OTHER INDUSTRY TRAINING COURSES

FILM SCHOOLS

National Film & Television School
Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
Bucks HP9 1LG
T: 01494 671234
www.nfts.co.uk or info@nfts.co.uk

Production ManagEment Diplomas - A 12 month full time Diploma course for new entrants. Alternating training modules with practical experience, students spend up to 26 weeks working on professional supervised student productions. Key skills covered include Production Management, Production Co-ordination, AssITAnt Directing, Location Management, Research and CONTINUITY.

Shortcourses@NFTS is the professional training arm of the NFTS, offering short courses to industry professionals in Documentary Production Management, Drama Production Management, Production Accounting and Continuity among others. Some courses are at subsidised rates for freelancers through the assistance of the Freelance Training Fund.

London Academy of Media, Film & TV
www.media-courses.com

Offer a wide variety of media related courses including Production management, TV Production and music video production training. Their Production Management course covers the principles and practices of the role of the Production Manager in film and single camera television drama production. Involving lecture and hands-on exercise students will learn the functions of production management including script breakdown, scheduling, budgeting, locations, cast, crew and paperwork.

Courses run daytime, evenings or weekends and vary in length.
From £239

UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES

Bournemouth Media School
Bournemouth Univesity
Talbot Campus
Fern Barrow
Poole
Dorset BH12 5BB
T: 01202 595360
www.media.bournemouth.ac.uk

Offer a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate courses ranging from BA Televison Production to Television and Video Production

University of Ulster
University of Ulster School of Media & Performing Arts
T: 08700 400 700
www.ulster.ac.uk

MA in Film and Television Management and Policy

This programme will address the need for enhanced management skills in relation to media production and the creative industries. There will be a particular emphasis on the industries in Northern Ireland, but the course content is intended to be applicable across a range of contexts, so students from elsewhere will be welcome. The course is not intended to provide production training as such but to develop the entrepreneurial skills, cultural awareness, organizational understanding, project management abilities and creativity of those already engaged in, or intending to engage in, media production at a range of levels. The course will have a particular emphasis on concept development and on the managerial competences needed to realize a concept, including financial management and project planning. Project work will include script development. The curriculum is being designed and will be delivered in close partnership with the media industries in Northern Ireland.

University of Wolverhampton
Wulfruna Street
Wolverhampton WV1 1SB
Course enquiries: 01902 32 22 22
www.wlv.ac.uk

The school of Humanities, Languages & Social Studies at the university offers a BA (Hons) in Media & Cultural Studies and in Media & Communications

Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
Walden Road
Chislehurst
Kent BR7 5SN
T: 020 8289 4903/020 8289 4900
Contact: Michael O’Sullivan, Commercial Training Manager
E: m.osullivan@rave.ac.uk
info@rave.ac.uk
www.rave.ac.uk

Offer a variety of short courses including:
Financing your Production for RV
TV Production Management

Finding Contributors – Book that Guest…Now!
The Dark Art of Scheduling for Drama
TV Production Overview
From Concept to Pitch – Programme Pre-Production
Researching for TV
The Art of Production Co-ordination

Costs approx £350.00 for a 2-day Course

South Thames College
Course enquiries: 020 8918 7777
E: studentservices@south-thames.ac.uk
www.south-thames.ac.uk

Offer various media courses and an Introduction to Low-Budget Film Production

ORGANISATIONS

SKILLSET
Prospect House
80-110 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1HB
T: 020 7520 5757
F: 020 7520 5758
Career helpline: 080 80 300 900
E: info@skillset.org
www.skillset.org/careers

The Industry Training Organisation for Broadcast, Film and Video, SKILLSET publishes a careers pack which contains useful, down-to-earth advice. It is responsible for developing and promoting the industry’s National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs)
and carrying out research. It also administers the Freelance Training Fund.

FT2 Training Scheme
FT2 – Film and Television Training
Moira Tait
Placement Co-ordinator
FT2, 3rd Floor
18-20 Southwark Street
London SE1 1TJ
Tel: 020 7407 0344
Fax: 020 7407 0366
Contact: Sharon Goode, Director and Emma Marron & Moira Tait, Placement Coordinators
www.ft2.org.uk

FT2 runs a training scheme for new entrants to the industry, which includes work placements.

BBC Training and Development
35 Marylebone High Street
London W1U 4PX
T: 0870 122 0216
F: 0870 122 0145
E: training@bbc.co.uk

Offer numerous courses and career information including:

Factual Production Management

Intensive course for factual PM’s covers the key skills required from today’s Production Managers; financial and team management, rights and contracting, production planning and scheduling.

Run twice a year at Elstree Centre 5 days £950

Also do a course in Post Production Paperwork

Documentary Filmmakers Group
4th Floor
Shacklewell Studios
28 Shacklewell Lane
London E8 2EZ
T: 020 7249 6600
E: info@dfgdocs.com
www.dfgdocs.com
Contact: Deborah Kingsland, Head of Training and Development

DFG is the national organisation working to promote documentary filmmaking talent and innovation in the UK. We are the leading provider of industry-focused training for both established and aspiring documentary filmmakers, and our tutors are first-class practicing broadcast professionals. Unusually for a training provider, we also share staff and premises with a broadcast production company, the award-winning Mosaic Films.

We run a continuous series of short courses in all aspects of documentary filmmaking, ranging in length from one day to four weeks. Details of all these courses can be found on our website www.dfgdocs.com

Upcoming courses in production management:

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Monday 26 – Friday 30 November 2007

Acquire the skills and knowledge needed to take on the role of the production manager. Specialist guest speakers, interactive seminars and exercises all feature in this intensive five-day course.

Please visit our website www.dfgdocs.com or ring Laura or Jenny for more information 020 7249 6600

NPA New Producers Alliance
T: 020 7613 0440
E: queries@npa.org.uk
www.npa.org.uk

Offer Producer Training and short courses which can be booked online in advance
Next course available:
Budget and Schedule for a Feature Film
£175.00

Raindance Festivals Ltd
81 Berwick Street
London W1F 8TW
T: 020 7287 3833

Ahead Training Ltd

Runs a post production awarness course that might interest PM`s and PC`s. They run each of these courses throughout the year about once a monthm the cost of AT030 Post production awarness is £286 + VAT and cost of this course is greatly reduced if qualified for a bursary.

All funded places are distributed based on your complicity with Skillset`s two sets of funding criteria (i.e. for Filmskills Funding and for TV Freelance funding), this criteria is included in the Bursary Application. If you want more information, please click here:

www.skillset.org/funding

or contact Jo Beighton at Ahead Training Ltd. 0800 043 0025

PMA Training

The Communications Experts

PMA Training works not only with the media but with any organisation needing help to improve the quality of its writing and communications. They offer many popular courses, see their welbsite for more information:

www.pma-group.com

alternatively, they can send you a full course description with proposed dates.

Contact Melanie Gilbert or Vicky Chandler on 01480 300 653

or email: training@pma-group.com

Media Training Ltd

Media Training is the recognised UK market leader in professional training for the design, publishing, internet, communication and print industries.

This site provides detailed outlines for over 170 professional, practical and effective training courses covering web development and design, print design, digital repro, video production, video editing, photography, animation, writing and journalism.

For more information please contact Julian Woodfield on 020 7359 9855 or at julian@mediatraining.ltd.uk

or visit the website at www.mediatraining.ltd.uk

The Indie Training Fund (formerly The PACT Short Course Programme)

Short Course Training for Indies – New Dates Announced

The Pact short course programme is back…but with a new name, a new brand and a new venue. The Indie Training Fund brings you all the same popular courses and tutors with plenty more top quality training at great prices. Kicking off in July, we’re running some brand new courses...

If you’re running a small business or trying to get a project off the ground or you’re a freelancer wanting to bag the best jobs, don’t miss Marketing Yourself and Your Business. Find your USP and boost your confidence with this personal presentation skills workshop that focuses on tangible results.

Aimed at researchers and APs, Single Camera Directing looks at the basics of directing, from camera kit, to visual story telling, to post production, in one action packed day; a perfect introduction for everyone faced with multitasking.

Don’t miss these and some of our old favourites; details on the the website below…

We’re working on a new website and online bookings system but in the meantime drop us a line at bookings@indietrainingfund.com

Indie Training Fund
ITF has taken over Pact Training...
more details at http://www.indietrainingfund.com <http://www.indietrainingfund.com />

Indie Training Fund
18 –20 Southwark Street
3rd Floor
London
SE1 1TJ

E-mail: pma@pma.org.uk : Website: www.pma.org.uk : Phone: 020 8758 8699