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:
Two Essential Workshops for Production - SALFORD
Tuesday 17th October 2017 From: 5-9pm
Venue MediaCityUK, SALFORD
M50 2ST
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Tuesday 17th October 2017
The PMA presents
TWO ESSENTIAL WORKSHOPS FOR PRODUCTION
On the 7th, The Landing, Blue Tower, MediaCityUK, Salford, M50 2ST
Please come and join us for one or both of the workshops, which will include networking and refreshments afterwards. We do hope that you can join us at what promises to be an informative and fun evening.
The workshops are FREE to members and non-members. Please book your place in advance for catering purposes, indicating the session(s) you want to attend. RSVP: [email protected]
Masterclass – secret filming and recording for television
Hosted by Nigel Abbas
5pm - 6pm AND REPEATED AT 7.30pm - 8.30pm
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
Nigel Abbas, is a leading TV media lawyer and Founder of Abbas Media Law. To find out more about Nigel Abbas, Abbas Media Law and the services offered, visit www.abbasmedialaw.com
Music Licensing for Independent Production Companies
Hosted by PRS for Music
6.15pm - 7.15pm
In this session, PRS for Music will outline the licensing process for production managers working in the independent sector. Topics that will be covered include:
- PRS for Music and MCPS: the differences between the two and how this relates to production companies
- The IPC Scheme: How to get a licence, pricing, cue sheet submission, and music rights
- MCPS Production Music; simple, affordable licensing.
PRS for Music represents the rights of over 125,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in the UK. As a membership organisation it ensures creators are paid whenever their music is played, performed or reproduced, championing the importance of copyright to protect and support the UK music industry.
The licensing of MCPS rights is handled by PRS for Music. MCPS Production Music offers quality production music written by professional songwriters and composers.
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.