HETV TRAINING PRODUCTION/POST
Part of the scheme involves the trainees working on rushes from a Netflix documentary to craft their own short film. Audrey Duffy, Netflix manager
Making the cut
The Grierson Trust DocLab In Focus: Editing and DocLab In Focus: Production Management These twin schemes launched this year, with the backing of Netflix. There are eight people on each who will benefit from a programme of industry speakers, plus a tailor- made, paid placement of three
months, contracted to a Netflix production. Each of them will also be partnered with an industry mentor. The editing scheme has targeted
those with some post-production experience, looking to step up to assistant editor. The speaker programme has been led by acclaimed editor Claire Ferguson.
for physical production on docs, explains that the editing scheme will help to bring on more assistant editors. “We wanted to find a way to give an opportunity to people already in that space,” she explains, “to get placement with experienced editors, to give time and energy to mentor and to give experience of documentary story-telling.” The speaker programme for both
schemes, she says, will build core knowledge, “so that when they go on placement they can hit the ground running.” Care has been taken to match trainee to placement “working with each individual to find something they’re passionate about, to work with their timings and to be supportive.” Recruiting people to the
production management scheme has been largely about pivoting those with transferrable skills from other industries. Following an outreach programme, recruits have come from diverse backgrounds, including fine art, the civil service and the events business. The speaker programme will
include the topics of budgeting, health and safety, copyright clearances and embedding diversity and inclusion into a production. The Grierson Trust sees the new
courses as a natural extension to its core DocLab new entrants scheme. “Editorial is super-charged,” says Yen Yau, the director of training programmes at The Grierson Trust. “But there’s not enough attention given to the fact that the industry is also dependent on production management roles, the team who are the lynchpin of a production and do the trouble shooting.”
Tech training
UK Screen Alliance: Post Production Technical Operator Apprenticeship Created by a group of leading employers, led by Clear Cut MD, Rowan Bray and UK Screen Alliance CEO, Neil Hatton, the apprenticeship targets technical operators, machine-room operators, edit and
media assistants. It is accredited by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education and leads to a level 4 qualification, equivalent to an HNC. Two years in the making, the
development of the apprenticeship was assisted by secretariat support, paid for by the High-end TV Skills
Fund, which is administered by ScreenSkills. Over 12 months, thirteen apprentices receive nine weeks of off-the-job training at London South Bank University, as well as paid, on-the-job experience with post employers. Participants gain knowledge of bespoke working practices with their employer, as well as technical theory from the training provider, including video and audio technology, metadata and timecodes, networks and storage, codecs and files and edit assistant operations. The apprenticeship covers those
in indie in-house post departments, as well as broadcasters and dedicated post houses. For 2021, these include Company 3, Directors Cut, Dock10, Timeline, Splice Post, Clear Cut, Molinare, Roundtable, The Look, and Wild Brain. Through a deal brokered by UK
Screen Alliance, six of this year’s apprentices are being financed by
Amazon Prime Video UK. Amazon is donating over £50k of its UK apprenticeship levy to cover the training and assessment costs. The companies hosting the apprentices are doing so through a combination of 100% funding and apprenticeship levy transfer, thus allowing smaller companies with no apprenticeship levy pot of their own to take part. Hatton’s aim is to direct funds to
creating places for 40 apprentices in non-levy paying smaller companies. UK Screen Alliance has new apprenticeships coming over the next six months such as Junior 3D VFX Artist and Junior Animator, as well as the existing Junior 2D VFX Artist, Assistant Technical Director and Post-Production Technical Operator courses. “We’ve had some spectacular successes, including three credits on Hollywood movies in 18 months of apprenticeships,” says Hatton.
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