'Kiss Me First': Meet the creatives behind new VR thriller
Join RTS Scotland for this unique opportunity to hear from the creatives on a new programme about to spring onto our TV screens.
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Anatomy of a Hit: Homes Under The Hammer
ScreenSkills Select Sessions: Assistant Directing Department with AD Guild & RTS Scotland
This Industry Insight webinar on Assistant Directing is for RTS students and students and tutors on ScreenSkills Select endorsed courses. The webinar will provide you with professional advice on a range of hard to recruit roles direct from industry and focus on supporting you to gain the best opportunity for a successful career in the screen industries.
ScreenSkills has a series of e-learning modules on Getting into the screen industries which are a prerequisite for attending any Select Session event.
Freelancers and indies connect in Glasgow
The joint RTS Scotland/ScreenSkills event, held at BBC Scotland’s Pacific Quay base, started with a panel discussion led by RTS Scotland Vice-Chair Gavin Smith and ended with a “speed networking” session.
“There have been well-publicised financial headwinds [facing the industry],” admitted BBC Scotland Commissioning Executive Steve Allen, “but it’s not all bad news”.
Highlighting the opportunities for Scottish production companies, he said: “We do have money that we’re spending, hoping to stimulate the industry in Scotland.”
Select Sessions: The Production Office | ScreenSkills & RTS Scotland
In this ScreenSkills Select webinar, in partnership with RTS Scotland, an expert panel takes a deep dive into the Production Office.
Hear how the doors opened for individuals and learn about the productions they have worked on.
The panel for this event is made up of crew at various levels in Production:
Taking flight in production jobs
Two RTS Scotland Futures masterclasses, on audio post-production and scriptwriting, followed in early March.
Sandy Robertson, Head of Production, Factual Entertainment, at BBC Studios (Scotland), which makes Dragons’ Den, Amazing Hotels and Points of View, explained some of the roles in the production office.
A production secretary, she said, is an entry-level job, involving booking travel and accommodation. “The person would be quite green – I would expect to be telling them what they need to do and how to do it.”
Behind the scenes of BBC Scotland's Shetland
BBC Scotland crime drama Shetland, which celebrated its first decade on screen last year, was put under the spotlight at an RTS Scotland event in February.
The event was held in partnership with the Bring the Drama Festival, which complements the six-part BBC Two talent show Bring the Drama, fronted by Bill Bailey. The festival opens up the world of drama to people interested in a career on screen or stage.
Key crew members discussed how they contribute to the success of Shetland, which is made by ITV Studios company Silverprint Pictures.
Float: BBC Scotland's "sweet, sensitive and sensual" sapphic story
"I’d like viewers to get either a window into a world they don’t know much about or a mirror where they see themselves reflected …. I want people to be moved, feel connected and maybe feel a little less alone.”
This was one of Stef Smith’s aims for her BBC Scotland/Screen Scotland short-form digital drama Float. The first series won Smith an RTS Writer award. Series 2, which launches on iPlayer at the end of this month, was premiered at an RTS Scotland/BBC Scotland event in late February.
Dubbing for TV Masterclass
Join us for an informal discussion about the modern-day challenges faced by Audio Post Production - followed by refreshments and an opportunity to network.
BREAK INTO SCRIPTWRITING
If you dream of penning episodes of Coronation Street or River City; or have your very own script masterpiece you think commissioners would fight over, then this is the event for you. This RTS Scotland writer’s event is aimed at budding TV writers keen to break into the world of TV drama.
You’re invited to meet a brilliant panel of writers, who have written for some of the top dramas of recent years, and will share their experience and words of wisdom at this special event.
Following the discussion, attendees will be invited to network with the panel over drinks.