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Apr 24
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Apply for Film Birmingham’s Working In The Locations Department Course – Deadline May 3rd

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Film Birmingham’s course An Introduction to Working in the Locations Department (WILD) will now take place online! We have waived the course fee so applicants can now benefit from the 6 days of in-depth training at no cost.

This course is delivered by Film Birmingham, with 6 sessions beginning on May 11th and spread over 2 weeks. It is designed to inform, educate and give hands on skills to the next generation of aspiring film and TV location managers. WILD will be led by top UK film and TV drama Location Manager Harriet Lawrence. Harriet has worked in location management for over 20 years and her impressive CV includes prime time TV shows Downton Abbey, Parks and Recreation and Dancing on the Edge and Hollywood movies The Personal History of David Copperfield, My Cousin Rachel, Suffragette and Burton and Taylor.

About the WILD Film Locations course:

The locations department has a wide and varied remit within a production. It extends from the creative beginnings of a script breakdown, working alongside Directors and Designers and scouting locations, to the logistical and detailed planning of a shoot. It enables all other departments to go about their jobs as smoothly and safely as possible. This film locations course will cover what to expect in this challenging, yet rewarding work environment.

It will give an overview of the industry, the different types of productions and then move on to the exciting challenges of scouting, planning a shoot and managing all aspects of the shoot day. The sessions will also outline some of the essential principles of health and safety, touch on some of the many things included in the locations budget and give tips on how to take great location recce pictures. This online training will be classroom-based, with details about a corresponding practical course to follow. Successful applicants will receive a link for the online course once their place has been confirmed.

Course Outline*

May 11th, 2pm – 4pm – Intro to the Industry, Communication and Script Breakdowns

May 13th, 2pm – 4pm – Scouting and Photography

May 15th, 2pm – 4pm – Planning the Shoot, Budget and Tech Recce

May 18th, 2pm – 4pm – working with the Designer. Cristina Casali and the making of The Personal History of David Copperfield

May 20th, 2pm – 4pm – The Shoot, Health & Safety / RAMS (Risk Assessment & Method Statement)

May 22nd, 2pm – 4pm – AD section

Please note this online course is based in theory and the corresponding practical course will follow at a later date.

*Participants are required to take part in all 6 sessions.

About Your Teachers

The WILD course will be led by award-winning locations manager Harriet Lawrence, who has worked in commercials, film and TV during her time in the industry. She was also the 2016 recipient of the Production Guild Inspiration Award. Supporting the course will be BIFA- and BAFTA- winning production designer Cristina Casali, who gained a Best Production Design 2019 BIFA award for her work in The Personal History of David Copperfield.

To Apply

25 applicants will be selected for the WILD Online Course. Film Birmingham welcomes applications from a broad range of participants; from new entrants with some production experience to those more established in the media industry.

If you are interested in being considered for the course, please complete this form. The deadline for applications is May 3rd, and successful applicants will be notified on May 4th.

Successful applicants will receive a link for the online course once their place has been confirmed.

For additional information, please email wild2020@filmbirmingham.co.uk, with WILD Online Course in the subject.

 

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Apr 23
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Conway Network offers free courses

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On Monday 23rd March 2020, the UK government announced lockdown for the country, closing most businesses including us. With these guidelines in place it forced Conway Network to cancel all of their classes, workshops and courses; put a hold on all events and projects and pause community engagement. Although this was an unsettling time for everyone at Conway Network it was important for them to innovate for the benefit of our customers…

Introducing ONForm – the new online platform that provides workshops, courses and one-to-one tutoring for aspiring creatives. It provides a platform for you to hone your craft, commit to your development and experience flexible training. This will launch on May 4th, 2020.

Stay tuned here.

Apr 14
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Free webinar: Cashflow management and forecasting through Coronavirus

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Join Ward Williams Creative, accountants for the creative industries as they share advice and practical tips on long and short term cashflow management and forecasting through the crisis. This is the Creative Industries Federation’s latest exclusive webinar.

This webinar is for Creative Industries Federation members. If you are not yet a member, the Federation is offering free six-month memberships to all freelancers, self-employed workers, and microbusinesses to help support you through this difficult time. Click here for more information.

 

About the webinar

Cashflow management and forecasting through Coronavirus
Members only
3:30pm, Wednesday 15 April

You can register for the webinar here.

 

Source: Creative Industries Federation

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Apr 03
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ScreenSkills launches free remote training

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ScreenSkills has launched a free package of remote and interactive training, online talks and masterclasses with industry leaders. These will support freelancers in upskilling and staying in touch with industry during these difficult times.

Leading figures from across all the broadcasters, indies and the new content providers have stepped forward to give their time to share insight and show solidarity with the screen industries workforce in this unprecedented period of lockdown. The new package builds on initial support in mental health, wellbeing and practical issues such as employment law that have been underway since the beginning of the week.

Announcing the extended programme today, Seetha Kumar, chief executive of ScreenSkills, said: “We know the big worry for many freelancers right now is the impact of lost jobs and income due to the Covid-19 crisis. ScreenSkills, with colleagues across the creative industries, has lobbied the Government to act and gave a cautious welcome to news of some financial support for freelancers.

“However, we thought it was important to play our part in making sure the industry and its workers stay as resilient as is possible in the circumstances. So we have built a range of online sessions – some offer practical guidance on issues such as employment law, others on skills from pitching and development to managing teams and others offering useful industry insights from executives, creatives and commissioners that we hope will be helpful for your return to work when it comes. Still others are just to help you get through the day.

“It’s a programme developed in haste with enormous support from our colleagues across the industry and will evolve in coming weeks. But it is being shared in a spirit of all doing what we can to support the amazing screen industries workforce during this hiatus in production.”

Training and support is being offered from the High-end TV Skills Fund with industry contributions and through ScreenSkills film team investing industry contributions to the Film Skills Fund and National Lottery funds awarded by the BFI. This builds on work kickstarted by the ScreenSkills Indie Training Fund who have been offering rapid response support including an employment and contract law surgery, business skills for freelancers and mental health and wellbeing sessions since Monday with more to follow.

Now the TV Skills Fund is investing contributions from BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5 in a programme led by media consultant Donna Taberer of six sessions a day for forthcoming weeks including Q&A sessions on finance, business skills and working from home.

ScreenSkills Online Training Schedule

The schedule will be:

  • 10.00 – 11.15 – training workshops including storytelling, commentary writing, pitching and development and managing and leading teams.
  • 11.30 – 12.45 – industry great masterclasses with Simon Ford, Ken Loach, Tim Wardle, actor Con O’Neill, Rowan Deacon, Zac Beattie, Kate Thornton, Sanjay Singhal, Mobeen Azhar, Olly Lambert, Dan Dewsbury, Anna Hall, Amy Flanagan, Lisa Holdsworth, Pete Beard, Jon East, Nicole Taylor and Jenny Ash signed up so far.
  • 1.00– 2.00 – lunch with a commissioner. Enthusiastically supported by broadcasters, this is an opportunity to “have lunch” with a commissioner. Nearly 40 have volunteered including from: Channel 4 – Karl Warner/Kelly Webb Lamb/Phil Harris; BBC – Emma Loach/Jack Bootle/Tommy Bulfin; Channel 5 – Guy Davies/Lucy Willis; UKTV – Helen Nightingdale; ITV – Kate Teckman and Amanda Stavri; Amazon Studios – Dan Grabiner
  • 3.00 – 4.00 – talent manager takeovers. More than 60 talent managers from across the UK and the widest spread of indies will cover general career advice, networking, CV clinics, juggling portfolio careers, interview practice and how to manage you career and development plans
  • 5.00 – 6.00 – craft workshops and partner sessions with practitioners including James Green, Matt Rudge and Sophie Jones and music in documentary with film-maker Neil Crombie, composer Alex Parsons and editor Rupert Houseman. Sessions will cover presenting skills, how to get an idea out of your head and onto paper, guiding UGC in filming during isolation, improving your sound, diverse and inclusive casting, presenting skills and how to be a great freelancers and how to be a great entrepreneur.
  • 7.00 – 8.00 – peer-to-peer support sessions and socials.

There will also be mini writers’ rooms to support writers including first-time writers.

 

To Register

The detailed programme will be released a week at a time to allow everyone a chance to benefit.

All ScreenSkills events can be found in the directory here. Numbers will be kept modest in the first week of pilots but will be adjusted where possible after that to meet demand.

ScreenSkills politely ask freelancers not to over-book as we want to reach as many freelancers as possible. And if you need to cancel please let us know them we can release the place. They hope to record most industry great masterclasses and craft workshops and these will be shared at a later date for those freelancers who can’t make the allotted time or if sessions are over-booked.

In order to apply for opportunities, make sure you’re registered and logged in to your ScreenSkills account.

 

View all courses and register here.

Apr 03
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Apply for Barbican Cinema’s emerging film curator lab – Deadline April 30th

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London arts venue the Barbican has launched an Emerging Film Curators Lab in a bid to widen the range of voices and perspectives across its cinema programme.

The inaugural lab, which is free to enter, will invite proposals from individuals or collectives of up to three people for public screenings at the Barbican in autumn 2020.

A total of 10 projects will be shortlisted to take part in the lab, which will comprise group and one-to-one sessions over a few days. Four projects will be selected for development and hosted at the Barbican this autumn.

The arts venue, located within the City of London, recently announced it would extend its closure to June 30 due to the coronavirus pandemic and this lab will take place online as a result.

Gali Gold, head of cinema at the Barbican, told Screen: “Our aim is to provide career development opportunities to emerging curatorial talent, as well as opening up the Barbican programme to a wider range of voices and perspectives, enriching the offer to existing and new audiences. This is part of the Barbican’s wider commitment to artist and talent development.”

She added: “It’s important to stress that this is an open call. Equal consideration will be given to those without a degree or institutional affiliation who demonstrate a high level of creativity, critical thought and other potential in their respective fields.”

All projects will include a film screening with an additional live element and each will receive a curatorial fee as well as funds to cover the cost of event production.

Applicants are invited to enter before the end of April HERE.

 

Source: www.screendaily.com

 

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Apr 02
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WFTV offers online legal, financial and well-being guidance

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Following the Women in Film & Television (UK)’s members’ survey  last week, they discovered that at the moment, two key areas of  interest were financial advice and well-being. WFTV therefore highlighted in their jam-packed April schedule the events which cover these subjects. They’ve also included two legal 1-2-1 consultation sessions as there are also likely to be issues and questions arising which would benefit from expert advice.

WFTV FINANCE

Monday 6 April | 16:00 – 16:45

Val Cazalet, Mike Hayes, Nicola Horton and Richard Cummings from Moore Kingston Smith will talk through the government’s support package. They will explain exactly what is covered and what is not, how to claim, and the information that the HMRC will require when making that claim.

If you’d like a more focused session to ask about the government relief funds or more general finance questions, then sign up for a private 1-2-1 with an expert. Various dates – please see below:
Register your place below:

WFTV LEGAL

If you’d like a more focused session to ask personal or business questions then sign up for a private 1-2-1 with an expert.

Tuesday 7 April | 10:00-13:30
Sara Griffiths Loosemores will be able to offer expert advice on contractual aspects of development, production and distribution, app development and chain of title and clearances.

Tuesday 21 April | 10:00-12:00

Hayley Brady, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP will be able to offer advice content creation, acquisition, aggregation and distribution, along with the adjacencies (including advertising and technology) that sit alongside the content value chain.

WFTV WELLBEING

Thursday 9 April | 18:00 – 19:15

Nina Joshi Ramsey, Writer and Coach, will give an overview about our stress response and the importance of managing stress. She will lead a practical paper exercise and close with a guided relaxation technique that can be used regularly to release stress and tension.

Wednesday 22 April | 18:00 – 19:00

Sue Belton, Life and Executive Coach, will explain what values are, why they’re important, and how to identify your own. Sue will then help us set and commit to a short-term goal which will keep you honoring your values and focusing on what’s really important to you.  By reflecting and resetting, we can clarify our values and guide ourselves through an unpredictable period.

Wednesday 22 April | 18:00 – 19:45

Tracy Forsyth, Executive Coach and Yoga Teacher, will be taking us through a practical session which will arm us with yoga stretches and breathing techniques designed to help us stay comfortable and focused in our new home working environments.

Source: Women in Film & Television (UK)

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Apr 02
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Free Sundance Masterclasses – Register now

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Sundance Collab is offering live, online learning experiences for creators who are ready to take their projects to the next level.

These monthly online Master Classes will let you delve into craft-based topics with top-level practitioners from the Sundance Co//ab network who are currently working in the field. These are open to everyone and don’t require an application. New classes will be announced regularly. See what is coming up below and reserve your spot. All Master Classes are currently a free feature to help offset the impact of COVID 19. Master Classes are always free with an All Access membership.

 

Master Class: Creating Branded Content with Stacy Fuller – Sponsored by Refinery 29

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Stacy Fuller

Master Class: Film Music – Creating the Soundscape for Your Film

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Peter Golub

Master Class Archive: Doc Filmmaking: Finding and Shaping Your Story with Roger Ross Williams

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Roger Ross Williams

Master Class Archive: Filmmaker’s Legal Toolkit: From Protecting IP Through Negotiating Distribution

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Janis Nelson

Master Class Archive: Comedy Writing for Features

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Victoria Strouse

Master Class Archive: Pitching for Success

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Jackie Miller

Master Class Archive: From Short to Feature Film

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Jim Cummings

Master Class Archive: Crafting a Webseries

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Marv Lemus

Master Class Archive: Immersive Writing Workshop – Unlock Your Story

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Colleen Werthmann

Master Class Archive: Comedy Writing for Television

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Jenny Bicks

Master Class Archive: Social Activism Through Storytelling

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Jon Shenk

Master Class Archive: How Games Tell Stories with Nick Fortugno

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Nick Fortugno

Master Class Archive: Documentary Filmmaking with Jennifer Fox (THE TALE)

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Jennifer Fox

Master Class Archive: Own Your Voice – Pitch and Present with Confidence

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Jackie Miller

Master Class Archive: Film Producing – An Entrepreneurial Approach with Jason Berman

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Jason Berman

Master Class Archive: Episodic Writing with Glen Mazzara (THE WALKING DEAD)

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Glen Mazzara

Master Class Archive: Playwriting and Story Theory with Pulitzer and Tony-winning Playwright Marsha Norman

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Marsha Norman

Master Class Archive: Screenwriting with Meg LeFauve (INSIDE OUT, CAPTAIN MARVEL)

3-HOUR MASTER CLASS

Meg LeFauvea

 

Source: collab.sundance.org

 

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Mar 27
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ICO offers free course for film Exhibitors

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The Independent Cinema Office’s guide to building audiences from the ground up is now free. Read their message below:

 

We know this is a difficult time. There’s a lot of uncertainty and it’s hard to know where to put your energies. We will need to do everything we can to make sure when our cinemas re-open that audiences are stronger than ever before.

We’ve recently launched our online course, REACH: Strategic Audience Development. It’s a complete guide to increasing audiences for mind-expanding cinema. It’s especially useful if you are looking to bring people who have historically been excluded or marginalised in independent cinemas: people of colour, D/deaf and disabled audiences and young audiences. You can take a look at what the course covers here.

Usually it’s £50 to access the hours of essential content, but we are offering this course for free to subscribers to our mailing list. We want to do what we can to help independent cinemas find their route to financial sustainability after this difficult time.

Just click through and complete the short form to get free access.

Click here to start the course.

 

Source: www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk

 

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Feb 25
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BAME Sound Assistant Trainee Wanted for HETV Production

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A boom operator trainee is wanted for a HETV production filming in the UK from May 2020 – September 2020. This is a unique opportunity for you to learn from one of the best in the industry

This is a paid position. Applications are open to all, but a special invitation is open to people from BAME backgrounds. Please note there are available positions year-round so please apply for the chance to be added to the shortlist.

Criteria

The candidate:-

  • Must have a love and appreciation of sound and want to work in the sound department.
  • Does not need to come from a conventional background i.e. does not need experience in film or TV
  • Does not need a CV to apply but you do need to show what you have done

Person specifications

  • Willing to learn
  • Excellent time keeping
  • Able to plan ahead
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Able to listen, take instruction and direction
  • Love of sound

To Apply

To apply, email Judi Lee at  jjlee658@gmail.com with a covering letter explaining:

  • Why you want to be a boom operator trainee
  • What you want to gain from the traineeship?

 

Source: www.thetvcollective.org

 

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Feb 25
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New TV Skills Bootcamp to support creative talent in the West Midlands

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The region’s independent TV sector is calling on creative talent from across the West Midlands to join an innovative new skills bootcamp. The West Midlands Combined Authority is funding the innovative pilot scheme to help the region’s screen industry discover new talent, or to encourage people from other careers to switch to the TV industry. It is working in partnership with Create Central – the new industry-led body set up to turbo-charge the region’s film, TV and games industries.

Create Central members who work in the TV sector have helped to shape the bootcamp content and are offering real-life work experience for existing gaps in their businesses, with a guaranteed job interview at the end. The WMCA and Create Central have teamed up with Solihull College & University Centre and Screen Central who will provide the skills training.

 

About the Bootcamp

The bootcamp will consist of an intensive five-week programme and a three-week real-to-life work placement in one of the region’s top TV companies for people who have the drive and commitment to work as production coordinators, researchers or runners in the TV sector.

Developed by Create Central members working in the TV sector, Solihull College & University Centre and training providers, the bootcamp will help 20 creatives gain the experience needed to become researchers, production coordinators or TV runners. The WMCA is expecting to see 29,000 new, highly skilled jobs in the region’s digital and creative industries by 2030.

The first bootcamps will focus on:

  • Researchers
  • Production Co-ordinators
  • TV Runners

Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands, said: “In the heart of the UK and the home of TV and film hits like Peaky Blinders, Citizen Khan and the Nativity franchise, there has never been a more exciting time for local residents to start a career in the creative sector. The creative industries are the fastest growing sector of the UK economy and are worth over £1 billion. We are ensuring people in the West Midlands have the right skills and talent to meet this increased demand.

“This pilot bootcamp shows we are delivering on the promises we made at the launch of Create Central, when we pledged up to £500,000 to train more people for jobs in the film, TV and games sectors.”

 

Eligibility

The successful candidate must demonstrate the following skills and attributes;

  • Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal.
  • Thrive in a fast-paced environment.
  • Dedicated to pursuing a career in the screen industry.
  • Highly organised and resourceful with ability to constantly prioritise and re-prioritise tasks.
  • A team player with a ‘can do’ attitude who is flexible and adaptable.
  • Self-starter with the ability to use their own initiative.
  • Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
  • Crazy about content making opportunities.
  • Over 21 years of age.

 

How to Apply

To start your pathway into the screen industry, submit CV and cover letter outlining how you meet the person specifications and why you want to be involved in this exciting initiative. You may submit additional supporting evidence alongside your CV. CV’s and covering letters should be emailed to createcentralbootcamps@solihull.ac.uk

The closing date for applications is Monday 9 March and the bootcamp starts in April.

 

About Create Central

Create Central was developed with national bodies including the BFI, ScreenSkills, UKie, Creative England, the Creative Industries Federation and PACT to build on the region’s existing creative and cultural talent and take it to the next level, helping to drive investment, growth and thousands of new jobs.

Chaired by international industry heavyweight Ed Shedd, Create Central’s members include Peaky Blinders writer Steven Knight and Nativity film franchise founder Debbie Isitt.

 

Collaborators

Independent TV companies from across the region are involved in the first bootcamp, including Wonder, Full Fat and the sector’s largest employer, North One.

Neil Duncanson, CEO of North One, whose Birmingham base produces Gadget Show, Fifth Gear, Travel Man and all Guy Martin’s programming, said: “It’s great for Create Central to partner with the WMCA to develop these bootcamps, so the indie TV sector can get the right talent into our businesses to meet our immediate needs.

“Create Central members are really supportive of an industry-led approach, so that further education colleges can provide as real-to-work training as possible. We are looking forward to hosting the first work placements in the next few months.”

Lisa Cleaver, head of school for visual performing arts and media at Solihull College & University Centre, said: “We are delighted to be working with the WMCA and Create Central on this exciting project. It gives us the opportunity to work alongside industry to develop meaningful training which directly prepares people for the realities of a career in the screen industry. Every aspect of this programme is being co-designed and delivered with the industry, it is set to be an engaging and exciting programme.”

Cllr Ian Brookfield, WMCA portfolio holder for economy and innovation and leader of City of Wolverhampton Council, said: “Expanding our TV and film sector is a great way of growing our economy in a way that benefits all our communities.

“We will help by equipping local people with the skills and hands-on experience they will need to land these new jobs.”

 

For more information about the pilot bootcamp, visit www.wmca.org.uk/cc-bootcamp .

 

Source: www.wmca.org.uk 

 

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