When? 26th – 30th March 2012
Where? Galeri, Caernarfon
NB: If you’ve been made redundant then you can apply to get the cost of the course covered by REACT funding.
Are you an ambitious programme-maker working in the TV, film or digital industries in Wales?
Are you keen to develop your creativity and work opportunities?
The Preditor Programme is an intensive 5-day training course to give producers, directors, APs and others the practical skills to shoot and edit their own broadcast-quality video.
Taught by award-winning filmmakers, this ‘hands on’ course will equip delegates with the technical and directorial skills needed to self-shoot with confidence (on either the Canon XF305 or Sony EX3) and then edit (on FCP or Avid) to create taster-tapes or rough cuts for broadcast programmes, or online video content.
As part of Skillset Cymru’s Skills for the Digital Economy Programme, the course, run by DV Talent, has been commissioned in response to the growing demand for multi-skilling programme makers in West Wales and the Valleys including North West Wales. There will be two runs of this course, the first in mid-March and the 2nd in May (TBC).
Eligible freelancers pay as little as £120. (NB: If you’ve been made redundant then you can apply to get the cost of the course covered by REACT funding.)
In addition to learning how to use the camera, sound equipment, basic three-point lighting, and editing software, this course also teaches participants the crucial grammar of film-making, including:
o How to structure sequences and get shots needed for the edit,
o How to frame and compose shots,
o how to cut shots together,
o How to log and storyboard shoots, film interviews, GVs and observationally
The course has been designed so that participants work through progressively more challenging modules – from basic camera skills, to filming controllable action and then observational filming) before moving the post-production including managing the tapeless workflow, and editing to produce a short film/taster tape.
PRACTICAL MATTERS
6 places are available on each of two courses. Participants are required to contribute £500 plus Vat to the course cost, although eligible freelancers can apply for bursaries to cover 80% of these fees.
Who is this for? Producers, Directors, Assistant Producers, Development Producers, Researchers and others working in the film, TV or digital industries
Where? Galeri, Caernarfon
When? 26th – 30th March 2012
Cost? £500 + VAT NB: Eligible freelancers can apply for a Skillset Cymru Freelance Bursary to be used towards this course lowering cost to as little as £120 inc VAT:
Please note: To be eligible for the course, you must either live or work in the ‘Convergence‘ regions of West Wales and the Valleys including North West Wales.
More information: Skillset Cymru’s Skills for the Digital Economy Programme
To register, or if you have any questions, please email [email protected] or call 0207 267 2300
“This activity is being carried out as part of Skillset Cymru’s £4.5m Skills for the Digital Economy Programme. The Programme is backed with £2.7m from the European Social Fund through the Welsh Government, with the rest of the funds provided by Welsh broadcaster S4C, the trade association for independent producers in film and television in Wales, Teledwyr Annibynnol Cymru (TAC) and Skillset Cymru.”
“Skillset is the Creative Industries’ Sector Skills Council (SSC). SSCs are licensed by the UK Government and by Ministers in the devolved administrations to tackle the skills and productivity challenges by sector. They are independent, UK-wide organisations, are employer-led, and actively involve trade unions, professional bodies and other stakeholders in their industries. www.skillset.org”