RTS Futures

RTS Futures Careers Fair 2019

The RTS Futures Career Fair is back! Bigger and better for 2019 don’t miss your chance to be a part of this HUGE event.

Join us on Wednesday 30th January to get all the latest tips, tricks and practical advice to help you land that all important first job in TV. Take part in our interview masterclasses, get your CV tweaked by professionals, learn about the different jobs and schemes out there and network with the most influential creatives in the business!

This is your opportunity to meet with the best in the business.

“What really matters now is talent” VFX experts discuss breaking into the industry

(Credit: Phil Lewis)

“It’s a growth industry – there should be lots of jobs to go around,” argued Louise Hastings, VFX producer at Milk Visual Effects, whose credits include BBC One’s Doctor Who and ITV historical drama Victoria.

“Netflix and Amazon are creating more and more content with bigger and bigger budgets – we can’t keep up with the amount of work we’re asked to bid for at the moment,” she continued.

“TV is going to keep Soho very busy. We’re also getting a lot of the American films [shooting] at [Warner Bros, Studios] Leavesden, like Fantastic Beasts.”

“There’s no ‘one size fits all’ for treatments": industry professionals on how to present the perfect pitch

Audience members work on their pitches with help from the professionals (Credit: Paul Hampartsoumian)

“Development is anything that takes your show on a journey from a blank page of terrifying nothingness to the end of filming,” explained Andy Cadman, executive producer of ITV2’s Love Island.

 

Cadman was joined on the panel by All 4 commissioning editor Thom Gulseven and ITV2 scheduler Alex Wootten, who explained what they look for in a pitch.

 

Making The Crown: From script to screen

Taking a script and bringing it to life on screen is no easy feat – and when the story is based on the most famous family in the world, the task carries huge responsibility.

“We’re not just recreating history,” said The Crown’s production designer Martin Childs. “It’s our own version of the world – it’s not a docu­mentary. We try and find the mood and tone of our version of it,” added costume designer Jane Petrie.

RTS Futures - From Idea to Pitch

We have invited the industry’s top Development Producers, responsible for programmes such as Love Island, Hunted and 999: What’s your Emergency? and many more to this session where they will share their top tips and advice for getting into the business and most importantly be on hand to help you develop and progress your ideas.

Sage advice from the TV pros

Panellists Remel London, Anita Rani, Ria Hebden, Marverine Cole and Melvin Odoom (Credit: RTS/Paul Hampartsoumian)

More than 1,000 people attended the TV Careers Fair at the Business Design Centre, London, in early February, making it RTS Futures’ most successful event to date.

The all-day fair offered five sessions on getting started in television, while, in the exhibition hall, some 40 broadcasters, independent producers and industry bodies were on hand to pass on their TV knowledge to the eager students and media hopefuls.

Creative Skillset launches Film Accounts Trainee scheme

Creative Skillset Launches Film Accounts Trainee Scheme (Credit: Creative Skillset)

Creative Skillset has launched a Film Accounts trainee scheme to help new entrants kick-start a career in film production.

The scheme is seeking individuals who are as equally passionate about numbers as they are about film.

Responding to industry demand for skilled accounts personnel, a bespoke programme has been created, in partnership with Production Guild, to provide introductory training for numerate individuals eager for a freelance career in the accounting side of filmmaking.