In Brief
11/08/2020
With three categories - Me and my World, Uplifting, or Coronavirus - the competition seeks to find interesting and authentic stories that haven’t been told before. The competition is open now, taking submissions online as text, video or audio.
Winners of the competition will be invited to prepare their story for broadcast on the BBC on either TV,...
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21/07/2020
The qualities talent managers look for to fill entry-level jobs include enthusiasm, passion and determination, said Cheryl Woodcock, who recruits for ITV’s entertainment shows.
“Do your homework, make sure your CV has no typos in it,” added Tracy Walker, a talent executive at ITV Studios North.
“I love having a nose at what people have done, if I’...
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23/06/2020
For BBC News video journalist Dougal Shaw, capturing stories alone is a lot easier with just a phone.
“You’re not very nimble with a normal camera and all the equipment… and with news output people don’t know the difference between footage filmed on a phone and footage filmed on a camera,” he said.
Shaw also recognised that interviewing people...
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23/06/2020
“Don’t hold back,” advised the disabled basketball Paralympic medallist speaking at an RTS Futures webinar.
Adepitan said that he had got into TV by luck: “I didn’t go to uni, I went to the university of life.” His first job in TV was working for a cable station, which, in the early 1990s, was looking for a wheelchair-bound basketball player to...
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14/05/2020
Former production coordinator Sam Tatlow, whose credits include The Inbetweeners, Misfits and Mad Dogs, revealed the secrets of working in a production office during an RTS Futures webinar.
The freelance nature of the industry means making a good first impression is key, Tatlow stressed, that often means going above and beyond, checking that the...