Media Careers Podcast

Wendy Mitchell, Journalist, Moderator and Film Festival Consultant

Charanprite Dhami, 3rd Assistant Director for Film and TV

This shows contains discussions on:

Growing up in an Asian family 

Failure

Belief in yourself and your abilities 

Criminology

Prague Film School: https://www.praguefilmschool.cz/

Edinburgh University: https://www.ed.ac.uk/

ScreenSkills: https://www.screenskills.com/

1st AD: https://www.screenskills.com/job-profiles/browse/film-and-tv-drama/production-management/assistant-director/#:~:text=First%20ADs%20plan%20the%20filming,%2C%20locations%2C%20equipment%20and%20crew.

2nd AD: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/second-assistant-job-description/

Creative Access: https://creativeaccess.org.uk/

Screen Yorkshire: https://www.screenyorkshire.co.uk/

Job Roles Mentioned:

Production Trainee: https://www.careersinscreen.ie/role/production-trainee/#:~:text=Production%20DepartmentProduction%20Trainee&text=They%20are%20responsible%20for%20running,requirements%20of%20a%20film%20production.

Floor Runner: https://www.screenskills.com/job-profiles/browse/film-and-tv-drama/production-management/floor-runner-film-and-tv-drama/#:~:text=Floor%20runners%20do%20anything%20required,from%20unit%20base%20to%20set.

Sonny Hanley, Director ITV Academy

This shows contains discussions on:

https://careers.itv.com/teams/itv-academy

Yorkshire TV

ITV Yorkshire

ITV: https://www.itv.com/ 

Diploma in Media Technology

Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College / Buckingham University: https://www.bucks.ac.uk/ 

Content Delivery Department 

Screen House Productions: https://www.screenhouse.co.uk/ 

 

Job Roles Mentioned:

Production Coordinator

Production Manager

Production Executive

Edit Producer

Content Media Workflow Coordinator

Business Analyst

Niki Whittle, Business Development Director, MOOV

This shows contains discussions on:

Building curiosity 

Grimsby Institute: https://grimsby.ac.uk/ 

Granada Studios: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granada_Studios 

CITV: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CITV 

Sky Sports: https://www.skysports.com/ 

DAZN: https://www.dazn.com/en-GB/welcome 

Conmebol: https://www.dazn.com/en-GB/competition/Competition:2db0aw1duj2my9l5iey5gm6nq 

Disguise: https://www.disguise.one/en/ 

IBC: https://www.ibc.org/ 

MOOV: https://www.moov.tv/ 

Unreal: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US 

SWOT analysis: https://www.cipd.org/uk/knowledge/factsheets/swot-analysis-factsheet/#:~:text=A%20SWOT%20analysis%20is%20a,environment%20in%20which%20it%20operates. 

Build a Network 

 

Job Roles Mentioned:

Technical Runner

Graphic Development Team

Editing

Business Development Director

 

Suggested follow up activities:

Have a look at different technologies that broadcasters might be using (or have implemented before like BBC iPlayer) and put a SWOT analysis together to decide whether this is the right decision for the business

Amy Buscombe, Commissioning Editor Drama, BBC Children’s

This shows contains discussions on:

Commercial Rights

PSC form - Programme is Completed Form

Middlesex University: https://www.mdx.ac.uk/ 

Exeter College: https://exe-coll.ac.uk/ 

BBC Impact Team

 

Job Roles Mentioned:

Drama Clerk

BBC Radio Drama Assistant

BBC Writers Room

BBC Children's Script Editor

Drama Commissioning Editor

Suggested follow up activities:

• How many scripts have you read? Can you read 5 within 1 week?

• Talk about a drama that you lost interest in and describe this happened, looking at the story and characters

 

Additional links & information:

https://careers.bbc.co.uk 

https://careers.bbc.co.uk/content/Early-Careers/?locale=en_GB

Hannah Robinson, Production Development Producer

*** Trigger warning: this episode contains discussions on bereavement and the loss of a family member

 

This shows contains discussions on:

Family loss and grief

Aberystwyth University: https://aber.ac.uk/en/

BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/ 

ADI: https://www.adi.tv/ 

Dock 10: https://www.dock10.co.uk/ 

Unreal Engine: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US 

Virtual Studios

Rise: risewib.com    

 

Job Roles Mentioned:

Journalist

Multi skilled Operator

Development Producer

Suggested follow up activities:

1. Create your virtual background of your work
2. Download Unreal and test out what you can create
3. Message someone in the industry whose job title you are interested in to see if they will have a 10min coffee with you to get some advice......***look at the Linkedin profiles shared through this podcast

Additional links & information:

Any dock10 work experience opportunities or entry level roles will appear here: https://www.dock10.co.uk/about/careers/

 

There’s also a great section of Meet the Team with descriptions of various roles around the studios, and what it’s like to work here.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/trainee-schemes-and-apprenticeships

 

https://careers.itv.com/teams/early-careers/apprenticeships

Email jobs@dock10.co.uk with a CV and covering letter if there are no opportunities currently listed on our website. Developing future talent is an important part of dock10. We are constantly on the lookout for vibrant, enthusiastic and talented people.

 

If anyone is looking for roles in sport, then follow @garytaphouse on twitter. He regularly posts sports media job advertisements for all levels.

 

There is also a website, twitter, facebook and Instagram page called Behind Sport. They regularly interview people from around sport to find out more about their role and day to day activities.

Emma Thomas, Film Script Supervisor

Media Careers Job Title: Script Supervisor 

This shows contains discussions on:

WFTV: https://www.wftv.org.uk/ 

 

Job Roles Mentioned:

Script Supervisor: https://www.screenskills.com/job-profiles/browse/film-and-tv-drama/technical/script-supervisor-film-and-tv-drama/ 

Production Accountant: https://www.screenskills.com/job-profiles/browse/film-and-tv-drama/production-management/production-accountant/ 

Runner: https://www.screenskills.com/job-profiles/browse/film-and-tv-drama/production-management/production-runner/ 

Suggested follow up activities:

1. Can you time a script?
2. Listen to the 7 minute video on Script Supervising and write down the lessons learnt 

 

Additional links & information:

https://www.screenskills.com/ 

“What happens when a movie has no Script Supervisor” by Martha Pinson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAvn7CNpdB8 

https://www.theartofcontinuity.com/ 

The Fine Art of Director Whispering: https://saioni.co/ 

Debbie Ramsay, Commissioning Editor, Youth Strand, News & Current Affairs at Channel 4

This shows contains discussions on:

BRMB Radio: https://www.brmbradio.com 

Multi Media teams & expertise 

Newsbeat: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wkry 

Radio 1: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_one 

Radio 1extra: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_1xtra 

 

Job Roles Mentioned:

Local Reporter

News Editor

Journalist

Presenter

Online Editor

Entertainment Editor

Planning Editor

Deputy Editor

Editor

 

Suggested follow up activities:

1. What is your plan and what are your incremental steps to get there?
2. Write a list of favourite documentaries and who is producing them
3. Write a short pitch for a documentary
4. Create a short film on iphone on a news item

 

Additional links & information:

https://careers.channel4.com/4skills/work-experience

https://careers.channel4.com/4skills