How to be a purple cow in the film industry master 2015

How to be a Purple Cow in the Film Industry

Yen YauTalent Development ManagerInto Film

What’s with the Purple Cow?

Between 2004 and 2012, the number of UK film students grew from 1,625 to 5,530 – that’s a 240% increase in just eight years.

In 2004 there were just 135 students studying on ‘Film Production’ courses) whereas by 2012 this number had ballooned to 930

November 11, 2013 by Stephen Follows

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Film Workforce Size

Major Occupational GroupsFilm Production

% Film Distribution

% Cinema Exhibition

%

Strategic Management

38 Distribution, Sales & Marketing

47 Kiosk/Box Office

87

Business Management

23 Business Management

22 Head Office/Management

8

Production 15 Strategic Management

17 Projection/Technical

3

Creative Development

14 Production 3 Premise Operation

2

Art and Design 6 Creative Development

2

Legal 4 Technical Development

2

Servicing 2

Where are the Opportunities?

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• Management, leadership and business skills • A key gap for the future is new and digital

technology and particularly managing the change from traditional to digital media.

• In production digital camera skills and awareness are lacking

• For exhibition and distribution employers a key focus is exploiting opportunities such as online and digital sales, marketing and distribution and dealing with threats eg. file sharing.

• In production there is an on-going need for training is in health and safety.

Connecting to the Curriculum

Craft and Technical departments

Costume & Hair/Make Up DepartmentsLighting/Camera & Grips Departments

Different Roles

• Line Producer• Script Supervisor• DoP• Data Wrangler

• Stereographer

• Film Distributor

• Compositor• Location Manager• Colour Grader

• Prop Maker

• Film Sales Agent• Editor • Sound Recordist• Publicist

• Art Director

• VFX Supervisor

• Film Programmer• DIT• ADR Recordist

• Scenic Plasterer

Getting on – the VFX skills spectrum

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VFX careers film & Gravity breakdown showreel

• http://creativeskillset.org/creative_industries/vfx/ways_into_the_industry

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCm3FYp4hdI

Where is the science?

Developing a Portfolio• The FoundryNUKE – The award-winning tool for visual effects and the industry’s standard software (http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/nuke/non-commercial/)• AutodeskMaya – 3D computer animation, modeling, visual effects and rendering software tool(http://www.autodesk.com/education/home)• FusionTools for compositing, keying, painting, animation, stereoscopic 3D and more, all in a

single application. Currently only available for windows(https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/fusion)• Sculptris – If you're new to the world of digital sculpting, Sculptris is the ideal

ground on which to get started.(http://pixologic.com/sculptris/)

VFX Film Resources

•The Core Skills of VFX http://www.skillset.org/animation/qualifications/article_8377_1.asp

•Breakdown showreelshttp://www.artofvfx.com/?p=6591

http://www.moving-picture.com/showreels/vfx-breakdowns/

•Individual Career Profiles and Case studieshttp://www.dneg.com/career_profiles/

Getting noticed

Who are you?

What are your skills?

What are you passionate about?

What’s your BRAND?

Are you resilient?

4 Talent Film – how to work in film and TV

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuVNmK1c6qI

Six Key Soft Skill ClustersCrawford et al: Comparative Analysis of Soft Skills, Michigan State University, Aug 2011.

Six Key Soft Skill Clusters

What Employers Want

1. Honesty and integrity 2. Basic literacy skills 3. Basic oral communication skills4. Reliability 5. Being hard working and having a good

work ethic 6. Numeracy skills 7. A positive can do attitude 8. Punctuality 9. Ability to meet deadlines 10. Team working and co-operation skills

• Has a film related degree

• First aid certificate

• Can speak foreign languages

• Has made a short film

• Has a driving license

• Has a university degree

What skills do you need?

1. Has a driving license

2. Has a university degree

3. Has made a short film

4. Can speak foreign languages

5. Has a film related degree

6. First aid certificate

Ranked in order according to employers

Useful Websites

• BAFTA Guru• Double Negative• Escape Studios• Shooting People• Screen International• The CG Society• Creative Skillset• College of Production

Creative Skillset

http://creativeskillset.org/who_we_help/young_creative_talent/

• BBC Academy• BFI Film Academy Network

(NFTS Craft Residential)• FDA• Creative Choices /CCS• UK Film Export• Creative Access• Working Title• Creative England

• The Network• 4 Talent• BBC Writers Room• Broadcast• Televisual• So You Want to Work in

TV• The TV Collective• The Sky Academy

Television

Action Plan

Next Steps

• Few minutes with person next to you – identify 3 things you are going to do after today

Final Thoughts

1. Be resilient

2. Be bold

3. Do a Skills audit

4. Always double check grammar & spelling!!

5. Research, Research & Research!!

6. Don’t be a MEDIA WANNABE!

7. Be prepared – 90 second pitch

Getting in Touch

yen.yau@intofilm.org

Skills FusionSecond Light Labs

@yenyau@getintofilm