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:
Making TV: how not to get sued, fined etc
Thursday 18th May 2023 From: 5-6.30pm
Venue Online Training via Zoom
PRODUCERS’ BOOTCAMP:
MAKING TELLY - HOW NOT TO GET SUED, FINED, OR SENT TO JAIL
Presented by the team at ABBAS Media Law
Thursday 18th May 2023, 5pm - 6.30pm
Via Zoom
This online session will explore key areas of media law and regulation that can, and sometimes do, land TV producers and broadcasters in hot water.
Covering defamation, privacy and contempt laws, as well as Ofcom’s and the ICO’s regulatory regimes, it will explain:
- how the law and regulation apply to the production and broadcast of audio-visual content in the UK
- where the ‘elephant traps’ lie for unsuspecting producers, and
- how best to avoid them.
This interactive session will be brought to life with ‘hypotheticals’ and references to real-world cases and will have time allocated for questions. It s suitable for production managers and producers of all levels of experience, from those just starting out to seasoned heads of production.
Presented by: Nigel Abbas, Mauny Wright, Paul Schaefer.
Subtitling is available with this session.
This event is open to anyone. FREE for members of the PMA. £40 for anyone else. Payment in advance via Paypal. RSVP by clicking the REGISTER for EVENT button or email [email protected].
ABBAS Media Law is a specialist law firm advising the television, VOD, film, advertising and publishing industries. Staff at ABBAS are experts in all aspects of the law and regulation affecting these sectors and advise many of the UK’s leading broadcasters, independent production companies and other content producers. The firm provides a full legal, compliance and business affairs service. For further information see 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.