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Essential Skills for Film & Drama Production Coordinators LONDON 1 - 2 Feb
This two-day core-skills course - majority funded by ScreenSkills - is ideal for anyone wanting to move into Drama Production
Co-ordination. It provides a thorough understanding of the role and responsibilities and is based on real life experiences across
multiple film and drama productions. From setting up a location shoot to generating a progress report, this introductory course
covers the key ingredients for Production Co-ordination. More details here
ADDITIONAL BURSARIES ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH COURSE FEES. PLEASE EMAIL training@dvtalent.co.uk FOR DETAILS.
*** Due to demand, also running 22-23 Feb 2020***
This two-day core-skills course - majority funded by ScreenSkills - is ideal for anyone wanting to move into Drama Production
Co-ordination. It provides a thorough understanding of the role and responsibilities and is based on real life experiences across
multiple film and drama productions. From setting up a location shoot to generating a progress report, this introductory course
covers the key ingredients for Production Co-ordination. More details here
ADDITIONAL BURSARIES ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH COURSE FEES. PLEASE EMAIL training@dvtalent.co.uk FOR DETAILS.
*** Due to demand, also running 22-23 Feb 2020***
Line Producer/Production Management for High End TV and Film. Cardiff 25-26 Jan 29 Jan, 1 Feb
Production Managing is challenging, exciting and a critical role for any production. Whatever genre you work in, this modular course will furnish you with a thorough knowledge base of the critical skills necessary to become an excellent and effective PM. Using interactive seminars, practical exercises, workshops and industry examples, you will come away a strong foundation with which to build your career further and excel as a PM. It is suitable for new Production Managers, Production Coordinators, 1st AD's and other grades wanting to move into the role of Production Manager.
Course content: The course consists of four modules to be run across two weekends. Course participants can pick and choose to do one or the two weekends. This course is run in association with Cult Cymru. More details here
Production Managing is challenging, exciting and a critical role for any production. Whatever genre you work in, this modular course will furnish you with a thorough knowledge base of the critical skills necessary to become an excellent and effective PM. Using interactive seminars, practical exercises, workshops and industry examples, you will come away a strong foundation with which to build your career further and excel as a PM. It is suitable for new Production Managers, Production Coordinators, 1st AD's and other grades wanting to move into the role of Production Manager.
Course content: The course consists of four modules to be run across two weekends. Course participants can pick and choose to do one or the two weekends. This course is run in association with Cult Cymru. More details here
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PRODUCTION MANAGING in FILM AND TV in conjunction with BECTU We held two incredibly successful five day courses in Salford and London. We proud to say we are now developing a "Step Up to Line Producing" Course in association with ScreenSkills which will run across the UK throughout 2020 so watch this space! Click here for more details of our previous PM course. Click here for testimonials of the original ScreenSkills/Bectu course |
This 5 day modular course covering all the essentials for being a PM in Film and TV ran in London and Manchester in both 2017 and 2018 with great success. The course was run in association with Bectu and ScreenSkill's film skills levy fund. Course attendees could pick and choose which modules to attend, thereby tailoring their learning. If you're interested in finding out more Click on this link for more details. "The course has proven to be amazing and I'm so happy I went! I'll definitely recommend it to anyone. " "Thanks again for a really great week, it was incredibly beneficial, insightful and most of all bloody useful." …Addie is great at making it understandable an interesting Another great course, I am learning so much. I was looking for a course that would give concise information on LP/PM and their role. This was what I was looking for. |
HIGH END TV LEADERSHIP TRAINING : As recently discussed on a panel at the Edinburgh TV Festival. To watch the 30 minute panel, click here
The scale and volume of today's TV drama productions means that HoDs are increasingly required to run larger teams and manage staff. The ScreenSkills' craft and tech working group identified this and commissioned a bespoke course for high-end TV productions to introduce leadership and management essentials for their HoDs.
The half-day course runs nationwide and covers:
The scale and volume of today's TV drama productions means that HoDs are increasingly required to run larger teams and manage staff. The ScreenSkills' craft and tech working group identified this and commissioned a bespoke course for high-end TV productions to introduce leadership and management essentials for their HoDs.
The half-day course runs nationwide and covers:
- team management
- crewing up
- managing performance
- dealing with bullying and harassment
- personality styles
- unconscious bias
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The creation of an effective and efficient schedule is crucial for any production and this course will take you from the start to the finish. Beginning with breaking down a drama script into elements, you will learn the key drivers of a great schedule and will have a step by step interactive introduction to Movie Magic 6 scheduling software. You will use the software and together we will create a production schedule and learn how to manipulate it according to changes within a production. This course will also look at real life problems that can occur on a a drama shoot and how as a 1st AD or PM we can handle them effectively. If you would prefer a bespoke one-to-one, click here |
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This course gives a thorough overview of the latest Movie Magic Budgeting 7.6 software. You will be shown how to use the programme and then will spend time putting into practice what you've learned in a fun and informative way. We will go through the process of setting up a budget from scratch and navigating through the software. We will cover the four major budgeting steps within the Movie Magic: 1) Creating a broad category of accounts in the Topsheet; 2) Create accounts in the Accounts Level; 3) Setting up tables: Units; Globals; Groups; Fringes; Locations; Sets and Currencies; 4) Create details, applying the Fringes, Globals, Groups as necessary. By the end of the day you will have gained experience in setting up a budget, manipulating a budget and printing and sharing budget revisions.
If you would prefer a bespoke one-to-one click here |
Equality and Leadership Masterclass
Recruiting brilliant, diverse teams is critical to our productions’ success. This half day course looks in depth at how to do this effectively, how to motivate our teams, manage performance and how to deal with issues sensitively and pragmatically.
It recognises the impact that different leadership and personality styles can have on a production, looks at the moral and business case for positive action, the Equality Act and course attendees will come away feeling confident that their leadership toolkit has a few more tools in it, ready to put into practice.
For details including how to book, click here
Recruiting brilliant, diverse teams is critical to our productions’ success. This half day course looks in depth at how to do this effectively, how to motivate our teams, manage performance and how to deal with issues sensitively and pragmatically.
It recognises the impact that different leadership and personality styles can have on a production, looks at the moral and business case for positive action, the Equality Act and course attendees will come away feeling confident that their leadership toolkit has a few more tools in it, ready to put into practice.
For details including how to book, click here