Journalist and news broadcaster Charlene White shares her tips on how to break into the world of news broadcasting. She has a strong background working in news broadcasting across multiple platforms and became the youngest senior broadcast journalist for the BBC at the age of 24. Charlene currently works for ITN as a news anchor for ITV News.
Anita Gupta has been working in art departments for TV and film for over 20 years, from prop buying to production design and set decorating. She has worked on films and television dramas including A Monster Calls, Eric and Ernie, Endeavour and most recently Wonder Woman. In our latest Tea Break Tips video, Gupta talks about her day-to-day role, and the important skills and character traits you need to be a set decorator.
Bonnie Rae Brickman is a New York-born film and TV editor with over 25 years’ experience, much of it in news and documentary. Her work has been honoured with four Emmy Awards and screened at film festivals worldwide. Bonnie currently teaches editing on the Ethnographic & Documentary Film MA programme at University College London. She shares tips on the art of telling stories through editing.
Emma Penny has mixed sound for ITN, working on huge outside broadcasts such as the VE Day Celebrations. Louise Willcox has supervised sound recording on Springwatch and Question Time. They came together to deliver a session on sound recording at our 2016 Student Craft Skills Masterclasses.
Paul Lang is a Director of Photography who has worked on seminal BBC documentaries and filmed in over 100 countries. Ed Moore is also a Director of Photography, who has the led the camerawork on landmark scripted programmes from Poldark to Red Dwarf. They came together to give a camera skills session at our 2016 Student Craft Skills Masterclasses.
Rohit Kachroo is the Security Editor for ITV News, who previously worked as the broadcaster's Africa Correspondant. He now oversees the coverage of worldwide counter-terrorism and national security issues. Rohit shared his top tips on climbing the ranks as a journalist at our 2016 Student Programme Masterclasses.
Documentary Director Rowan Deacon, who has worked on programmes such as Our War and The Tube, shared tips on making compelling films at our 2016 Student Programme Masterclasses.
Louise Orton is a freelance filmmaker specialising in human rights. She recently made her own film about a human rights activist in Western Sahara, and has also directed short films for BBC World and several international NGOs.
Louise offers tips on how to get into human rights filmmaking, and how to make films that people will care about when you get there.
Production accountants perform a crucial role in the broadcast industry, working closely with producers to manage the funding of projects. They observe a lot of the filmmaking process, with junior-level cashiers visiting sets quite often. However, production accounting is not a job that often comes to mind when people are watching their favourite films and TV shows.
Lara Sargent is the Director of production accounting company Sargent Disc. She explains how you can get involved in the numbers side of the industry.
Based in Central London's Gray's Inn Road, Wall to Wall Media has produced several award-winning shows in drama, entertainment, and living history. They are best known for their work on Who Do You Think You Are? and Long Lost Family.
We speak to five members of their production team to get to know the people behind the programmes.
