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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?
.
• 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
