goNORTH Radio – Producer Training Opportunity Training course: 28th May – 8th June 2012.
Do you want to be a Radio Producer? …then goNORTH radio is for you. We are providing a two week intensive training course in partnership with Dabster Productions that culminates in our live radio station throughout this year’s goNORTH, our annual creative industries festival on Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th June in Inverness.
Gain experience in modern day digital broadcasting skills, train with some of Scotland’s leading industry professionals and network with commissioners, employers and freelancers currently at the very top of the Scottish radio and digital broadcast industry.
Areas we will cover:
- Radio presentation skills
- Interviewing skills
- Technical operations
- Digital editing
- Compliance and legal considerations
- Music programming
- Live session recording
- Commercial production
- Production of online content
This course is absolutely FREE. We will also provide accommodation (FREE) for anyone outside the Inverness catchment area. Applicants must be based in the Highlands and Islands.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for you to make it in the Radio world.
We appreciate that this is a big time commitment – this could be the start of your illustrious career as a Producer.
Email here for further information
Hit The Ground Running – Formal Applications now Accepted
We recently announced this exciting course coming to goNORTH this year. It is specifically designed for people who want to break into film and television drama. This one day intensive training course consists of a series of practical exercises, which will equip you with the knowledge, tools and experience to help you break into the film and television industry.
Devised and tutored by industry professionals, the course focuses on entry level positions in drama production and specifically the role of the Runner. It’s very informal and a lot of fun too.
Designed for people at the start of their career who have been trying to get a foot in the door and secure their first job, as well as those with a couple of credits looking to improve their professional practice and fill the gaps in their understanding of how it all works.
Full details can be read here. Formal applications are now being accepted via completing an online form. Priority will be given to applicants who are based in the Highlands and Islands.
Deadline for application is 9.30am on Thursday 10th May.
This course is being held as part of goNORTH and supported by BECTU.
goNORTH 2012 Short Film Screening Programme ANNOUNCED
Open Call For Submissions – THE SUBMISSION WINDOW IS NOW CLOSED
We are thrilled to announce our first short film screening programme at this year’s goNORTH creative industries festival. The films were selected from an open call for submissions for engaging, story driven content up to 20 mins. We had a superb response and were delighted by the variety and creative flair shown in many of them.
This is the first year for our Short Film programme at goNORTH and the quality and diversity of the films we’ve received has been amazing. Together with our curated features strand, we’ll be screening our short films across the two days of goNORTH on Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th June.
We’ll be giving our Filmmakers the opportunity to screen their films at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Tiree Music Festival, The Wickerman Festival and Loopallu. We are also expanding our screening partnerships with film festivals across Europe and America, details of which will be announced in the run up to goNORTH.
A Heart of Ice (Bill Ritchie)
Away From Here (plan B in association with Goat Media)
Buon Giorno Sayonara (Karen Hope)
Care (Tristan Aitchison)
Changement (Javan Wright)
Dark Wood (Tristan Aitchison)
Deòir Shona (RJ Goodwin)
Ekko (Toby Watts)
Faradh (Dolina Munro)
Feast of the Foolish (Meg Pinsonneault)
Five Six Seven Eight! (Felipe Bustos Sierra)
Fleshed Out (Tim Flood)
FLY a legacy (Ronnie B Goodwin)
Friendly Fire (Andy Kaiser)
It’s Natural To Be Afraid (Justin Doherty)
Lips (Hannah Robertson)
Little Lap Dog Lullaby (Helen Woolston)
Local Superhero (Scattered Images / Get Out Records)
No Set Door Price (Alex Harron)
On a Journey From Here to Here: An introduction to the life and work of Ana Montiel (Sebastian Litmanovich)
Optimistic 9 (Chris Dunne)
Phillipa and Nancy (Ciara Barry)
Rock Opera (Conrad Molleson)
Sarajevo (Linda Fraser)
Taistealachd (Alison Laing)
The Cake (Esther Richardson)
The Consultant (Greg Andrew)
The Factory (JD Allan)
The Storymaker (Emma Rozanski)
The Union Choir Eleanor (Jim Martin)
Three-Legged Horses! (Felipe Bustos Sierra)
What’s for Afters? (Shona Davies & Keiko Yamazaki)
Wolf Cries Boy (Louise Quinn)
A selection of the Best of FilmG and winners from the Kingussie Food on Film Festival
Please note, this list is subject to change.
