In this webinar we went back to basics and cover Contracts, Terminology and Glossary of Terms. Whether starting out in the Archive Footage world or an experienced Archive Researcher/Producer, this workshop brought us together to discuss the details for smooth workflows and enhanced understanding, helping you to unlock the archive.

Date: Wednesday 17^th May, 2023

Time: 16:00 - 17:00hrs (BST)

Admission: 15:45 (BST)

Location: Online, Zoom

Price: FOCAL Members - Free | Non-Members - £10

The Panel:

Sky Archive Sales is the home of Sky News, Sky Sport and Sky Entertainment clips and footage licensing.

We have been licensing the content shot by Sky since 1989. From news footage spanning the globe to stock footage from the world of sport, the collection consists of thousands of hours of wholly-owned clips and footage. Our ongoing digitisation programme means more content is available every day.

Starting her career as a Picture Researcher for Sky News, Raelene Rawlings has been part of Sky’s archive operation for 20 years. She leads a team of expert and experienced Sales Researchers, who have specialist knowledge in the News, Sports and Entertainment clips fields. A FOCAL Executive for many years, Raelene is passionate about developing talent and skills for the media archive industry.

Kay is Head of Rights and Policy at All3Media, Britain's largest independent television production business. In addition, through her consultancy business Northbound Media Consultants, Kay offers advice on television rights management and unlocking value from media collections and is passionate about connecting creative businesses with content. Kay is on the Executive Council of FOCAL International and sits on the Media Management Commission of the International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA). Prior to All3Media, Kay spent over 20 years at ITV holding numerous senior roles across rights management and the ITV Archive.

Huntley Film Archive’s collections are vast and varied - the sum of over fifty years of service to production and to film archiving. Footage starts around 1895 and covers the places and people of the 20th century comprehensively and globally.

Holdings are mostly documentary with the addition of behind the scenes Hollywood, Bollywood and a special collection of pioneer film makers.

After a long run as an International TV Marketing and Advertising Manager for embedded marketing formats including a F1 sponsorship for a Swiss company based in London and a short spell with a few of the UK based Indie TV companies, Denis joined Zig Zag Productions in 2005. An award winning archive producer with over 200 hours of unscripted programmes made, Denis is a member of the Training Committee at the Federation of Commercial Audio-Visual Libraries and part of the FOCAL Annual Awards jury in London as well as an archive producer expert panellist and a guest speaker at London’s University of Westminster, FOCAL Annual Training Seminars, Broadcast TECH events, New European Market speaker and the jury member for the NEM Zagreb TV Writing Contests Awards. A few of the recent archive produced titles; “John Lennon; Let Me Take You Down”, “Secrets of the Interrogation Room”, “Seve; Artist, Fighter, Legend”, “Killing Michael Jackson”, “Raise Your Game With Gareth Southgate”