I am currently employed with Gems Tv and Gems Tv Extra, working as a technical operator. Gems TV is a reverse auction shopping channel specialising in jewellery, which broadcasts 24/7 on freeview channel 43. The company also owns Gems TV eXtra and Jewellery Maker. Continue reading
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Screenwriting Competition (Shoreline Scripts)
From Dave at Shoreline Scripts:
Shoreline Scripts is the only active standalone screenwriting competition in the UK. We wanted to create not only a competition with awards, but a platform to help get great scripts from around the world into the hands of the producers and companies that have the means to get them made. Continue reading
Getting Started in the film business (by one who knows!)
From Luke Cairns
During a normal working week here at Butchers Hook Video, I’ve come to expect at least a dozen CV’s of young people interested in breaking into the film business in the UK.
Now it is widely known that getting a break in the business is difficult, so in this article I’ll attempt to address this and offer some tips I’ve picked up along my career from lowly runner to corporate video producer working with Fortune 500 companies.
Channel 4 Apprenticeships
From Medianation, via our Twitter feed:
So you want a C4 apprenticeship? Do you dream of bagging one of Channel 4’s paid apprenticeships? Well, we don’t blame you. Now Channel 4 is giving 30 prospective future apprentices the opportunity to find out more about its apprenticeships by attending an exclusive National Apprenticeship Week event from 9.30am on Tuesday 7 February in London. More Register now.
Laptoptag
From graduate George Horne:
Check out my a new project with Proof where we’ll be working with Vimeo Staff to promote a joint initiative called ‘Laptoptag’.
LAPTOPTAG from Proof Studio on Vimeo.
Part Time Post
From Marcella:
Women in Film & TV – Part-Time Administrator
25 hours p/w, 10am – 3pm daily – £16,800 pro rata. Closing date February 3rd. Interviews February 8th.
We are currently looking for a dynamic and resourceful individual to join our busy office to carry out day-to-day administrative tasks and provide support to our small team. This role is initially offered as a 6 month fixed-term contract, with a view to it becoming a permanent role should business needs permit.
*pro-rata salary equivalent to £12,000 per annum
Warner Bros. Lecture
Lincoln School of Media Special Event: ” Warner Bros. An Illustrated History” By Visiting Professor Eric Hartley Senat, Film Producer and former Senior Vice-President of WB
EMMTEC Conference Centre, University of LincolnTuesday 31 January, 2-5 and 6-9pm.
No need to book. Just turn up at the EMMTEC lecture theatre, either at 2pm or at 6pm.
TV studios get a makeover
Our TV studios at have been newly upgraded to include some of the latest lighting and camera technologies, bringing the facilities up to full multi-camera and HD specification.
LSM Special Event
Monday 23 January 2012, 6-7.30pm [with refreshments from 5.30pm]
Visiting Professor in Television Alex Graham (Wall to Wall Productions) “THE OTHER 99% – DEMYSTIFYING CREATIVITY”
Co-op lecture theatre, Main Admin Building ALL WELCOME
Wall to Wall CEO Alex Graham has been a leading figure in UK independent television production sector for almost 30 years.
Laura Payne, class of 2010
In September 2010 I graduated with a 2:1 in Media Production. In the midst of rising graduate unemployment, I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to get a job in television. Little did I know that a year later I would achieve my first TV Credits as ‘Offline Editor’ for a new children’s TV series: Cartoonito Tales.
Show Reel from Laura Payne on Vimeo.