Voice and Presentation Coaching for Teachers

Thousands of teaching days are lost each year due to voice related health problems amongst teaching staff. Some teachers even face premature retirement from the their posts because of damage to their vocal chords. Victoria Pritchard's Voice and Presentation class works on posture, breathing and stress as well as attitude of mind to help improve teaching performance and vocal impact in the classroom.

Preparing For Industry Standard TV Production

Delivered by Bafta - winning producer Susan Walls, author of sell out book "How to Get a Job in TV". Includes effective research skills, hands-on session researching under time pressure, use of sources, fact checking, scripting, interview techniques, structuring, ethics, copyright, risk assessment. Students will acquire a professional level of technical knowledge, skills and understanding through this one day course, adapted from an existing session for new entrants to the TV industry.

Understanding Television

How does an idea become a TV programme? With RTS winning executive producer Barbara Govan. Learn from a professional working in the TV industry how an idea becomes an award winning TV documentary. Who makes the decisions, who and what really decides what appears on our TV screens, who is in control of what the audience sees ?

Interactive role playing session to understand the structure of an independent production and TV company. Go inside the story of a network commission, view the taster tape, be the commissioning editor who decides whether or not this show gets the green light and find out how much everyone gets paid!

Students will understand the thought processes that go into idea generation, the structure of the TV business, how programmes are commissioned, what work opportunities and roles there are within a TV production, from freelance positions to jobs with larger broadcasters.

So You Want To
Work In TV

A 90 minute illustrated tour through some glossy, primetime TV shows and series; explaining and demystifying the talents and skills that made them from researcher and runner to graphic artists, camera operator and presenter. Q&A with award winning international executive director/producer, Paul Bader.
 

Directing Masterclass

If you are creating a film as part of your course, how can you be sure you will get all the shots you need to tell your story? Find out how to tell a story on tape, how to plan a shoot, the rules of directing for film, tv and video. Delivered by TV directors working in the industry.