Hartismere School

Enrichment and Work Experience Opportunities:

The BFI Future Film Academy:
The BFI (The British Film Institute) runs a fantastic range of courses run by Media and Film industry professionals for 16-19 year olds.  Their main page can be found here https://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/5-19-film-education-scheme-2013-2017/bfi-film-academy-scheme/bfi-film-academy-uk-network-programme and https://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/bfi-film-academy/bfi-film-academy-specialist-residential-programme.  

They also run a range of online courses and workshops that are well worth signing up to:

BFI Academy Labs: 
FREE monthly Saturday events for 16-25 year olds - https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=bfifilmacademylabs&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id= 

BFI Academy Scene: 
Live online interviews with young filmmakers every Thursday evening.  FREE for 16-25 year olds who can submit questions for the filmmakers.  A great opportunity to see others’ work and make connections: https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=scene2018&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id

These courses are either free or very cheap, give you high quality media and film production training, are next to free and would look great on your CV or UCAS application.  Here’s what the BFI say about their Film Academy courses: “Are you 16-19? Passionate about film? Want a career in the film industry? If so, the BFI Film Academy is for you. This course offers you the chance to be part of our future film industry.”

In addition to the BFI courses and workshops there are a range of other organisations providing training and work experience in London, these include: 

Fully Focused Productions:
Fully Focused Productions is a charity that runs a range of programmes to help young people enter the film industry.  They run a range of FREE online filmmaking masterclasses and sessions Follow their socials (@ukfullyfocused) for details of upcoming workshops and masterclasses on everything from sound to editing, cinematography, production and much more. https://www.fullyfocusedproductions.com/

Ravensbourne College
Ravensbourne College in Greenwich run one of the most prestigious Film and TV production courses in the country.  They regularly offer a range of  free production workshops to secondary school students. The links below are for last year’s courses, if they are out of date try googling “Ravensbourne College workshops”, “Ravensbourne College school workshops” or “Ravensbourne College holiday workshops”, 

https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/events/masterclasses/february-half-term-film-workshop

https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/information/schools-and-outreach/saturday-clubs-and-holiday-schools?fbclid=IwAR1wthSWBvrhjHzjgMkCdqEFQWfdntBWY_aFTFRnOYYpv4sQnp8WeEbTSMUP

 
https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/events/saturday-club