Film Programmes and Placement Lead Celia Small and High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager Vicki Ball were joined by trainee alumni and current industry professionals to give prospective applicants the latest information on the Trainee Finder programme. Esther Rowland, HETV Junior New Entrant Coordinator asked questions from the audience.
The webinar covered how the programme is run, eligibility criteria, top tips for applications and much more.
This is a recording of an online event that took place on 16 October 2024 and was funded by the Film and High-end TV Skills Funds. The event was signed by a BSL interpreter and there are closed captions.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
Hello and welcome, everyone, to this year's application launch of ScreenSkills Trainee Finder
2025-26 for Film, High-End, and Children's TV. We hope you enjoyed our high-end TV showreel showing some fantastic productions that ScreenSkills has worked with over the years and as you joined the webinar, you would have also seen some still images on the screen of the variety of productions that our trainees had worked on, from such things as Slow Horses to Saltburn.
I’m Celia. I am a white female with brown hair which is up at the moment. I'm wearing glasses and a blue top and I am the Film Programmes and Placements Lead, and it's great to see that so many of you have been able to join. I think we've got about 1,600, which is a record for us, which is fabulous.
Thank you all so much for taking the time to join today. This event is being interpreted into British Sign Language and Zoom captioning is available, which you can turn on yourselves at the bottom of the screen on your Zoom toolbar. The session will run for about an hour, and as we're using the webinar function, we sadly can't see or hear you. But we do have the Q&A function open, and you can submit your questions by the Q&A box at the bottom of this window. I can see a few of you are using the chat box to chat to the host and panellists, which is fabulous, but none of your questions will be answered in the chat box. You will need to put it in the Q&A box, which is a couple of boxes along to get your questions answered.
We have a team behind the scenes who'll be answering these live and they'll get to as many as possible, so please bear with them. However, we would advise that before submitting your question, you sit back, relax, and listen carefully to at least the first half of the session, as it may be, and probably will be the case, that your question will be answered within the presentation that we're giving. We'll also be putting some questions forward to the programme managers a bit later on. As this webinar will be recorded and will be hosted on our website in the coming days, so do keep a lookout where you'll be able to rewatch it there. At the end of the session, we will also be sharing a link to a Padlet, which will include all the resources, the web links, the advice, that we'll be discussing in today's session.
Vicki Ball - High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
Hello, I'm Vicki Ball, I'm a white woman with blonde short hair, and I'm wearing a green top today. I'm the Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach manager in our high-end TV department. So before we get into the application details, we just wanted to update you on some changes to the programme this year. So this year, the Children's TV Skills Fund, the Film Skills Fund and High-End TV Skills Fund are coming together to deliver a single ScreenSkills trainee programme, creating more access to training opportunities across the UK. The move reflects how the workforce is evolving, and the need to encourage people at any early stage in their careers to think broadly about opportunities to develop their skills and build their experience across more than one genre. ScreenSkills Trainee Finder is a year-long programme that aims to find placements for around 250 people. Participants become part of an industry recognised group of trainees and become eligible to put their CVs forward for training placements across the UK.
So during the year, the programme offers training and the opportunity to start and develop your career with the support of ScreenSkills and the industry. Throughout the year trainees will also receive pastoral support from our teams to ensure you get the most out of your time on the programme.
So over the next hour, we'll be running you through how the Trainee Finder programme works, the eligibility criteria and tips on applications. We'll be joined by a selection of panellists and speakers to talk about Trainee Finder, and how it can help you to launch your career in the screen industry.
We have Jasmin John, Mike Whittaker, and Ziggy Gaji, who have all previously been trainees on the programme, to tell you a bit about their experience. We have Priya Bhakta who is a production manager across both film and high-end TV productions, and she's going to provide some insight into what productions look for in a trainee and detail her experience of using the Trainee Finder programme. First, I'm going to hand over to Celia, who's going to tell you more about the film productions that work with us.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
Thank you very much, Vicki. So as I mentioned, I work in the film department and in a film we work with productions from across the UK. So far this year, we've already worked with productions that are taking place in Scotland, Yorkshire, Cornwall, and Wales, as well as some of the major studios across London and the South East. In film, we work with all sizes of film productions from independent features, all the way up to the big blockbusters. And each one does bring its own value to a trainee's learning. So we encourage our trainees to take as many opportunities as possible whilst they're with us. On the screen here, you will see a variety of productions that have taken on trainees, over the past year or so. We've got such productions as A Quiet Place: Day One, The Outrun, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Blitz which just opened this year's BFI London Film Festival.
I'm going to pass back to Vicki who is going to talk you through the high-end and children's TV productions that we've been very fortunate to work with.
Vicki Ball - High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
So we work closely with a range of high-end TV and children's productions across the UK, including Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, to provide them access to our trainees who join them for paid placements on some of the UK's biggest TV productions. A high-end TV production is one that is defined as being one with a budget of over 1 million pounds per hour episode. So it covers lots of high-budget scripted dramas such as Black Mirror, Brassic, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Sherwood S2, Blue Lights and Boiling Point, all of which our trainees have worked on, as well as comedies like Friday Night Dinner or Motherland, and it also includes shows produced by streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon, Sky and Apple TV. The High-End TV Skills Fund also supports high-end unscripted productions such as Drive to Survive, The Earthshot prize for editors True to Nature, Save Our Squad and The Reluctant Traveler, as well as BBC Science and BBC Natural History shows.
We also work with children's TV productions and so there will be some opportunities for placements on those too. Some examples of children's shows we've worked with, Andy and the Band, So Awkward, Phoenix Rise, The Famous Five and Jimmy Johnson Football Club. And it's worth noting that although children's productions are dominantly scripted, there may be the opportunity to work on some unscripted productions also.
Now Celia is going to talk you through the eligibility criteria for the Trainee Finder programme.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
Thank you very much. Just before I do, I can see some people, they've got the function of raising hands in the webinar, which is great. We're unable to answer those hand raises. So again, please just pop them in that Q&A box and they'll get answered as soon as possible.
So eligibility criteria. To be eligible for the Trainee Finder programme you must meet all the following criteria. And your applications are assessed against these points.
The first one you must be over the age of 18. There is, however no upper age limit. So we welcome applicants from everyone above the age of 18 years old. In the past, we've had lots of people that have come from career changes, so have had careers before and then joined Trainee Finder, and they've been extremely successful on the programme.
The next eligibility criteria is that you must have completed full time education by the 31st of March 2025. If you are currently a student, you need to have graduated by the time the programme starts in April, and I'm afraid there are no exceptions to this. There are no education requirements to be on Trainee Finder, that's worth to note. However, if you are enrolled in a full time education, you are not eligible to be part of the programme as you'll be unavailable to complete placements.
The next eligibility point is at the point of applying, you need to live in the UK and have the evidence of right to work full time in the UK, for at least the duration of the programme. We will not be able to provide visas for the programme, nor can productions. And if you're invited to the interview stage of the application process, we'll be asking for your evidence of your right to work at that point. And at that point it will need to cover the year coming.
The next eligibility criteria is that you need to have less than 12 months of relevant paid experience in your chosen department within film or high-end TV productions. This means that if you can add all your experience, it totals under 12 months. So for example, if you have a few months of experience spread across a two year period, you are still eligible. If you have experience in unscripted or short films, for example, this doesn't factor into the fact that you haven't got the 12 months of film or high end TV experience. Please note that it's also worth noting that the industry experience is not a requirement for Trainee Finder. We still want to hear from you if you don't have any.
The next eligibility criteria is you need to demonstrate adequate research into the programme.
It needs to be clear in your application that you understand what Trainee Finder is, how it can benefit you, and it's the right route for you at the current stage of your career.
And lastly, and importantly, within your application, you have to show commitment to your chosen department. It’s worth bearing in mind that for all the opportunities that a trainee receives whilst on the programme will be in the department that they apply to, you will not be able to switch departments later on in the programme, so you really need to make sure that this is the department you want to work in and develop within.
Now Vicki's going to talk you through the cohort for this year coming and the departments we’ll be supporting.
Vicki Ball - High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
Thanks, Celia.
So as mentioned, for the first time this year we will be combining the Trainee Finder cohort. So all trainees who join the programme will have the opportunity to work on Children's TV, High-End TV and Films, really exciting. Some of you joining this session may have applied to the programme in the past, where we've in the past, we've asked you to decide which of the separate programmes you'd like to join. This will not be the case this year. Trainee Finder will be run as one programme, experience across multiple genres and develop broader skills. We feel that by doing this, we're aligning with industry needs and reflecting how the workforce is evolving. Many crew now working across multiple genres.
So this year, the programme will look to recruit around 250 trainees in the following 10 departments. Art Department, and within this we cover set dec, so set decorating, props and graphics also. Assistant Director or known as floor runner that terminologies interchangeable within the industry, Camera, Costume, Edit, Hair & Make-up, Locations, Sound and that sound on location, Production Office, and Video Assist or DIT. So these departments have been selected based on research and insight into current skills gaps within the industry. We work closely with the industry each year to establish where the needs are for trainees to ensure we're proactively addressing this and to give our trainees the best opportunities to secure placements while they're with us.
These are the only departments that Trainee Finder will be supporting for next year's programme. So in previous years, we have covered Script Supervisor and Accounts roles and we will not be doing this for next year. We also don't cover Lighting or the Grips Department with Trainee Finder and as you can see there primarily for during the shoot period of the production, except for the edit department. We don't cover anything for the early development stages such as script editing or writing. As mentioned, this programme is just for Film, Children's and High-end TV. It doesn't work with animation, and if you're interested in these genres do explore the ScreenSkills website for programmes and training that these departments run. You will only be able to apply to one department within the program, and you can find out more information about each trainee department via our website on our job profiles pages. You can find out more details about the specific responsibilities for each on our Skills Checklists pages. Within your application, you need to highlight why you've applied to the specific department and show a real commitment to working and developing within it. We have industry professionals from each department who assess your applications, and they're looking for candidates who would fit well within their teams.
So if you're unsure which department to apply to, it's worth saying try not to apply for the sake of it. We get the majority of our applications in for assistant director and also the camera trainee, often people apply with the hope of just getting into the industry and working it out from there which route they want to take. But that's really not the aim of Trainee Finder. We really want to take on and support trainees who know which department they want to work in and want to develop their career within that department. So that is one of the assessment points for when our industry professionals read the applications.
Celia now is going to talk you through what a ScreenSkills trainee can expect when they're on the programme.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
Thank you Vicki.
So now I’m going to walk you through for those candidates that will be successful in making it onto the programme. So the first one is our programme dates and the programme for next year we'll take on trainees. And the dates for the programme will run from the 1st April 2025 to 31st of March 2026. We ask that all trainees who are accepted onto the programmme are committed to the year, in order to get the most out of the opportunities offered to them. If you won't be able to commit for the full length of the programme, or you think you may be traveling or you’ll be on work for a portion of it. It's maybe something that you look to pause for this year and apply again the following year.
For those who are successful with the programme, we will be hosting some induction weekends, and at the moment these are booked in so the 15th, 16th, 22nd and 23rd of March. These days are all mandatory for all successful trainees to attend. And if you can't attend all these days, I'm afraid you won't be allowed to continue onto the programme. During these weekends trainees will attend an array of workshops such as finance for freelancers, CV writing and how to find work. And the idea is to set you up for the year ahead whilst you’re on the programme with us.
For trainees, you'll also receive relevant training, throughout the year, and we aim to fund this, additional departmental opportunities, that are responding to industry needs. These may change from year to year in terms of the training itself and there based on what productions told us, and fed back to ScreenSkills that they require trainees to be trained and skilled up on.
And next something that I know a lot of you would be very interested in for the programme is the placement opportunities that are offered for Children's TV, High-end TV and Film productions. So during the year, we worked closely with productions who identified their training needs. Once we have this information from them, we do what we refer to as a call out, which is emailed to all the trainees in the department that the production has specified. So, for example, if we have 20 camera trainees, I'm not saying that's the number of camera trainees will take on just an example. Then the call out goes to all 20 of them. It’s then up to the individual trainees to respond if they're keen and available to be considered for the role. We then pass the CV’s back to the productions and it's down to them, down to production, not ScreenSkills to make the hiring decisions. And that's whether they will want to invite the trainee to an interview or offer the place to them. Once accepted onto the placement, trainees will be part of the production, just like all the other crew members. The production will be their employer and ScreenSkills is there to support them to make sure they get the most out of the training opportunity.
While on the placement, we do ask all our trainees complete a trainee plan and this is just a great tool to set goals and track your development whilst on a production. It's worth noting that although trainees placements are entry level roles and offer the opportunity to learn and develop within it. They are not work experience placements. They are very much needed positions within the production. They are full time paid placements. So five days a week, if not more, and on average around 11 hours per day. If you secure a placement whilst on the programme, you will be required to be at the production office, the shooting location, at the studio. And it's just worth noting that its rarely the opportunity to work from home with these jobs.
How much a trainees paid can differ from production to production, and overall it be determined by the production themselves, and it's based on their own budgets. We do however ask productions make sure they're at least paying the national minimum wage.
We work with productions filming all across the UK, and trainees are welcome to apply for jobs either where they live or across the UK. If they can relocate, there's no obligation to relocate for the placements, but being open to that will give you access to a high number of opportunities and also a different type of network. It is important to state at this point that during your Trainee Finder year, we will endeavor to give opportunities for placements. However, we can not guarantee them. The demand for trainees comes purely from the productions, and it is hard for us to predict when and where productions will take place and which trainees they want to take on. The programme does not offer you a year-long, full-time job, and during your time on the programme, all our trainees are still encouraged to still find their own work, be the biggest advocates for themselves, and do their own networking in the industry, and is therefore very important that before applying you really think carefully If the format for Trainee Finder suits you at the current point of your life, and if it's something that you'll be able to commit to for the full year.
And something else that we offer our trainees is our pastoral support. So during the year, while our trainees are both on and off placements, the Film and High-end TV team will offer and provide support for our trainees. This comes in different forms, such as booking one to ones to go over a CV or interview advice. And we do check-ins with trainees whilst they’re on placements to see how everything is going. The idea of this support is that you don't feel like you're making it on your own during the early stages of your career. We are here to support you and offer you career advice where we can.
And lastly, being on Trainee Finder you become part of an industry recognised group of trainees. Trainee Finder is a very well-established programme within the industry. Productions want to work with us and hire ScreenSkills trainees, as they know they've gone through a really vigorous application process to be on the program. It's about six months from the point of applying to the point of the programme starting. Productions know that we recruit committed and passionate trainees. While on the programme, you become part of the whole cohort, not just your department, and we do really encourage you to network, with your fellow trainees. When your time comes to finish in March 2026, you'll then become part of ScreenSkills Trainee Finder alumni group, which we aim to still work with and signpost to other relevant ScreenSkills training that we host.
Now Vicki's going to talk you through the recruitment process and share some key dates with you.
Vicki Ball - High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
Thanks, Celia.
So yes, if it's helpful to know we're going to be working through the following process for recruitment this year. These are the deadlines that we have. Don't worry about jotting this down at the moment. All of this will be on our website as well.
So firstly we recommend you research the programme. You started by attending tonight, which is brilliant. And the webinar recording will be on the website after tonight so you can watch it back. And that's your, you know, the start of your research. Well done
Applications will open after the webinar this evening so you can go ahead and apply, and submit your application online. The deadline for applications is 2pm on Wednesday the 6th of November. And just to note that we cannot accept applications past that deadline, they will not be processed. So please try to, you know, get your application in well before that deadline date.
Then once you've received the applications, they will be read by up to three different industry professionals in your department. After that, the ScreenSkills team will review and collect all the top scores and all of the feedback that we get from those external industry assessors.
Everybody that applies can expect to hear some kind of update on their application by the 3rd of January, 2025, at the latest.
All applicants that have been shortlisted will be invited to attend an interview with industry professionals and, that will be over Zoom and everybody will be asked the same series of questions relating to your interest in the department and your commitment to the industry. And in a moment, we'll go through a little bit more interview advice. And then at the end of the interview process, all trainees will be selected based on the initial criteria, their suitability and their potential to succeed and demonstrate that they will make the most out of the opportunity offered by Trainee Finder.
And so then finally, the final part of the recruitment process is that successful candidates will be what we call onboarded. So we'll do all your paperwork and bring you on to the programme officially, and will be expected to attend our mandatory. That means that absolutely compulsory induction sessions in March and the dates for those are on our web pages. So have a little look at those before you apply, because you will absolutely have to attend. And then you will begin on the programme on the 1st of April 2025.
So going to hand back to Celia now who's just going to give you some tips really when applying.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
Great. Thank you.
So, we're not going to tell you exactly what to put in your application word by word. But hopefully, the following information, and also what we've already given you, is going to be helpful tips when you're looking to apply. Via the application form this year which we will be sharing the link at the end of the session, you'll be able to submit your answers either through a written form or if you prefer to upload a link to a video of you answering the questions.
So first tip of the day, do your research. We want to see why you want to work for the specific role in your chosen department. Reference the sort of tasks someone in your department does and explain how you might be qualified to do it. Big hint, check out our job profiles and skills checklist on our website as this gives you an overview of each of the roles.
Next tip is talk about your transferable skills. We're not necessarily only interested in your experience on productions. So tell us how the experience you do have could transfer to the role that you want. Again, use the job profile pages and skills checklist to find out what skills you need to be a specific trainee and align your experience with those skills that you already have within your application.
It'd be great if you could highlight why Trainee Finder. We want to know why the programme specifically benefit you, rather than getting the experience on your own. Let us know what barriers to entry you're currently facing with your current career progression.
And next, it's always good to use examples. Don't make general sweeping statements saying something like, I'm really organised. We don't have the evidence of this, but by saying something like, I'm really organized, I was able to develop the skill working on a short film. Due to having a small crew, I was solely responsible for the costume department. We've had a few questions in, when those of you booked into the webinar ask you about big mistakes that people make on the application, and this is pretty much one of them, it's not being able to detail specific skills within your application form.
And we want to see that you're really passionate and dedicated. And this is something that you really, really want to do. We want to ensure places go to those who can benefit from the programme the most. So tell us all the things you've done to try and get into the industry already. This could be working on short films or personal projects, watching YouTube videos about the departments you want to work in, or sending your CV to productions, honing your craft or attending networking events.
Now I'm just going to make a note that I'd never thought I'd mention in my lifetime. We are looking for your own approach and style when you do these applications and we do understand that tools such like ChatGPT, when used in the correct way, can be a really useful tool for applicants when writing things like personal statements and answers to questions as well. You are welcome to use this tool if it helps to inspire and, to kind of structure your application answers but it's also important to remember that while these tools can generate text, it's not always suitable for your own thoughts and experiences. We want to hear from you, not an AI bot.
And finally, keep your answers to the point and concise. Think of the reader when you're completing the application form. They will have a lot to get through.
So now next, as we do ask you to upload your CV, Vicki is going to talk you through some key points of what to include within this.
Vicki Ball - High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
Yes. So a little bit of CV advice for you. So in the application form, we are going to ask you to upload your CV. So we just thought it'd be useful to briefly run through some top tips for CV writing. Please keep in mind this advice is specifically for Trainee Finder applications, not necessarily for applying to industry jobs.
So number one, try to keep your CV to one page of A4 and save it as a PDF. At the top of the page you should have your name, your job role, make sure it's relevant to what you're applying for. So don't just say filmmaking or student. You can say, you know, hair and make up trainee, something like that. Your contact details, your location and also if you have any bases. So if you've got family or friends who live elsewhere, pop that on the CV, and if you're willing to relocate. You can pop a website link on there to a showreel or portfolio, if that's relevant to your department. So there are certain departments where that is more relevant the craft departments. For example, if you are including a website or profile link, just test it out first of all, maybe get someone else to test it as well. You don't need to share a showreel or portfolio. So please, you know, don't feel like you have to if it's not relevant to your department. And also let us know on that CV if you have a valid driving license. That's really helpful to know as well.
Profile. That's your kind of elevator pitch about yourself. No more than three lines about that.
Your work history. So there you can list your work history in reverse order with the most relevant and recent employer at the top. Make it clear which is paid, which is unpaid work. And also let us know kind of the length of time. So you know, was it for a month or year, was it dailies work that you maybe did on a production, pop that next to the job role if you can if you're listing work that is outside of the screen industries, which is absolutely fine.
Maybe think about the transferable skills for the trainee role that you're applying to and highlight some of those in your CV. And then after that, you can list your education, qualifications, training and skills. Although as we've said before, there's no requirement for you to have any of that to get on to Trainee Finder. You know, what are your interests? What are your hobbies? Do you speak any other languages?
And then finally try and pop a GDPR statement. So this lets us know that you are willing for people to share your CV, which just means that we can enable industry readers to have a look at it when they're assessing your application.
I would recommend getting someone else to read your CV. Make sure it's just nice and easy to read. So a clear font, not too much colour or patterns across it, you can use online spell checker, so things like Grammarly, just to make sure that there's no mistakes.
And when saving your CV. Make sure you save it under your name and then the trainee department you're applying to.
And we have lots of CV tips on our website and elsewhere in the Padlet that we will share. So,hopefully you can refer to those as well. So we do have an interview process as part of the recruitment as well. So I'm going to hand back to Celia now.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
Lovely. Thank you very much.
So if you are invited to a Trainee Finder interview here a few tips on how you can prepare for this to ensure you make the best impression possible. These will take place online via Zoom and will last around 20 minutes. They will be with two industry professionals who work within your chosen department. Therefore, it's worth thinking about how to tick the boxes from both an industry perspective, but also be able to demonstrate how the programme, like Trainee Finder, could benefit you.
The interview advice we have today almost comes and splits into three phases, so there is before the interview. Preparation is everything. You can never do too much research for Trainee Finder make sure you research your specific job role, and again look at the job profiles and skills checklist. It's not enough just to say that I don't have production experience, therefore I don't know what the role involves. The information is out there for you to find. Research your department and how it fits in with the wider production and other departments and research your interviewers. You will be told who they are ahead of the interview. Look up their career, what productions they've worked on, and find a common ground.
Now during the interview. This sounds obvious, but do answer all the questions to the best of your ability. Use examples when talking about skills and if you don't have production experience, talk about your transferable skills that relate to the trainee role that you're applying for during the interview. This is something I cannot advise enough, ask questions. It is your opportunity to ask questions to someone who is currently working in the chosen department that you want to work in. Ask them how they got into industry. What advice could they give? Interviews are a two-way street.
And then after the interview. If you are accepted onto the programme, you'll receive a confirmation email from us detailing the next steps and induction days. If you're not offered a place in the programme, please don't be deterred. If you're passionate about working in the screen industries and in your department, do keep applying for jobs. There are Trainee Finder applicants who do not make it, but return 2 or 3 years later with a stronger application and are successful. There are also applicants who make it on their own without the programme, as they already have a good level of production experience and tenacity to keep going. Make the most out of their contacts. Or those that find other industry programmes. Due to the high volume of applications and interviews, we are unable to give targeted individual feedback. However, will endeavor to signpost you to the other areas of new entry support that either we've done or someone else.
Now we have come to the section of the webinar, where we will invite a few of our alumni trainees to join.
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
I can see we've got lots of questions coming in from you all which is great. And I know our colleagues behind the scenes are collecting these, and we make sure that we have a chance to answer as many of these as possible towards the end of the webinar.
So, yes, we have some of our past trainees to come and talk about their experiences.
So first off, I can see Jasmin, lovely Jasmin on the screen there. And Jasmin is a high-end TV and film editor based in the Midlands, and some of her previous credits include McDonald and Dodds series 4 for ITV and Boiling Point for BBC.
So welcome Jasmin. Can I start off by asking you, what were you doing before you got accepted onto the Trainee Finder programme, and why did you apply?
Jasmin John – Alumni Edit Trainee
Yes, of course. So I had just graduated from Ravensbourne University. And I had also just relocated from London to the Midlands. So I applied to Trainee Finder because I was struggling to break into the industry, and Trainee Finder helped me to gain that on the job training and build up my industry experience as well.
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
Amazing. So can you tell us what a typical day looks like for an edit trainee.
Jasmin John – Alumni Edit Trainee
Yeah of course. So as an edit trainee, typically you'll work alongside the assistant editors to support the smooth running of the cutting room. This will often include admin like filing paperwork, doing lunch runs, managing petty cash, things like that. Edit trainees will also help the assistant editors, with technical tasks like ingesting and syncing dailies during the shoot. Supporting the editors, exporting cuts. And you may even get the opportunity to do some temp sound design
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
Amazing that sounds so cool. So you're based in the Midlands? Do you find that you ever need to relocate for work, and if so, how would you find that?
Jasmin John – Alumni Edit Trainee
So yes, as a trainee, I did. I relocated back to London for my placements. But I did receive, an accommodation and travel bursary from ScreenSkills on the Trainee Finder scheme. So that really helped. Also, crew rooms on Facebook is a really useful resource. Nowadays, and like, particularly since Covid, as an editor, there's a bit more flexibility. So there's more kind of hybrid and remote workflows. So I actually do work from home a lot of the time.
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
Brilliant. And of course, we can support trainees with all the things that you mentioned there regarding applying for bursaries and sort of finding out, you know, accommodation lists and everything like that. So that's brilliant. I like that. What would you say was the highlight for you for your time on Trainee Finder?
Jasmin John – Alumni Edit Trainee
I think my very first placement was, Horrible Histories the movie. And that was my highlight because the editor on that, Nigel Williams, was brilliant. And he, I remember him saying to me, Jasmin, come on in. Feel free to sit in on my edit, whenever you want. So I literally sit and watch, everything that Nigel was doing, and I just was able to sit and watch and learn. And I learned so much just from those moments. So yeah, that's definitely my highlight.
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
That's incredible. Wow. And then, so what's your progression journey looked like for you since you were on Trainee Finder? You know, have you connected with ScreenSkills since Trainee Finder, on any of our other programmes as you kind of progressed through your career?
Jasmin John – Alumni Edit Trainee
Yes, I have so, Trainee Finder. Over the course of that year, I progressed to, first assistant editor. So I went from trainee to second and then first, and then I was assisting for a number of years. And then I wanted to kind of make the jump from assistant editor up to assembly editor and then editor. And so I applied for the ScreenSkills Leaders of Tomorrow program. And I'm now in my final year of LOT.
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
Amazing. Fantastic. And so final question then, I know you're the founder and CEO of Black Women in Post-production or BWIPP for short, which is a networking event and training platform bridging that gap to opportunities for black women and non-binary creatives in UK film and TV post-production. So what advice would you give potential applicants about building their network alongside Trainee Finder?
Jasmin John – Alumni Edit Trainee
So what I would say is you never know who might take you on and take you onto your next job. So it's not who you know, but who knows you. So it is always about building your contacts, and networking doesn't always have to be going to Soho networking drinks. It can be. If you're based at a post house, you strike up conversations with people in the communal kitchen because there are no other jobs there. Or if you, research your favourite show, have a look on IMDB. Who worked on that? Who was in the editorial department? For example, if you're applying for the edit trainee role, and just reach out to them and ask for some advice.
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
That is such good advice about networking. It's yeah, it's way more than just going to events absolutely. I feel like I could talk to you all night, but that’s all we've got time for now. Thank you. Jasmin, thank you so much for coming on. I'm sure our audience benefited hugely from your advice, and, I'm sure we can send across any additional questions that we have. So, yes. Thank you so much.
I'm going to hand back to Celia who's going to have a chat with Mike.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
Great. Thank you very much. And yes, I'd like to invite Mike to the stage. Who's been on the Trainee Finder programme a couple of years ago in our sound department and has worked on a few different productions with us and since, and I feel like I've been speaking to you quite a lot recently, Mike, because you've just finished on our Make a Move programme as well, which is something that we run additional to Trainee Finder later on in your career.
But it's lovely to see you again. First off, when were you on the programme and which productions did you work on if you're able to give us the titles?
Michael Whittaker – Alumni Sound Trainee
Yeah. So I was on from April 2022 to April 2023. I worked on CBBC Princess Mirror-Belle, the movie Timestalker, and I worked on the BBC series This Town as well. I also did a few dailies and weeks on other productions from a WhatsApp group the sound trainees all made together and whenever you know one of us needed to cover, we were able to do that. So yeah, it's a good idea to do something like that if you can.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
Oh, I love that. And that's all I mention about that peer networking as well, because it's not all about trying to get that heads of department contacts just kind of get your network of trainees is great. And I remember calling you when you got on Timestalker as well. That was a very nice moment to get you on a Welsh production.
Michael Whittaker – Alumni Sound Trainee
Yeah. That's right.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
What was the first day of the first placement that you worked on? What was it like working the sound department on that?
Michael Whittaker – Alumni Sound Trainee
Yeah, I came into a production that was already in full swing. I remember it being a bit daunting not knowing anyone, but once I got to meet the team, they were really friendly and talked me through responsibilities and what I could learn from the production. And yeah, it was great from that moment.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
They're all great departments, but I do hear sound gets a lot of positive feedback whenever our sound trainees get on jobs. Have you had the chance to work on a few different productions? And I know a few different budgets as well. Could you talk us through the differences between the two and the benefits of working on each one and getting that range?
Michael Whittaker – Alumni Sound Trainee
Yeah. So, like, Timestalker is a much smaller crew it was a smaller budget film. So there's more responsibilities and a smaller team, whereas This Town was quite a large crew. So the responsibilities are different. There's more equipment to learn, but you're doing very different things. It's a different workflow, I'd say, especially in the sound department, regardless of the budget. It's getting to know the different workflows of different people because they all work on, they might work on a bigger budget or a lower budget, and it's just appreciating the different heads of departments work differently and getting to know how they work together.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
Yeah, that's really interesting because often if someone's worked on a bigger budget, that's often what they'll work on, kind of going forward as well. Yeah. that's another very interesting point. And I think it's like you said, for the smaller budget films, there's a little bit more responsibility, but you do get the kind of hands on experience a little bit more.
Michael Whittaker – Alumni Sound Trainee
So yeah. Yeah, definitely. Yeah.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
From the sound department perspective, what qualities do you think make a great sound department trainee?
Michael Whittaker – Alumni Sound Trainee
Being on time, being present. That's probably across every, department, being personable and good communication. We're often having to talk to a lot of different departments. So getting on with people, we might have a lot of requests. So, you know, it's really good to be like that and being really organised and proactive and willing to learn and take notes, being inquisitive at the right moments, you know, like it's good to learn to ask questions and be inquisitive. But doing it on the quieter moments rather than in the middle of something that's a really busy kind of moment happening.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
Yeah, I remember someone telling me it's something that you've got to feel the vibe. So know when to ask questions and know when to shut up. It's like that balance constantly and you do learn by doing that as well.
Michael Whittaker – Alumni Sound Trainee
That's another thing as well is like except you're going to make mistakes but just learning from them like you're a trainee and everyone makes mistakes. You know, every stage. It's just don't get, overloaded by them, you know, like learn and move on.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
Don’t make the same mistake twice as well.
Michael Whittaker – Alumni Sound Trainee
Yes. Yeah. Exactly.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
And finally, the last question for you, what advice would you give someone thinking of applying for Trainee Finder this year?
Michael Whittaker – Alumni Sound Trainee
Think of experiences you've had that lend themselves to the department, being department specific, like volunteering and things and like some job where you've done a lot of communicating or any internships or anything like that. It happens quicker for some than for others. So being financially prepared for that if possible, like was mentioned earlier, having an alternative means of income, sometimes it might not happen to you straight away and think and talk about why you want to go into that specific area. You know what interests you about it. And yeah, like it, it doesn't. There's many ways in, you know, it's just because you, there's a lot of ways to get into the industry. So it doesn't necessarily have to be if you don't make it on this one, it doesn't mean you haven't made it.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
You know, you take the words right out of my mouth, thank you very much. Thank you so much for joining us this evening. Thanks, Chat soon.
And next up I'd like to invite Vicki back and Ziggy
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
Thank you Celia. And yes. So our final trainee alumni, I'd like to welcome Ziggy there she is on screen. And Ziggy was a hair and makeup trainee. And Ziggy's credits include the Disney feature film Cruella, TV shows like Death in Paradise, Stephen Lawrence Story, Trigger Point, and Bridgerton. Wow. So, Ziggy, when you were on Trainee Finder, when were you on it? And why did you apply?
Ziggy Gaji – Alumni Hair & Make-up Trainee
So I came on it. It was actually kind of a it was when the world kind of turned upside down because it was literally, I think days before we were about to have our training, the pandemic happened. So, everything was just put on hold. But in between times, I was lucky enough to, get on Death in Paradise. And so I was gone for like six, almost six months. And then I came back and, got back onto, ScreenSkills. And it was, you know, I've just been very, very lucky and I did, The Stephen Lawrence with ScreenSkills, which was great with Nora Robertson, wonderful team, long hours as it always is. But, you know, it's what you bring to the table as well, you know, the good vibes and stuff. So yeah, that was amazing. And, then I went on to work on Trigger Point as well, and that was ScreenSkills, which was epic. That was like, I think nearly six months. I think it was a lot of it was, it was the first series. So, yeah, it was really good. But it was in the height of the madness of mask-wearing and Covid and everything like that. So, yeah, it was, an interesting time to be starting a career.
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
Yeah. Wow. What a range of experience there. Incredible. And I wanted to ask you about the sort of hair and makeup trainee role, but in particular, are you expected to have previous experience within the craft? And how much opportunity, if you do have some experience within the craft, is there to use your craft and artistry when you starting out in film & TV, or are the trainee roles largely kind of administrative and supportive?
Ziggy Gaji – Alumni Hair & Make-up Trainee
Well, like they are. But you know, you get a lot of them are designers. They're not going to keep you in the truck the whole time. They do want you to experience working on set. So yes, you do
the admin, you do all of those kind of, well, basically you're the backbone. So of keeping other little things ticking together, the continuity. And but you do get an opportunity and they do, you know, the designers do try and make an effort to make sure you experience and, and sometimes you might even get someone to look after. So, you know, if you've got the right attitude, you can excel very quickly because it's all it's all about people and dealing with people and especially because you're dealing so close up with someone and also you just have to have the right attitude and you can get on.
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
Absolutely. And I like the idea of being the backbone. And, you know, even the small tasks that you do when you're really you are contributing, even if you don't feel like you're using your artistry all the time. What was your highlight being on Trainee Finder, would you say,
Ziggy Gaji – Alumni Hair & Make-up Trainee
Oh, God, there's so many. There's so many. I mean, on trainees, I think the biggest kind of, achievement was going, so working on Trigger Point, I went from being a trainee to a junior, so by the end of the series. So that was awesome. You know, to have that. And the designer, Red Miller, she was great. Really encouraging, great skill set in terms of what I learned, about barbering, because she was a Vidal Sassoon educator. I got to be taught by her so, so many different elements. And not only that, that shoot was, you know, some people. Throughout your career, you'll find people that are lifelong friends. And, you know, I found some there and, on many other shoots.
So, yeah, it's great.
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
It's amazing. Yeah. Thanks. Yeah. And since you've finished on Trainee Finder, you've worked on the continuing drama Casualty and on children's show Malory Towers. So just wanted to ask you about your experience. Working on those different type of genres and actually how useful that been working across, you know, the multiple genres really.
Ziggy Gaji – Alumni Hair & Make-up Trainee
It's been great because, you know, you get a really good basis on how to work, who you're working with, what they expect. I've been lucky enough to go from being a makeup artist. I've done supervising. I've, yeah, so many different things. And also I've gone on to design a feature film, which I would never expect, but all of those things learning and, you know, as a ScreenSkills trainee is absolutely fabulous.
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
So yeah, the more variety you can get, the better, really, isn't it? 100% feeds into each other, then. That's all we've got time for now Ziggy, but thank you so much. Really appreciate your contribution. And, yeah, good luck really with your continuing career.
We're going to hear now from Priya. That's Priya on the screen as if by magic. And, Priya is actually a production manager and a line producer who's based in Glasgow. Just a little bit about Priya. She began her career in-house with Shared Media in Scotland on a production training scheme. And since then, she's developed a broad understanding of production. She's been working on micro-budget web dramas, some of the biggest budget features ever made, and everything in between.
So her credits include T2 Trainspotting, Avengers Infinity War and End Game and The Salisbury Poisonings, and Bodies, yeah, some huge things. And she's actually also currently part of the ScreenSkills Leaders of Tomorrow cohort.
So both film and high end TV, have worked with Priya, and we work with Priya and people like her as production managers, allowing producers to secure trainee placements on the productions, that they work on. So a brilliant person to give an insight on what makes a great trainee.
So first off, then Priya, why is it that you, as a production and yourself would work with ScreenSkills to help you with the trainee requirements?
Priya Bhakta - Production Manager
So I know the industry can often feel very closed doors, but we're very conscious of bringing new talent into the industry. As productions and ScreenSkills is a great way to access a pool of people who are keen to break into the industry. What we'll find is when we do open casts or open calls, we can get hundreds of CV's in a matter of hours, and ScreenSkills really helps take some of the work a lot of the work out of that. In terms of assessing applications and sort of more importantly, they have this understanding of who people are and what they want to get out of a job, which as a head of department, you're not going to get in a short half an hour interview, or less. So, and another positive thing with the ScreenSkills trainees is the induction sessions that they provide, which means that trainees who are brand new to the industry still come to the job having some experience, or sort of knowledge about what to expect. They sort of learn about set etiquette and who everyone is in different job roles, relationships with different departments. So it's a lot of things where if you're coming straight onto a trainee, as a trainee with none of that understanding, you'd have to learn all so, so quickly. And it just means that you've got a bit of, you know, that someone's coming on board. And whilst they might not know everything, they're going to have a little bit of knowledge.
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
Yeah, it's a really good grounding. So can you tell us a little bit about how a production determines which departments have capacity and budget to take on a ScreenSkills trainee, because it won't be every department on a production that will take on a ScreenSkills trainee.
Priya Bhakta - Production Manager
No and I think there's certain departments that really lend themselves to having trainees,
which are the main departments that ScreenSkills cover, such as Production, Costume, Makeup ADs, the technical departments. But what a trainee means for each of those departments can vary depending on the budget and the scale of the job. For example, camera trainees, you're often a camera trainee for like up to five years before you even step up. Whereas a production trainee,
you can step up fairly quickly. And that's also due to a lack of people wanting to do production. So yes, always, always keen to get people into production.
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
Definitely. And out of interest then what qualities would you look for if you’re taking on a production office trainee.
Priya Bhakta - Production Manager
So I think I'm going to echo a lot of the things that Michael said earlier, but you want someone who's really keen, proactive, punctual, communicative. So if you've asked for something to happen and it's not happened, you say that, you say I haven't done it, and you explain why. No one is well, people do, but most people are not going to get angry about it. it's a very collaborative environment when you're making film or TV. People want to help. People want to give advice. I'd also say it's really good to take initiative and things, but also be responsive to feedback.
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
Yeah. Brilliant. All of those what we kind of call skills for all. So there's communication and listening and, you know, initiative skills are just across all departments. So it's brilliant to hear that. Can you share a little bit your experience of working on film and high end TV? And how they might differ?
Priya Bhakta - Production Manager
Yeah. Every productions different, regardless if it's a film or TV series and a lot of that can be to do with budget. Often with TV you're working in blocks, so you'll be working with multiple directors and, cinematographers who are looking after their own episodes. Whereas with a film there's usually one overarching director and one overarching team, whereas in blocks you swap in and out. And what that means is often one block I'll be preparing whilst you're shooting with another block, so you're constantly in the state of shoot & prep, whereas with a film it's more like one linear, you prepare, you shoot, you're done. That's not always the case. Sometimes you'll work on a high end TV series, and it will be one director the whole way through and will feel like shooting an eight hour movie. And the other thing to say is TV shoots are generally longer. Depends on the number of episodes, but you can end up on a on a high end TV series for a year, some two years. Whereas a film can be a matter of weeks.
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
Yeah. There's this there is a real range, isn't there? So, and we educate and support the trainees with all those different scenarios as they're on the programme. Conscious of time Priya We're going to have to end it there. But thank you so much. And yeah, I look forward to working with you more across the next year hopefully on lots of productions. So thank you.
We're going to bring Celia & Esther to the screen now I believe. So Esther is one of our fabulous team here at ScreenSkills. She's somebody that you. If you come onto the programme, you get to know really well as she's one of the team that, supports with the inbox and answering lots of your questions and things like that. Our junior new entrant coordinator, so I'll hand over to you, Esther for the next section.
Esther Rowland – High-end TV Junior New Entrant Coordinator
Hi, everyone. I'm Esther Roland, I'm the Junior New Entrant Coordinator in the HETV department. I'm a black woman with dark hair, and I'm wearing a black long sleeve top. So when you booked your place to attend this webinar, we asked you to send in your questions, as there were a few that were similar in themes. And we thought it would be helpful to cover these questions now.
So I'm going to hand to Vicki first. Will trainees be expected to relocate for work?
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
So as we mentioned, we do work with productions across the UK. And hopefully, this means that they kind of give local opportunities to the trainees that we take on to the programme into those areas. However, we just can't predict where or when placements are going to take place. So if relocating is an option for you, we would encourage trainees to give it a try. It can be, you know, a nice way of opening up a new network of people, and crew for you. However, we do completely understand that it's not for everybody. Not everybody is able to relocate to work. So that won't be a deciding factor when we're assessing applications. It's worth noting and pointing out that within the industry, many crew do relocate for work and move around quite a bit for work. So although you won't be expected to do it while you're on Trainee Finder, it's worth just having a think about it. As you know, it could be an option for you later in your career opening up more opportunities for you, and we just want to manage your expectations around that really.
Esther Rowland – High-end TV Junior New Entrant Coordinator
Thanks for that, Vicki. I'm going to pan the next one to Celia. So do trainees need to have a driving license?
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
So you do not need a driving license to apply for Trainee Finder it is not something that we assess your applications against. And it's worth noting that production sometimes do request trainees who do have a driving license. And they may ask this for multiple different reasons. It could be that the shoot's happening at a rural location, or particular shooting schedule, such as late or night shoots when public transport, is just really difficult to use. It can come down to the safety of the trainees if they know they're getting in a car and driving themselves home, they'll get home Ok. Get a good night's sleep for the next day. However, this is not the case for every production and every placement that we work with. It's worth noting if you feel that driving is an essential element to your career progression, ScreenSkills does offer bursaries outside of Trainee Finder for driving bursaries, for lessons. And there's more information on the website we’ll add it to the Padlet with the link. It's worth noting that there’s a guideline around these so please read these beforehand, because if you're able to access it, it does affect, what career stage you're at. But read through the guidelines and do contact the team if this is something that you'd be interested in applying to.
Esther Rowland – High-end TV Junior New Entrant Coordinator
Thanks for that, Celia. I'll pan back to Vicki. So I know you asked for less than 12 months experience, but what if trainees don't have any experience?
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
That's absolutely fine. It's okay if you don't have any production experience when you apply to Trainee Finder. However, what I'd say is to make your application stand out, you will need to show that you've done your research into the department and into the role that you're applying to, and show that you understand what's expected of you and why you want to work within it. You know, you can use all our resources, job profile, skills checklist to help you do that. Again, for this,
you'll need to kind of align and match your transferable skills to the role that you're applying to.
Esther Rowland – High-end TV Junior New Entrant Coordinator
Thanks for that, Vicki. And for Celia, does Trainee Finder offer support for travel? Sorry, everyone, can hear that, does Trainee Finder offer support for travel and or accommodation.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
For trainees while on placements, so we don't cover travel or accommodation for trainees whilst they're on placements if they are looking to relocate. And as these are paid placements, we do expect trainees to organise their own travel and accommodation. If again, if they're relocating for the work, and support themselves financially during their placements. As Jasmin mentioned though, there are some great resources out there for finding accommodation, such as Facebook groups that everyone in the industry does use. And also productions can, kind of have an idea about accommodation that are a little bit more affordable than kind of hotels, and they can get some options for our trainees that are on the programme. We do help to signpost to these resources.
Esther Rowland – High-end TV Junior New Entrant Coordinator
Thank you. So I think that's all the time we have for answering those questions, but if you have any more questions, feel free to email recruitment.traineefinder@screenskills.com. And that contact will also be in the application forms. So Celia's going to talk to you about what to do next. If you're keen to apply.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
Lovely. Thank you Esther. And apologies. We are running a slight bit over, but I think it's because we've just got so much information to give you, we’ll be about four more minutes, so please do hang on. Thank you very much all for staying.
So now that you've had all the information and heard from our former alumni I'm sure you're wondering about what to do next. As mentioned, applications open tonight straight after this webinar and we will share the link to the application with you shortly. And this will also be on the ScreenSkills home page as of tomorrow so really easy to access. If you're eager to apply, there are just a few things that we would suggest that you do beforehand that could help make the application stand out, and also give you some more industry knowledge. If you are looking for jobs within the screen industries.
First one, I think I've mentioned it a few times. Research the trainee job role using our website, job profile pages and skills checklist.
Secondly, prepare your CV in a PDF format. That's the format that we really want to accept applications from, if that's okay. And please make sure all the key information on your CV is clearly there to read for the reader.
Check out our online Padlet, which is a virtual noticeboard. And again, we'll be sharing this link at the end of the session. On here will be all the useful web links that we've mentioned throughout the webinar, and also the application page.
And lastly, we would say there is a lot on our website for free, short e-learning courses. These are all on our website and they are free courses and should give you a better insight into what it's like working within the screen industries. And links for these again will be in the Padlet. There are a few on screen now, that we recommend that you use, and we recommend that everyone does the getting into the screen industries, which covers five modules, including things like interview best practices and insights into getting into the industry, also recommend our work well series, which is three modules about creating a better work environment and inclusive environment for the workplace, we also advise the ScreenSkills Safety Passport, which is currently being requested by some productions. And just to note these all look brilliant on your CV as well.
As mentioned applications will open this evening. Any second now. When I can jump off the and the applications will close on Wednesday 6th November at 2pm sharp, any applications submitted past this deadline will not be processed and we won't make any exceptions for this. We then aim to notify all candidates by the 3rd of January if they have been successful in securing an interview or not. So the 3rd of January would be the next time that you'll hear from the team, with an update about your application.
Now, I'd like to invite Vicki back to the screen.
Vicki Ball – High-end TV Trainee Finder and Partners Outreach Manager
Thanks, Celia. So thank you really for everybody for joining us this evening. We hope we've been able to answer your questions. And that you're ready to submit your applications. Drumroll, please. I'd like to announce applications for Trainee Finder are officially now open and will close at 2pm on the 6th November. If you've got any questions when your applying please can we ask you first of all refer to the padlet link that we're going to send you, or to the FAQ page, and take a look at this webinar before you reach out to our teams. And just to give you an insight, we usually get over 4,000 applications. So as you can imagine, it can be quite challenging then to respond to, you know, like an influx of application queries. And we have put a lot of work in to try and make the application process as smooth and as user friendly as possible. We do need you to do your own independent research before applying. And most of the questions you may have, information is out there in one of the forms I just mentioned. If you require any access support with submitting your application, please do reach out to the team via email.
Celia Small – Film Programmes & Placements Lead
Yes as Vicki mentioned, for anyone who may need assistance or accessibility support when filling out their application, we do include the contact details on the application page itself. So please do reach out to us if you require alternative formats or assistance.
Best of luck to all of you who are looking to apply this year. And thank you so much for joining tonight's webinar. Please stay on to view the film showreel. Thank you very much, everyone, and good night.