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

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

The Old Farm House.
Tickincor Lower, Clonmel,
Co. Tipperary, Ireland

07710 412961

what we do

Profile Media Services specialises in the provision of training in make-up and hair for the film and television industries. Our courses include Laying on facial hair, Ladies hair cutting and styling, Men's hair cutting and styling, and Setting and dressing ladies’ long hair. We also offer a range of courses in the use of prosthetics, airbrushing and wigs to HD standard. Many of our courses are supported by Skillset.

training offered

• Accredited training (external validation)
• Accredited training (internal validation)
• Continuing professional development

learner profiles

• Industry professionals
• New entrants

progression

Students from Profile Media Services are looking for the following opportunities:

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

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

129-131 Mare Street
London E8 3RH

020 8525 4330

www.spacestudios.org.uk

what we do

SPACE media arts runs a wide variety of media arts training courses for artists, young people, local people and communities. We have gained a reputation as a high-quality, low-cost training centre. 

We offer a constantly expanding and diversifying programme of still and moving image training, including film and video editing (Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, After Effects), digital imaging (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), animation and web2.0 technologies. 

In addition to this, SPACE media arts produces an increasing number of community facing, media-based educational projects for young people, with a focus on those who are disadvantaged due to social, cultural or economic circumstances. Working almost exclusively with new emergent technologies, such as mobile phone, bluetooth and web2.0 broadcasting platforms, these programmes promise to facilitate grass-roots access to the means of media production and promote community self-empowerment. 

training offered

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

learner profiles

• Companies
• Industry professionals
• New entrants
• Young people

progression

Students from SPACE Media Arts are looking for the following opportunities:

• Freelance employment
• Full-time/part-time 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

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