directory of MITA members

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

Greasepaint Studio
143 Northfield Avenue
Ealing,
London W13 9QT

020 8840 6000

www.greasepaint.co.uk

what we do

Greasepaint offers a fully comprehensive training for today's make-up industry combining fashion, film, TV and theatre.  Since 1979, we have trained many of the top make-up professionals working in the industry, including BAFTA and Emmy award winners.

Our courses include a 14-week programme in film, TV and theatre make-up which includes porsthetics and hair; a five-week programme in fashion make-up and hair; and a one-week airbrushing course covering corrective make-up, special effects training, hair and nail and body art.  We also provide bespoke training.  On completion of training with Greasepaint, our agency offers work experience to graduates reaching the required standard, with the possibility of paid work as more experience is acquired.

training offered

• Accredited training (external validation)
• Continuing professional development
• Work placements

learner profiles

• Industry professionals
• New entrants

progression

Students from Greasepaint are looking for the following opportunities:

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

Ealing Studios
Ealing Green
London
W5 5EP

0208 2809124

www.metfilmschool.co.uk

what we do

The Met Film School is London's leading provider of practical filmmaking courses, based at Ealing Studios. We deliver a range of full and part-time programmes - including our unique two-year degrees, as well as our new One-Year Visual Effects & Animation programme - all taught by industry professionals.

training offered

• Accredited training (external validation)
• Basic skills training
• Production experience

learner profiles

• Companies
• Industry professionals

progression

Students from Met Film School are looking for the following opportunities:

• Apprenticeships
• Freelance employment
• Full-time/part-time employment
• Internships
• Ongoing education
• Own business development
• Production, commissions and funding opportunities
• 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

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