directory of MITA members

Studio 451
Highgate Studios
53-79 Highgate Road
London NW51TL

0207 2672300

www.dvtalent.co.uk

what we do

DV Talent is an agency representing leading programme-makers as well as one of the country’s fastest growing independent training providers. Aimed primarily at TV freelancers and those wanting to get into the industry, our training courses are run by production people for production people. They provide the technical and editorial skills required to work effectively, creatively and responsibly, and our trainers are all distinguished and current filmmakers.  

Our courses are supported by Skillset and are BBC accredited, and we work for all the leading broadcasters and independent production companies including Endemol, RDF, Tiger Aspect, Betty, Darlow Smithson, and Mentorn. We specialise in camera (Z1, A1, DSR and others) and directing courses, sound, lighting, Final Cut Pro, Avid Xpress Pro and Production Management courses, but we also create tailor-made training solutions to suit individual and company needs.

training offered

• Accredited training (internal validation)
• Business support
• Continuing professional development
• Non-formal learning

learner profiles

• Companies
• Industry professionals
• New entrants
• Pre-entrants
• Young people

progression

Students from DV Talent are looking for the following opportunities:

• Freelance employment
• Full-time/part-time employment
• Ongoing education

121 Roman Road
Bethnal Green
London E2 0QN

020 8981 6111

www.fourcornersfilm.co.uk

what we do

Four Corners is a long established centre for film production and training, based in East London. We have a track record of over 30 years forfor delivering industry-standard training, particularly for under-represented groups, and are recognised for building skills and confidence through a professional approach that emphasises ‘hands-on’ learning in a practical production-led training context. 

The integrated training and employability programme spans pre-entrant to new entrant/continuing professional development level, covering film & TV production and craft skills, led by industry practitioners.  Training is largely hands-on in small groups, led by industry practitioners. Training offers London Open College Network accreditation at Levels 1-3, closely referenced to Skillset standards. Additional support includes business skills for freelancers, specialist master classes, film bursary opportunities and an industry-linked work placement scheme with leading production companies. Four Corners also offers professional photographic darkroom facilities and a growing arts and exhibitions programme. 

training offered

• Accredited training (external validation)
• Artform development
• Basic skills training
• Business support
• Continuing professional development
• Mentoring
• Non-formal learning
• Production experience
• Work placements

learner profiles

• Companies
• Industry professionals
• New entrants
• Pre-entrants
• Under-represented groups

progression

Students from Four Corners are looking for the following opportunities:

• Apprenticeships
• Freelance employment
• Full-time/part-time employment
• Internships
• Ongoing education
• Production, commissions and funding opportunities
• Work experience

Ground Floor West
Limehouse Court
Towpath House
3-11 Dod Street
London E14 7EQ

020 7538 8070

hi8us-south.co.uk

what we do

Hi8us South is a leader in developing innovative media and arts productions with and for young people.  We develop both participatory projects with young people and professional productions for a youth audience.

We work in collaboration with professionals to offer young people challenging and creative media opportunities, and to open alternative routes into the industry.  Hi8us South is part of the national Hi8us Network.  Our core aims are: to enable young people at risk of social exclusion to articulate their experiences; to enable young people to use the experience of creating arts and media as a catalyst for change in their own lives and in their communities; and to create innovative television, film and new media through a collaboration between professional filmmakers, web-designers and non-professional participants.

training offered

• Artform development
• Mentoring
• Non-formal learning
• Production experience

learner profiles

• Pre-entrants
• Under-represented groups
• Young people

progression

Students from Hi8us South are looking for the following opportunities:

• Freelance employment
• Ongoing education
• Work experience

31 Friars Place Lane
East Acton
London
W3 7AQ

020 8740 8802

www.jacquelinedavis.co.uk

what we do

Jacqueline Davis provides executive and high performance coaching, training in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), consultancy and fundraising services.
She has over 22 years experience of providing training and development services for the media and creative industries. For 18 years she was CEO of Connections Communications Centre and its wholly owned subsidiary Ravenscourt Media.
She is currently providing executive coaching, high performance and career coaching, communication workshops for teams, motivation workshops for jobseekers and young people and NLP for business seminars. Jacqueline is a Chartered Director with the Institute of Directors, a master NLP practitioner and a hypnotist.

training offered

• Continuing professional development
• Mentoring
• Non-formal learning

learner profiles

• Companies
• Industry professionals
• New entrants
• Pre-entrants
• Teachers
• Under-represented groups
• Young people

Snows Ride Farm
Snows Ride
Windlesham, Surrey
GU20 6LA

01276 474181

www.musicalities.co.uk

what we do

Musicalities is a consultancy specialising in music copyright clearance, music supervision and music publishing for the audiovisual industries.
We provide training in music copyright, related law and negotiating music clearance for film, TV and other media. Our aim is to supply relevant, up-to-date training for media professionals, delivered by industry specialists with years of experience and expertise. We run introductory courses, one-to-one sessions, in-house seminars and master classes customised to each client's needs.
As well as regular courses for the Indie Training Fund, the National Film and Television School and Channel 4, Musicalities have run seminars for many organisations including Universal Music, Ecosse TV, Tiger Aspect, Objective Productions, Ogilvy Worldwide, S4C, Pact, Welsh Music Foundation and Fremantle Media. We have co-hosted music copyright events with The Production Guild, leading law firms and the Hollywood Reporter.

training offered

• Business support
• Continuing professional development
• Mentoring
• Non-formal learning

learner profiles

• Companies
• Industry professionals
• New entrants
• Pre-entrants

progression

Students from Musicalities Ltd are looking for the following opportunities:

• Freelance employment
• Full-time/part-time employment
• Ongoing education

info@playfulinnovations.co.uk

07950 798 702

what we do

Playful Innovations focuses on working with primary schools and youth clubs delivering digital video production workshops, media education and media literacy.  We run Media Max programmes in primary schools where children gain training in script writing, camera techniques, sound, lighting, production, filming and editing.  Our workshops run for 12 weeks at a time but can be tailored to the needs of organisations requiring our services.

training offered

• Basic skills training
• Non-formal learning
• Production experience

learner profiles

• Pre-entrants
• Under-represented groups
• Young people

progression

Students from Playful Innovations are looking for the following opportunities:

• Apprenticeships
• Internships
• Ongoing education
• Production, commissions and funding opportunities
• Work experience

8 Clifton Road
Brighton
BN1 3HP

0779 111 4691

what we do

A television and film production company of worldwide standing and reputation, Praxis work across all media in:

BROADCAST PRODUCTION with documentaries, current affairs and factual programming, shot on film and video for UK and international broadcasters.

CORPORATE PRODUCTION with films, DVDs, audio, new media, web productions and consultancy for companies and organisations, large and small, often as an integrated package.

MEDIA SKILLS TRAINING with intensive courses and / or  mentoring for freelancers in directing, producing,  narrative and storytelling in documentaries,  research for documentary, current affairs and factual films; business, commercial and marketing courses for would-be media executives and entrepreneurs; and various 'How to Handle the Media' courses for business and industry executives.

WRITING SERVICES.  We write or assist/consult/advise on writing across literally all areas, covering television, movies, radio, business, commerce, the creative, journalism, print, policy, reports, marketing, PR, CVs/resumes and the web. For instance, for television and film we can help with writing at any stage whether the all important pitch, treatments, shooting scripts or screenplays for factual and fiction. We also offer proof reading and constructive analysis, sub editing and editing services. All with total confidentiality and speed guaranteed.

We think, we are also told, we offer something that is genuinely unique in our courses and through our on-going support system afterwards. The benefits include: high quality courses; ably taught by experienced film makers; small groups; immediately practical and useful approaches, checklists etc.; personalised courses tailored to delegates needs and wants; on-going support  and mentoring after the course.

training offered

• Continuing professional development
• Mentoring

learner profiles

• Companies
• Industry professionals
• New entrants
• Pre-entrants
• Teachers
• Under-represented groups
• Young people

progression

Students from Praxis Films are looking for the following opportunities:

• Freelance employment
• Full-time/part-time employment
• Internships
• Ongoing education
• Production, commissions and funding opportunities
• Work experience

2 Robert Street
Brixton
London SW9 0DJ

020 77376103

www.raw-material.org

what we do

Raw Material promotes access and opportunity in media education, production and professional development. Education provision consists of creative music, songwriting, instrumental tuition and studio production courses, video film production and post production courses. Professional development consists of artist development bursaries and film production bursaries. Professional services consist of studio recording, mixing and mastering, video film production and editing, sound track production and programme production.

training offered

• Accredited training (external validation)
• Accredited training (internal validation)
• Artform development
• Business support
• Continuing professional development
• Mentoring
• Non-formal learning
• Production experience
• Work placements

learner profiles

• Industry professionals
• New entrants
• Pre-entrants
• Under-represented groups
• Young people

progression

Students from Raw Material Music and Media are looking for the following opportunities:

• Apprenticeships
• Freelance employment
• Full-time/part-time employment
• Internships
• Ongoing education
• Own business development
• Work experience

5-13 Trinity Street
London SE1 1DB

020 7378 9400

www.rkl.org.uk

what we do

Red Kite Learning is a registered charity and social enterprise that believes in equipping people with the knowledge and skills to fulfil their potential.  We provide a diverse range of services linked through the themes of learning, work and progression.  The scope and reach of our services has developed over the last 20 years, creating opportunities for thousands of individuals in London and beyond through a range of skills and employment programmes.

Red Kite Learning was a key member of the Into Partnership, a community information initiative based in Elephant and Castle, south London, which also ran the Into Media programme which supported individuals to make their own digital media productions.

Current programmes include a project delivering numeracy qualifications and job support to participants from Southwark, Lambeth and Wandsworth, and a project delivering work placements, training and employment support to participants with a history of substance misuse.  Red Kite Learning is a promoter of the government's Skills for Life strategy, and works with many different groups of people to help them improve their reading, writing, maths and English.  We also develop e-learning resources to support Skills for Life tutors and other skills and education programmes.

training offered

• Accredited training (external validation)
• Accredited training (internal validation)
• Mentoring
• Non-formal learning
• Work placements

learner profiles

• Pre-entrants
• Under-represented groups
• Young people

progression

Students from Red Kite Learning are looking for the following opportunities:

• Apprenticeships
• Full-time/part-time employment
• Internships
• Ongoing education
• Work experience

Stable Studios
15 Priest End
Thame
Oxfordshire
OX9 2AE

www.shaunmoore.com

what we do

Shaun Moore Design was established in 1997 following the closure of the BBC Design Department to help fill the training gap with practical, vocational courses in design skills for art department.  Shaun Moore is a busy production designer, with extensive teaching experience.  A practising architect, he taught at Oxford School of Architecture for several years, and was then appointed Professor of Architecture, Kansas State University.  In 1994 he joined the BBC, becoming Senior Designer, and taught Design for Film & TV at Chelsea College of Art.  Now an NVQ Assessor and Skillst Careers Advisor, Shaun Moore still works as a set designer in the UK and abroad.  Between design contracts, his well-established CPD short courses are particularly appropriate for freelance designers and assistants.  Courses can be tailored to individual needs and can be offered on a one-to-one basis.  They have flexible course dates, are practical, and project-based.  They are intended to introduce new techniques, sharpen up existing skills, and 'sort out bad habits'.

training offered

• Continuing professional development
• Mentoring
• Non-formal learning

learner profiles

• Industry professionals
• Pre-entrants

progression

Students from Shaun Moore Design are looking for the following opportunities:

• Freelance employment

No. 25, 99-109 Lavender Hill
London SW11 5QL

020 7223 6677

www.spectacle.co.uk

what we do

Spectacle is an award-winning independent production company specialising in social documentary and community media. Our practice is workshop-based with an emphasis on participatory democracy, urbanism and social justice. We currently have several projects in London and Brussels.  We offer ‘on-the-job’ camera and editing training on productions, work experience and work placements. Spectacle only employs freelancers who have come through these channels. Please visit our website for information on our short courses and open workshops. We are always happy to hear from the motivated and passionate.

training offered

• Artform development
• Non-formal learning
• Production experience
• Work placements

learner profiles

• New entrants
• Pre-entrants
• Under-represented groups
• Young people

progression

Students from Spectacle are looking for the following opportunities:

• Freelance employment
• Ongoing education
• Work experience

Hungerford School
Hungerford Road
London N7 9LF

020 7607 8660

www.filmworkshop.com

what we do

The Film and Video Workshop is an educational charity dedicated to helping people use multimedia as a creative tool for communication. We aim to work with as wide a range of people as possible and especially focus on those who are disadvantaged due to social, cultural and economic circumstances. We facilitate a large variety of courses for about 500 people a year. These range from introductory to advanced and some are accredited through LOCN. Current courses include:  Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, DVD studio Pro, After Effects, Maya, Motion and Illustrator. We have a modern purpose built training centre and a wide range of software and equipment. A few of our courses are based on bursaries which provide students with a production budget and equipment. Currently there are three animation bursaries. We run the London International Animation Festival, the largest screening of animated shorts in the UK. We also facilitate projects for Tate Modern, Tate Britain and the National Portrait Gallery. 

Our Education Department runs projects for approximately 800 young people a year, mostly in schools but also in youth clubs, prisons, and community centres. We are the largest producer of young-people-made animation in the UK.

training offered

• Accredited training (external validation)
• Accredited training (internal validation)
• Artform development
• Basic skills training
• Business support
• Mentoring
• Non-formal learning
• Production experience
• Work placements

learner profiles

• Companies
• Industry professionals
• New entrants
• Pre-entrants
• Under-represented groups
• Young people

progression

Students from The Film and Video Workshop are looking for the following opportunities:

• Apprenticeships
• Freelance employment
• Full-time/part-time employment
• Internships
• Ongoing education
• Work experience

1 Thorpe Close
London W10 5XL

020 8964 2641

thevideocollege.co.uk

what we do

The Video College offers free, hands-on, production-based video training with a strong drama element for those traditionally under-represented in the film and television industries.  

We run a regular programme of activities with young people (12 to 19-year-olds), often working in partnership with: schools and youth clubs, Youth Offending Teams (YOT), migrant and refugee, community and arts organisations. We have developed programmes for the 14-19 Creative and Media Diploma. 

For 18-year-olds and over, the Video College’s series of production-based courses (introductory to more advanced) are all accredited in line with the industry’s Occupational Standards. Tutors are working professionals who provide high-quality training in craft and production skills and introduce trainees to the realities of working in a fast-changing, competitive industry. Our Placements Co-ordinator assists trainees in finding work and, through regular contact with industry employers, is able to match individuals’ skills to positions that companies need to fill. Short courses in financial management support trainees in making the transition from unemployment to freelance work. The Video College is a Skillset approved industry training provider. 

Our small production arm provides ex-trainees with the opportunity to gain paid experience on professional productions and a resource for community organisations and statutory agencies.

training offered

• Accredited training (external validation)
• Basic skills training
• Business support
• Non-formal learning
• Production experience
• Work placements

learner profiles

• New entrants
• Pre-entrants
• Under-represented groups
• Young people

progression

Students from The Video College are looking for the following opportunities:

• Apprenticeships
• Freelance employment
• Full-time/part-time employment
• Internships
• Ongoing education
• Work experience