Training We Offer

You do NOT need to be a member of the PMA to take part in this training.

We normally provide a variety of workshops and training sessions countrywide. Currently all training is taking place via Zoom.

At Production Manager level we offer topics ranging from legal issues such as compliance and music licensing, to Health & Safety and tax issues. We also cover technical topics relating to production and the current pandemic situation.

For more junior people, we offer a variety of entry level and limited experience sessions, which are open to all - bursaries are sometimes available via Screenskills.


Training events are FREE to members with fees charged for non-members. Prices vary from session to session. Places are limited according to each type of event.

See upcoming session below:

Masterclass – secret filming and recording for TV

Wednesday 11th October 2017 From: 6.30-9pm

Venue 01zero-One
Hopkins Street
Soho
London
W1F 0HS

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Masterclass – secret filming and recording for television

Date: Wednesday 11th October  2017

Time: 6.30pm for 7pm start

Location: 01zero-One, Hopkins street, London W1F 0HS

Nigel Abbas, a leading tv media lawyer and Founder of Abbas Media Law, will lead this session on secret filming for television.

Secret filming is a powerful journalistic tool which can greatly assist programme-makers and broadcasters seeking to expose wrongdoing and other matters in the public interest. At the same time, it can be used in entertainment formats, often delivering hilarious results.

Whatever the genre, however, be it for current affairs or entertainment, secret filming is likely to amount to a serious infringement of the privacy rights of those being recorded, and there are numerous rules and regulations that need to be followed.

This session will identify and explain the many and varied issues associated with secret filming and how best to minimise legal and regulatory risk. 

The session will cover:

  • What constitutes secret filming?
  • Privacy rights: secret filming, the law, and Ofcom’s rules
  • When secret filming is justified
  • Secret filming in the public interest
  • Secret filming for entertainment purposes
  • Processes which must be followed before undertaking secret filming, and again before broadcasting footage obtained by secret filming
  • Going undercover - best practice tips and guidance
  • Secret filming and trespass
  • Filming using drones
  • Other general issues
  • Your questions answered

Free to PMA members    £28 for others 

Wine, soft drinks and sandwiches provided.

If you would like to attend please RSVP [email protected]

To find out more about Nigel Abbas, Abbas Media Law and the services offered, visit www.abbasmedialaw.com

Our Sponsors

The PMA is sponsored by a variety of companies in the film and television industry. We have a long-standing relationship with many of them dating back to the PMA’s inception in 1991.

PMA members benefit from the information and services that our sponsors can provide, while sponsors gain access to the upper echelon of Production Managers in the UK who are major purchasers for the industry.

Become a sponsor

We only have one sponsor per area of business but occasionally opportunities to become a sponsor of the PMA do arise.

Sponsors get the chance to meet our members several times a year, host parties, explain their services and write for our magazine The Bottom Line.

For more information on sponsorship, please contact us.