navigate conflicts between network policies and customer demands

• Cross the AV/IT cultural divide by specifying devices for enterprise networks while navigating conflicts between network policies and customer demands

• Learn how to agree upon, document, and stick to shared expectations for networked systems

The course is based on AVIXA's recommended practices for security in networked AV systems. This includes recognising risks in networked audio-visual systems and developing a risk mitigation management plan to address those risks.

Course cost: R26,500. plus VAT pp

This course is validated to provide CPD credits that can be used to maintain a SAQAvalidated professional designation.

All delegates will receive a copy of AVIXA's Networked AV Systems

Radio Content Production, Presentation and Interview Skills

This 3-day workshop is specifically designed to facilitate Radio Content Production from Concept (idea) to Broadcast (Live or Play-out), covering Planning, Pre-Production, Presentation and the requisite Interview Skills, as well as Microphone, Recording, Editing and Packaging Techniques. This course is designed for Radio Presenters and Journalists with limited knowledge of Radio Production, focusing on Presentation and Interviewing Techniques.

Objective:

The expected outcome of this intensive and highly interactive practical workshop is an understanding of the Content Creation Process, focusing on the technical aspects such as the equipment and techniques required to Record and Edit, as well as related skills in Presenting and Interviewing Techniques within the context of Radio Productions.

Course Description:

This course aims to enable effective Radio Content Production using appropriate Techniques and Workflows in the studio and the field. The primary focus is on practical techniques and workflows, utilising recording and related equipment in the execution and delivery of Radio Productions. This workshop links planning and research with the effective use of presenting and interview skills, forming a holistic and cohesive Radio Content Production Workflow.

Course cost: R26,500. plus VAT pp

This course is validated to provide 24 CPD credits that can be used to maintain a SACIAvalidated professional designation.

Essentials of audiovisual production

Curriculum developed for Government AV

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Advanced camera operations

Curriculum developed for the South African Society of Cinematographers

This 5-day workshop covers the fundamentals of audio-visual production, including audio recording, video recording, lighting, storyboarding, basic sound and video editing, graphics, encoding and uploading content. We'll also introduce audio-visual archiving and related issues such as metadata, data storage, IP legislation, content sharing and valorisation.

The idea is for participants to utilise the same equipment they'd typically use within their department, and delegates are asked to bring their preferred camera, sound, video editing and graphic platforms.

Course cost: R32,500. plus VAT pp

This 5-day camera operators' workshop covers studio and location shooting and recording. It examines lighting, lens setting, recording high-quality sound, preparing the camera for the best video quality and shooting sequences to simplify editing. The course will cover a range of shooting environments, including music, documentaries, news, drama and studio production.

To ensure that training is specifically relevant to each participant, delegates are encouraged to bring their camera plus accessories for hands-on training.

This course is validated to provide 40 CPD credits that can be used to maintain a SACIAvalidated professional designation.

All delegates are expected to submit a portfolio of work within one month of course completion and are encouraged to apply for a SAQA-recognised professional designation based on a comprehensive assessment of their work.

This workshop is aimed at experienced camera operators (MIN 5 years of work experience preferred) and is designed to upskill individuals wanting to advance their careers.

Course cost: R32,500 plus VAT pp

Surround-sound audio post-production

This 5-day course is aimed at individuals working in the technical aspects of audio postproduction, including commercial production, broadcasting and sound recording. It is designed to enable working with, preparing and mixing content in Surround Sound within the Audio Post-Production environment.

This course accommodates the different workflows and methodologies utilised to prepare Mono, Stereo and Surround content for use in Surround Sound Projects, as well as DAW Session and Mix Techniques, to produce quality Surround Sound Productions.

At its core, this course is based on practical, hands-on methodologies and workflows deeply rooted in international best practices and experience.

The expected outcome of this course is a comprehensive understanding of the underlying technologies, workflows, techniques and general knowhow required to work with, prepare and mix content within the Audio Post Production context in the effective and efficient use of a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) in Surround Sound Production.

This course is designed to enable the effective use of technologies, workflows and techniques in a multitrack DAW Surround

Sound Post-Production Environment. The primary focus is on using a DAW in the execution and delivery of Surround Sound Content and Productions.

Course cost: R32,500. plus VAT pp

This course is validated to provide 40 CPD credits that can be used to maintain a SACIAvalidated professional designation.

Fundaments of event safety in South Africa

In South Africa, various Acts, Regulations, Standards and Bylaws dictate that every event appoints a competent person to act as an event safety officer to ensure the safety of staff, performers and spectators.

Severe penalties also apply if an event safety officer is not appointed, or the appointed person is deemed incompetent based on a review of their qualifications and work experience.

The Certified Event Safety Practitioner designation (SAQA designation 1115) provides professional recognition for event safety officers. This 3-day course is designed to assist safety officers in preparing for the examination and assessment relating to this designation.

Topics include:

• Role and responsibilities of the event safety officer

• A detailed review of relevant legislation, including the South African Sports & Recreational Events Act (SASREA)

• A detailed review of SANS-10366, the national standard for safety in the events industry

• The consequence of failure – penalties arising from a failure to provide a safe environment for workers, performers and patrons at an event.

• A broad understanding of dispute resolution techniques applicable to both public and private spaces

• A review of societal values and ethics, focusing on gender-based violence, discrimination, victimisation, sexual harassment, bullying and intimidation that may apply in an event environment.

• Crowd management techniques, including queueing and ticketing systems

• Venue safety and grading certification

• Practical exercises that will allow you to communicate and present event and safety information reliably and accurately in written and oral form.

• Identifying hazards and assessing risk on an event site.

• Extreme weather and its impact on event safety

• Working with third-party stakeholders such as Council officials and the SA Police Service

We'll also explore how to:

• Conduct a Risk Assessment and prepare an Event Safety Plan

• Prepare and apply for an Event Risk Categorisation Certificate with the SA Police

Cost: R19,500 plus VAT pp.

This course is validated to provide 24 CPD credits that can be used to maintain a SACIA-validated professional designation.

Using your brain to be a better leader (intro to the meta world)

Neuroscience is the study of our brain and nervous system. It looks into how these things work and impact our capabilities and emotions. Neuroleadership, on the other hand, takes the findings of neurosciences and applies them to management and leadership. Delving more into the inner workings of our mind and body will help us understand why we do what we do. As a result, you can adapt and find new strategies that improve your capabilities in a leadership role.

This two-day workshop will help you:

• Develop your leadership by understanding how your brain works for and against you through approaches adopted in cognitive psychology

• Learn Meta-awareness techniques to gain a more remarkable ability to make sound decisions as a leader and acquire solutions to problems you are facing

• Apply metacognition to your leadership practices

Course cost: R19,500. plus VAT pp

Creativity and innovation at the heart of leadership

Creativity and innovation within a well-run organisation have always been a sure pathway to business success Stimulating creativity and exploring new ideas and digital business strategies increase the organisation's productivity. Motivating employees and spurring them to think outside the box, giving them time and resources to explore new areas for innovative ideas, is the key to costeffective business solutions.

Creativity and innovation improve an organisation's problem-solving ability. In this two-day workshop, we will explore the following:

• The Neuroscience of Creativity, why humans were built this way

• Knowing your boxes, what gets in the way

• Altering your perceptions, thinking differently

• Curiosity plus Play = creativity

• Surprise yourself, find your flow: creative stimulants and exercises

• Head, Hands & Metaphors; creative mechanisms

• Exploration: Creativity, Innovation and Application in your world

This course is validated to provide 16 CPD credits that can be used to maintain a SACIA-validated professional designation.

• Opportunities: Joining the unjoined

• Creativity, when to use it, how to evaluate it

Course cost: R19,500. plus VAT pp