Places on all three of these Multiplatform training courses are going fast and numbers are limited so if you are thinking of updating your production skills this year, these courses could be for you. The Skillset approved courses will be delivered in association with UWE, as part of the Skillset TV Freelance Fund. In addition the 80% bursaries from Skillset mean they are incredibly cheap!

Introduction to Multiplatform and Social Networking, 3rd February

Overview: To familiarise participants with new multiplatform delivery options available for video, animation and advertising content. The course covers TV, video on websites, mobile content, viral advertising, handheld devices, mobile phones, smartphones, gaming platforms, and takes in social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace) making participants aware of the different technologies available.

Suitable for: Producers, editors, designers, researchers, APs, project planners, directors, documentary makers, marketing assistants and managers, brand managers, content owners, ad agency staff

Location: e-Office Bristol 11-19 Wine Street, Bristol, BS1 2PH

Time: 1000-1700 (including one hour for lunch)

Cost: £125.00 + VAT (not including lunch) (or £25.00 + VAT with full bursary)



Shooting for the Web, 11th-13th February (3 days) ONLY ONE PLACE LEFT

Overview: This course teaches the process of planning, shooting, editing and uploading of video for distribution on the internet. We provide hands-on training for camera skills, shot composition, lighting setup and audio recording, as well as for software edting skills and the correct format for uploading to the web. The course is taught in a supportive learning environment, with time included for practicing learned techniques

Suitable for: Producers, researchers, APs, web designers, business owners, journalists and anyone who is actively involved in planning and organising films for web distribution. The course will teach the process from script to online delivery of shooting, editing, encoding and uploading of video for the web.

Location: UWE Bower Ashton Campus, Kennel Lodge Road, Bristol, BS3 2JT

Time:1000-1700 (including one hour for lunch)

Cost: £750 + VAT (not including lunch although the UWE oniste Restaurant will be open on weekdays) or £150 + VAT with full bursary

Re-purposing TV content for Multiplatform 5th-6th March (2 days) ONLY THREE PLACES LEFT

Overview: This course will give editors, web technical managers, producers and post production staff the ability to utilise video content to its maximum benefit across different platforms and to different briefs. It covers a range of techniques to improve the quality of video footage including practical sessions using Flash, AFter Effects, Adobe, CS4 and Encore on Mac and Windows and gives guidelines on the best way to compress clips. It’s the essential update on multiplatform video delivery.

Suitable for: Editors required to increase their skill-set to complement their main editing tasks, Producers/APs working with films and video wishing to learn the skills required to re-purpose content for multiple platforms. DVD and web authors who have to prepare disc and web projects in multiple languages and with close captioned and subtitled content.Location: UWE Bower Ashton Campus, Kennel Lodge Road, Bristol BS3 2JT

Time:1000-1700 (including one hour for lunch)

Cost: £450.00 + VAT (not including lunch although the UWE on site Restaurant will be open on weekdays) or £90 + VAT with full bursary

The courses will be delivered by Simon Walker www.bristolmedia.co.uk/directory/simon-walker-freelance, Cameraman, Editor and Apple Certified Master Trainer. Simon runs training courses at the Soho Training Centre in London and is in demand as a speaker and trainer nationally and internationally.

If you meet the Skillset criteria www.skillset.org/multiplatformbursaries, you may be eligible to receive funding of up to 80% of the course costs up to £800 through the Multiplatform Bursary Scheme. Please note that bursary applications can take up to 4 weeks to process and although applications can be made 5 working days before the course date, there is no guarantee that the application will be successful. In addition applications cannot be considered retrospectively.

For more information on the Skillset Bursary Critera, Download Skillset Bursary Criteria

or go to www.skillset.org/multiplatformbursaries

For further information on each of the courses or to book your place on the Introduction to Multimedia and Social Networking, please email caroline@bristolmedia.co.uk

To apply for a place on Re-purposing TV Content or Shooting for the Web, please email the CPD department at UWE at sca.cpd@uwe.ac.uk

South West Screen are also running three Multiplatform Training Courses in Bristol in 2010; Multiplatform Deliverables, Storytelling Across Platforms and Managing Creative Teams – click here for more information

And the Gloucestershire Media Group are offering “How to make money from your IP” – click here for more information.