1. Creative Skillset Qualification  BFI Level 2 Awards and Certificate for Preparing to work in the film industry  Industry recognised qualification

2. Units  Unit 1 – Theory – working in the industry (6 credits)  Unit 2 – Pre-production (3 credits)  Unit 3 – Production (4 credits)  Unit 4 – Post-production (2 credit)  Unit 8 – Marketing & Distribution (2 credit)

3. How to Qualify  1 – Award – 6 credits  2 – Extended Award – 8 credits  3 – Certificate 13 credits

4. Unit 1 – Theory – working in the industry – 6 credits  Job Roles  Skills/qualities needed  Working Conditions  Law & Legislation  Health & Safety

5. Unit 2 – Pre-production – 3 credits  Pitching  Proposals  Treatments  Shot lists

6. Unit 3 – Production – 4 credits  Looking at story structure – what is documentary?  Story template  Production call sheet  Location filming  Sound recording  Gathering/saving/labeling footage

7. Unit 4 – Post-production – 2 credits  Understand editing terms  Identify key stages of post-production process  Looking at industry standards (file storage, labeling etc.)

8. Unit 8 – Marketing & Distribution – 2 credits  Outline and explore methods of marketing a film  Outline and explore methods of film distribution  Organise a film event at Watershed (pitching, planning, logistics, H&S, operations, technical, budgets, marketing etc.)

9. Top Tips  Blogs  Task sheets  Attendance  Team Work  Time Management  Use your passions/your quirks

10. Have fun!