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Courses

To apply for a place on a Herbert Media course, fill out an enrolment form and hand it, or post it together with your course fee, or fax or email it with payment details, to Herbert Media at the address above.
If you are paying the concessionary fee, please provide proof of your concessionary status - see our Course Conditions sheet for details.

AUDIO COURSE STAR (Sound Technology And Recording)
Two courses running:
Ten Saturdays May 5th – July 5th 2008, &
Ten Saturdays October 11th – December 13th
10.00am to 4.00pm
£150 full / £75 concession
Tutor : Den Hands
This course is aimed at musicians, home studio engineers and people with an interest in recording to get to grips with studio equipment in a well-equipped, comfortable digital recording studio on our new Yamaha mixing desk. The course covers microphone techniques, noise gates, compressors, reverb, headphone mixing and multitrack recording. After a successful end-of-course assessment students can hire our studio on their own.
We hope also to run this course on Wednesdays later in the year.
To book a place Tel 024 7683 2310 or email media@theherbert.org

Audio Surgeries  FREE
Thursdays 9.30am to 12 30pm, 30-minute slots by appointment
If you have a question or a problem you wish to discuss, for example, band promotion, the music industry in general, or a technical question, we would be happy to hear from you.
For further information contact Rich Elms, Den Hands or Daz Wood Tel 024 7683 3312 / 2977 / 4388
To book an appointment Tel 024 7683 2310 or email media@theherbert.org

Introduction to Scriptwriting – a 4-day workshop
Saturdays 12th, 19th  & 26th, and Sunday 13th January 2008, 10.00am-5.00pm
£90 Full/£60 Concessions
This course is run in association with Script and funded by Screen West Midlands.
For further information contact Matthew Taylor  Tel 024 7683 3367 
Email matthew.taylor@coventry.gov.uk

Video Production Surgeries
Rolling programme of bookable 45-minute slots, Monday to Friday   FREE
If you've got a query, idea or technical issue about video, make an appointment with a member of our Video Department and get some help. You can talk about your projects, and get creative, technical and funding advice to make your idea a reality.
For further information contact Matthew Taylor  Tel 024 7683 3367 
Email matthew.taylor@coventry.gov.uk
To book an appointment Tel 024 7683 2310 or email media@theherbert.org

One-to-one video production & editing courses on demand
All levels of previous experience catered for
Number of days as required, Monday to Friday 10.00am-5.00pm
£150 Full /£50 Concessions per day
Herbert Media offers one-to-one training courses on broadcast standard edit suites and video production equipment. We train on Avid, Final Cut Pro and Premiere editing software as well as DVC Pro or Beta SP camera equipment and Arri lighting. Courses are tailored to suit your needs and experience.
For further information contact Matthew Taylor  Tel 024 7683 3367 
Email matthew.taylor@coventry.gov.uk
To book a place Tel 024 7683 2310 or email media@theherbert.org

Photoshop for Beginners
January 22nd  - 23rd 2008  (Tuesday & Wednesday) 10.00am – 4.30pm
£100 Full /£50 Concessions                     
Tutor : James Middleton
Photoshop is the most flexible, creative software for making digital images and is widely used by artists, designers and photographers. In this practical course you will learn how to use Photoshop to manipulate and composite scanned or drawn images using layering and masking tools and a wealth of special effect filters. By the end of the course you'll be able to create your own artwork. We are running this 2-day course in November, and again in January.
Participants on this course must have experience of using computers
To book a place Tel 024 7683 2310 or email media@theherbert.org

Mastering CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
February 21st – 22nd   (Thurs & Fri) 2008 10.00am - 4.30pm
£100 Full /£50 Concessions         
Tutor : James Middleton
Don't know your divs from your classes?  This is the course for you. Cascading Style Sheets have now become the best way to layout a web page allowing greater accuracy and easily enabling you to govern how your text and images appear online by altering just one file.  CSS enables you to design and conform to W3 accessibility standards making your site more accessible to everyone online. 
Participants must have a basic understanding of web page construction and layout and basic computer literacy.
To book a place Tel 024 7683 2310 or email media@theherbert.org

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