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Essential Skills for Film & Drama Production Coordinators LONDON 22-23 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.
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.
Line Producer/Production Management for High End TV and Film. Cardiff 29 Feb/1 March
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
STEP-UP LINE PRODUCING PROGRAMME: London, Cardiff and Manchester March, April & May
BECTU is proud to announce our new Step-Up to Line Producing Programme. This programme is supported by the ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund with contributions from UK high-end TV productions
Focussing on the key responsibilities and role of the line producer, this Step-Up training weekend will cover all aspects of the role including setting up a production, recruiting effectively, legal requirements, necessary documentation, scheduling, budgeting, working internationally, dealing with co-productions and much more. Consisting of masterclasses, seminars, case study exercises and group work all based on real and current examples, this weekend will also focus on challenging topics such as how to deal appropriately if there is an allegation of bullying and harassment, dealing with different personality types and managing performance effectively.
This is an intense weekend of training designed to give you the skills and competencies you need to take the step up from Production Manager to Line Producer. As such, we anticipate that you will have experience in the role of Production Manager in High End TV.
Step Up to Line Producing Course – London March 21st and 22nd 2020
https://stepup_line_producing_london1.eventbrite.co.uk
Step Up to Line Producing Course – Manchester April 18th and 19th 2020
https://stepup_line_producing_manchester2.eventbrite.co.uk
Step Up to Line Producing – London May 2nd and 3rd 2020
https://stepup_line_producing_london3.eventbrite.co.uk
If you have any questions, or require any further details, please email asurtees@bectu.org.uk
Click here for testimonials of the original ScreenSkills/Bectu course
BECTU is proud to announce our new Step-Up to Line Producing Programme. This programme is supported by the ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund with contributions from UK high-end TV productions
Focussing on the key responsibilities and role of the line producer, this Step-Up training weekend will cover all aspects of the role including setting up a production, recruiting effectively, legal requirements, necessary documentation, scheduling, budgeting, working internationally, dealing with co-productions and much more. Consisting of masterclasses, seminars, case study exercises and group work all based on real and current examples, this weekend will also focus on challenging topics such as how to deal appropriately if there is an allegation of bullying and harassment, dealing with different personality types and managing performance effectively.
This is an intense weekend of training designed to give you the skills and competencies you need to take the step up from Production Manager to Line Producer. As such, we anticipate that you will have experience in the role of Production Manager in High End TV.
Step Up to Line Producing Course – London March 21st and 22nd 2020
https://stepup_line_producing_london1.eventbrite.co.uk
Step Up to Line Producing Course – Manchester April 18th and 19th 2020
https://stepup_line_producing_manchester2.eventbrite.co.uk
Step Up to Line Producing – London May 2nd and 3rd 2020
https://stepup_line_producing_london3.eventbrite.co.uk
If you have any questions, or require any further details, please email asurtees@bectu.org.uk
Click here for testimonials of the original ScreenSkills/Bectu course
ScreenSkills Skills to Screen, Inclusive Leadership Course
Bristol, March 19th. 1830
Details here
ScreenSkills is seeking film and TV industry professionals to take part in a networking event with career changers with transferable skills who are interested in working in the production office, locations and electrical department.
In return, we are offering a free ‘inclusive leadership’ recruitment and management session.
Delivered by Addie Orfila Training on Thursday 19 March at The Bottle Yard Studios, this workshop will cover a range of leadership essentials including managing teams and performance, identifying different personality styles and dealing with bullying and harassment. Participants will then be invited to a networking event on Wednesday 8 April to meet career changers looking to work in film and television.
ScreenSkills Skills to Screen: Bristol, in association with Calling the Shots is supported by ScreenSkills using National Lottery funds awarded by the BFI as part of the Future Film Skills programme.
Bristol, March 19th. 1830
Details here
ScreenSkills is seeking film and TV industry professionals to take part in a networking event with career changers with transferable skills who are interested in working in the production office, locations and electrical department.
In return, we are offering a free ‘inclusive leadership’ recruitment and management session.
Delivered by Addie Orfila Training on Thursday 19 March at The Bottle Yard Studios, this workshop will cover a range of leadership essentials including managing teams and performance, identifying different personality styles and dealing with bullying and harassment. Participants will then be invited to a networking event on Wednesday 8 April to meet career changers looking to work in film and television.
ScreenSkills Skills to Screen: Bristol, in association with Calling the Shots is supported by ScreenSkills using National Lottery funds awarded by the BFI as part of the Future Film Skills programme.
HIGH END TV LEADERSHIP TRAINING : As discussed 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.
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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