Five Key Data Learnings in a Post Covid-19 World — looking at the challenges of film data access in lockdown 1. Access — one thing we all learned during the lockdown is that the internet is a double-edged sword. Many editors struggled to download material due to the flimsy and…

Many of us are being asked to work from home at the moment while this crazy virus is in full swing, so we’re giving out some spare hard drives to help people back-up their work files at home. …

Budgets are squeezed… we all know the pain of trying to make sure that there’s some margin left at the end of a project. We’re also now very aware of the positive trends towards making our shoots greener and lower carbon. …

Making TV ads is melting the Arctic ice. There I said it! An outrageous claim but bear with me. We all have favourite TV ads, some old ones and some new. Undoubtedly these creative pieces of work need to be stored carefully, especially when they cost so much to produce. Once the ad is finished, the rushes and masters are bundled together, and at higher resolution this can add…

The Real Cost of Data Alley In northern Virginia, 30 miles west of Washington, there is an ever-growing number of data companies in a corridor, dubbed “data alley”. It forms part of the larger Dulles Technology Corridor in the state. It houses servers belonging to Amazon, Google and many others. …

Criminal Archives In 2000, thousands of negatives, dating back to the 1920’s, were discovered in a warehouse in LA. They featured the grizzly, yet artistic noir reality of crime scenes from that early part of the century. There were in poor condition, badly deteriorated and a fire hazard. After being…

The NY Times report on the Universal Studios fire in 2008 has been heart breaking for anyone working in the media industry: ‘One-of-a-kind master recordings of worldwide famous artists were lost in a 2008 fire at Universal Studios. Works by famous artists since as far back as the 1940s were…

Migrating to the latest technology can be a massive headache; will it work with what we have, do I need to learn something new, will it be as good as they say but most vitally how long will this “new” last? That’s why most people put off migrating until something…

So the conversation goes… Producer; ‘We buy new hard drives for each production’ Me: Why? Producer: ‘Oh it goes on the budget, its only £400 for two. Then we send them to the storage company or back to the agency.’ We’ve had this conversation many times. Producers like to use…