In conversation with Lynn Barlow, chair, RTS WoE, followed by Q+A.
Speakers
Wendy Darke – CEO True to Nature Productions
Grant Mansfield – CEO Plimsoll Productions
Mike Jenkins – Founder, Blak Wave Productions
Sacha Mirzoeff – C4 Commissioner, Bristol Creative Hub
The adaptation of Sally Rooney's novel Normal People by Element Pictures in 2020 is a highly successful series on linear television, online players and subscription video on demand. This RTS discussion explores the creativity and the practical techniques involved in crafting sound for the television drama Normal People.
What sort of skills do you need to break into this side of the industry? And what are the different job roles that make up this creative team? Join us for an in depth chat with Art Directors and Assistants who have worked across some of the uk's most popular TV shows who will tell us how they secured their first job, what it's like to work in an Art Department and tips and tricks on how to stand out from the crowd to potential employers.
PANEL
Maddie Flint, Art Director (entertainment)
Olivia Hodder, Art Dept Assistant (entertainment)
The guidelines provide practical suggestions for assessing and managing the risk of coronavirus (COVID-19) whilst in production, but in practical terms what are the biggest challenges? How are different departments having to innovate? What is the impact on the finished product? What at the biggest challenges? How are we balancing physical and mental well-being of cast and crew? And what learnings can be shared between productions and between countries?
As production navigates this ‘new normal’ this session asks what is the future for the studio audience. How do we replace the energy that an audience brings? Looking around the world; a French Karaoke show has used mannequins to fill the audience, football is being played behind closed doors in Germany and Aussie soap Neighbours is digitally adding extras into scenes – what will the UK do longer-term across different genres of sport, comedy, gameshows and chat?
This year the RTS will be offering an unprecedented 40 bursaries across its two schemes: The Technology Bursary and The TV Production and Journalism Bursary.
In his role as ambassador, Ashley will champion the scheme and motivate students looking at a career in the Television sector, provide his support and share his experiences with current and future bursary students, as well as joining the Education Committee.
Property is a very British obsession and there have been a multitude of hugely successful TV formats. From selling houses, buying houses, building houses, moving to the country, moving to the sea, downsizing, upsizing … the list goes on and our appetite does not seem to wane. So why do we love property shows? How have they changed as society (and the housing market) have changed, what are the key ingredients to a successful property show and where will the format go from here?
If you want to know how to get into working in the TV camera department, what skills you’ll need and how to get hired – join us at 2pm on Tuesday 26th May, for a Zoom webinar + Q&A on ‘Getting Started in the TV Camera Department’.
Hear from our panellists who work in drama, events, factual, factual entertainment, music, reality and sports.
From Dragonfly, the makers of 'Ambulance' and 'Surgeons: At the Edge of Life', this new six-part series currently on our screens, reveals what it really takes to deliver Britain’s next generation, through the eyes of parents and staff at three of Birmingham’s busiest maternity hospitals.
Do you dream of working on observational documentaries? Are you interested in what is takes to get behind the scenes access in an organisation like the NHS? Want to find out how they managed to find pregnant couples willing to be involved and have their births filmed?
