AFTRS Open: TV courses in March, April.

If you’re looking for an entry level TV job, or just want to extend your skill-set, AFTRS Open has some upcoming courses  in Sydney worth your attention.

These are weekend and evening courses taught by working professionals, designed for those eager to secure an entry-level job in TV production, Storytelling for Factual TV for field producers, associate producers, researchers, editors or assistant editors.

The Production Office 101
This weekend introductory course is designed for people with limited knowledge of television production who are interested in making a career the industry. You’ll learn about the different types of TV shows; how TV shows are bought, sold and made; staff roles in a production office; who does what on set and you’ll find out what you need to join the production team. Your tutor, Genevieve Ginty, is an independent freelance consultant who has a long career in arts media and entertainment. Before becoming freelance, Genevieve worked almost exclusively for Southern Star and has managed many and varied projects including: the National Geographic documentary series Next Wave, Celebrity Big Brother, Strictly Dancing and Friday Night Games.
Sat 19 – Sun 20 March, AFTRS Sydney

Storytelling for Factual TV
Are you a field producer, associate producer, researcher, editor or assistant editor wanting to take your career to the next stage? This course is all about developing and honing storytelling skills for post-production writing in factual TV and is designed for aspiring “post producers” who wish to develop high level story structure and writing skills. The course also caters for “predators” (producer/editors) – a new role in the world of factual TV, requiring not only technical editing skills but also writing. Your Tutor is Paul Hawker whose extensive credits as a freelance writer include: Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters; National Geographic’s Taboo; Channel 7’s The Suspects, Channel 10’s Bondi Rescue; Channel 9’s Farmer Wants a Wife and The ABC’s Hospital Chaplains. M​ost recently he has been Post-producer on the ABC’s ground breaking series on mental health Changing Minds, and Paul is now working on Making Families Happy for Heiress films.
Sat 19 – Sun 20 March, AFTRS Sydney

The Assistant Editor
The Australian TV industry is crying out for more trained and effective Assistant Editors. In this rapidly advancing technological industry the Assistant Editor role is no longer an apprenticeship in which to learn the craft of editing, but instead it is a highly precise and technical role which involves ingesting (importing), organising and preparing footage for editors to cut with. This three-day, intensely practical course gives you a fast, but thorough, hands-on experience in the duties, technical skills and responsibilities of the Assistant Editor. No prior editing experience is required. The course is unique in Australia and taught by a highly experienced Supervising Assistant Editor, Rebecca Edwards, whose credits include many large scale, fast turnaround reality formats such as ‘The Biggest Loser’, ‘Australia’s Next Top Model’, ‘Junior Masterchef’ and ‘Big Brother’.
Fri 1 – Sat 3 April, AFTRS Sydney

Research Skills for TV
If you’re already working in TV production and need to improve your research skills, or want to move into TV Research, then this course will give you a great grounding. A great researcher is an asset to any production, and this course is designed to give you the key skills to work across all genres of factual television. You’ll learn through practical exercises, lectures, screenings and discussions about how to research and write a one-off or series doco, magazine segment or current affairs proposal.  Course Lecturer Lesley Holden is a producer/researcher/writer who has worked in the industry for more than 25 years on many award – winning productions. Lesley’s series credits include: The Great Australian Race Riot (Ep 3), Australian: The Story of Us, Redesign My Brain; Whitlam, The Power and the Passion; Raising the Curtain; Darwin’s Brave New World; Indonesia: A Reporter’s Journey and Dying to Leave .
Sat 2 – Thurs 7 April, AFTRS Sydney

You can view all AFTRS Open short TV courses at the AFTRS Open website 

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