Check out our upcoming events and register your interest. Allowing our courses to be experienced in real-time, our events offer practical training for hands-on skills essential for Below the Line work.
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: All Levels Is it a useful job hunting tool or corporate MySpace. If you even remember what that was… We’ll walk you through creating an eye catching profile, how to fit your screen credits into the LinkedIn format and how to utilise it to help you connect to the right people to find work.
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: All Levels The screen industry recruits through friends and recommendations. The good news about this is that everyone, initially, doesn’t know anyone. We’ll cover how to create a screen ready CV, the role of crew agencies, credits and how to find work.
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Early Career When you’re ready to step up this day long course will cover the key aspects of the role – both practical, technical, and soft skills. You’ll learn about budgets and schedules, practice negotiation and problem solving, discover how to handle difficult conversations and improve your time management and communication skills.
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Entry Level. No prior experience necessary Everyone talks about running being the entry level job for the screen industry, but what actually is a runner? What do you spend your days doing? What do you need to know in advance and how do you make the most of every opportunity.
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: All Levels We’ll discuss how to go about finding new team members. How to conduct interviews with people you’ve never met before hiring them. How to do reference checks. And how to bring them into a new team.
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Entry Level. This fast paced 2 hour event will bring you up close and personal with people who work in the crew roles. You’ll hear about the range of jobs available, from the people who do them and have the chance to talk to them directly to see if they might be of […]
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: All Levels Let’s get practical about how you make productions culturally safe for all your team. We’ll consider specific examples of systems that have worked and provide some cheat sheets to help you create a culturally safe workplace.
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Mid Career Plus Are you an HOD but would love to know about how to successfully manage a team? Or would you like to step up as a Head of Department but you’re lacking in the management skills required? The workshops have been developed in consultation with highly experienced UK HOD Trainer, Adelina Orfila. […]
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: All Levels Let’s talk more about how we deal with bad behaviour in our team. How do you define “bad behaviour” appropriately? We’ll go through some techniques to help handle this behaviour – from serious to annoying. What resources should you have to call on? How to get the help you need to […]
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: All Levels Never has there been such a loaded question! You’ve finally got the call for the job and they now want to know your rate. This session will cover how to work out your rate, how to value your work, super and of course how to negotiate.
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Entry Level This workshop will introduce you to the work that the Locations Department and its various members do. You’ll gain an understanding of location sourcing, contracts, filming permits and how to take recce photos. You’ll also discover how to find work if you’re interested in starting a new career.
