Digital Media Education Cornwall - Production Assistant Masterclass - Raindance

Raindance Film Training - Production Assistant Masterclass

With    Carl Schoenfeld

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Date    7th May 2005 

Time    tbc

Venue The Directors Guild of Great Britain
            8 Flitcroft Street
            London
            WC2H 8DL

Cost    £125 + VAT (10% discount to members)

Film Training by Raindance

If you have made a short, perhaps you have a degree, but in any case you want a job in TV & Film production, this o­ne day seminar is designed to show you which doors are most likely to open and how to take advantage of opportunities. In the creative and media industries, many decision makers acquired their positions by first assisting, then supporting and finally superseding those people they initially supported. Some learn how the industry works and set up their own businesses, often with former colleagues and sometimes college friends. This course provides participants with a clear career plan, explains where doors may open more easily, how to make friends with gate keepers and raises issues prospective employers like to discuss.

Carl Schoenfeld has been producing films as well as TV and running production companies in London for 12 years. Some of his former trainees and assistants have gone o­n to work in TV (including the BBC) setting up their own companies and producing their own programmes.

Programme

AM: Get into the Film & TV Industries

• What a Producer does: Overview project and company development, finance, legal
• Employers: Who will give you what job and why they would answer your cold call
• CV & Reel Guide: Show how useful and versatile you can be (Computer, hobbies, languages, web
• The Interview: What you have to prove
• The 'Movie Factory': How does it grow and who does what? In which area do you want to work

PM: Survive in the Film & TV Industries

• What a Producer may delegate: Where do you fit in?
• Tasks to pass o­n: Script, casting, budget and location recce, script assessment, responding to enquiries, setting up and maintaining script logs, production files and To Do' lists, Heath & Safety, call sheets & progress reports, weekly production newsletter
• Rise and shine: identify projects and discover new talent for the company
• Show me the money: Contracts, credits, risks and payment structures
• Win o­ne battle, go o­n to the next