The Scuola, the oldest in Western Europe, is dedicated to discovering and nuturing new talent; alumni include the Oscar-Winning Néstor Almendros and Pasqualino De Santis, acclaimed editor Roberto Perpignani and Vittorio Storaro who was judged to be one of the top 10 most influential cinematographers of all time.
"The National Film School in Rome is the oldest in Western Europe"
The school's interdisciplinary teaching programme prepares students in the specific areas of directing, scriptwriting, acting, photography, editing, sound techniques, production, set-design, props and wardrobe. Film editing skills are taught via hands-on experience with Apple Final Cut Pro 7 which runs on thirteen networked Mac Pro computers.
The workgroup was orginally configured with each workstation relying on direct attahced external drives. While installing these drives can be fast, there is no easy way to expand capacity and increase read/write performance. There were other serious drawbacks in terms of maintaining data security, project sharing and efficient media asset management: storing, retrieiving and safeguarding files all involved ad hoc, manual processes. A more professional solution was required.
