directory of MITA members

www.film-it.org.uk

0207 704 9386

www.film-it.org.uk

what we do

Working with young people at risk in the community, in prisons, in secure children’s homes and hospitals, we run workshops to create award winning TV programmes, photographs, DVDS, CDs and resource packs which are used to educate and inform others. Film It workshops are taught by industry professionals on broadcast quality equipment.  

A Film It workshop offers young people the chance to: see a different, more positive future; gain skills that are needed in the workplace; create a CV to gain employment or further training.

Film It was the winner of the Best Broadcast by Young People at the C&YPN Positive Images Awards 2008.

training offered

• Accredited training (internal validation)
• Basic skills training
• Non-formal learning

learner profiles

• Under-represented groups
• Young people

progression

Students from Film It are looking for the following opportunities:

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

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

Panavision Building
Bristol Road
Greenford
Middlesex
UB6 8GD

020 8813 1999

what we do

The GBCT represents DoPs, Camera Operators, 1st and 2nd ACs, Grips, Gaffers, Script Supervisors, Stills Photographers and other technical camera specialists.  A non-political organisation that strives to be an authoritative presence in the industry, the GBCT is a company limited by guarantee, with a constitution that is both relevant and fair. 

Current priorities include:

Collaboration on the preparation of the Skillset qualification structure/NOS and standards for technicians - including grips, all camera specialisations and script supervisors;
Ensuring that our members are informed and up to date technically, aesthetically and practically;
Being a proactive member of the Cine Guilds of Great Britain and the Image Forum.

training offered

• Accredited training (external validation)
• Continuing professional development
• Mentoring
• Non-formal learning
• Work placements

learner profiles

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

progression

Students from Guild of British Camera Technicians are looking for the following opportunities:

• Full-time/part-time employment
• 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

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

Innovation House
23 Carriage Drive
Kettering
Northamptonshire

0845 837 7763

www.skillschannel.tv

what we do

Skills Channel TV offers highly interactive and practical personal and business development activities with the aim of moving people and businesses forward. We offer tailor-made courses and events in creative industry leadership and management skills, business development, handling the media, training the trainer, coaching for managers and team building. As one of the UK’s leading media training consultants, we work with a wide range of UK and international brands – just trying to make a difference.

training offered

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

learner profiles

• Companies
• Industry professionals
• Under-represented groups

progression

Students from Skills Channel TV are looking for the following opportunities:

• Production, commissions and funding opportunities
• Work experience

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

N & P Complex
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath
Buckinghamshire
SL0 0NH

01753 651767

www.productionguild.com

what we do

The Production Guild is a representative body for production accountants, financial administrators and production executives working in film and television drama. We deliver a range of accredited training programmes for new entrants and industry professionals funded by the Lottery through the Skillset Film Skills Fund and the UK feature film industry. We run two annual new entrant schemes: the Assistant Production Accountant Training Scheme and Assistant Production Co-Ordinator Training Scheme. In addition we deliver a number of professional development programmes aimed at current practitioners including: PG Progress – Production Management for individuals keen to progress to the next level of their careers as production managers; PG Progress – Accounts II, a fast-track programme for those wishing to move into production accounting; and PG Empowers, a seminar programme designed to expand the working knowledge of existing industry professionals.

training offered

• Accredited training (external validation)
• Accredited training (internal validation)
• Continuing professional development
• Mentoring
• Production experience
• Work placements

learner profiles

• New entrants
• Under-represented groups

progression

Students from The Production Guild are looking for the following opportunities:

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

Lux Building
2-4 Hoxton Square
London N1 6US

020 7505 4747

www.vet.co.uk

what we do

Built on over 20 years of successful delivery, VET is one of Britain’s top training providers in the craft and technical grades of moving image and sound on all platforms. Our practical and student-focused courses are taught by working professionals who know how to demystify cutting-edge technology and care about facilitating learning for all.  

VET is a Skillset approved training provider and a training delivery partner of Avid, Panasonic and Sonic Solutions and is a 'preferred supplier' for the provision of training and development to the BBC. As the sole Avid Authorised Education Centre in the UK we offer a range of certified courses leading to Avid accreditation. We also offer industry-standard short courses and bespoke training including: High Definition (HD); videos for Internet TV, mobiles and handheld; broadcast technology; Final Cut Pro; digital camera operation; and tapeless post production workflow. 

Delivered in state-of-the-art facilities located in sun-kissed studios overlooking Hoxton Square, VET’s courses address the skills and knowledge gaps of a range of media practitioners, from independent filmmakers and artists to broadcasters.  

In addition to training, we have a production arm and offer post-production services, including editing, audio dubbing, IPTV, mobile and DVD.

training offered

• Accredited training (internal validation)
• Artform development
• Continuing professional development
• Production experience

learner profiles

• Industry professionals
• New entrants
• Under-represented groups

progression

Students from VET are looking for the following opportunities:

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