Students
If you are a student on one of the Skillset Screen Academy Wales' courses you are eligible to sign up to take part on training opportunities with experienced crews while on your course and also to sign up for the Post Graduation Facility when you leave.
Many students have progressed from short term placements into full time professional paid positions and feedback shows that placements will help you decide on which area of filmmaking you would like to concentrate on.
Registering
To sign up for the service you will need to register here.
Please contact Alex if you would like further information or help filling in the form.
Deciding how to progress in your career?
How do you fit into the film family tree - where do you need to start to work your way up to head of department? Click here
Recent placements include:
High Stakes (Short) Garland Stone Productions
Summer Scenes (Short) Garland Stone Productions
Its My Shout (36 students working on 6 short films) ITV Wales
Reaching Higher (feature) Tornado Films
Eros Unleashed (TV drama) ITV Wales, SSAW
The History of Mr Polly (feature) ITV Wales
Funky Medics (Charity Video) Heart UK
Tripple Nipple (documentary for Channel 4)
Friends and Heroes (Cartwn Cymru)
Sali Mali & Hannah's Helpline (Calon)
Clash of the Titans (Feature)
Various (Anytime Films)
Iron Clad (Feature)
Submarine (Feature)
SSAW are in discussions with a number of production companies shooting in 2009 and 2010. We are also developing links for placements outside Wales, for which we offer a £100 a week training allowance if not payment is available from the company, or to go towards travel and accommodation costs.
Top Tips for applying for placements
When you are registered with SSAW you will receive calls for placement opportunities and jobs - and we will need you to send us/the production company your up to date CV and a cover letter explaining why you would like the position.
To see what a cover letter should include log on here.
Please consider the following, to ensure that your application is as good as it can be!
These are taken from feedback received on unsuccesful applications...
1) Research the production company and the specific production and tailor your cover letter and CV to suit.
2) Is it a Welsh production (if so consider starting your letter with Annwyl (Dear) and ending with “Yn gywir iawn" (Yours sincerely) even though the rest of the letter is in English
3) Find out who is going to be reading the application and address it that person.
4) Include your University/College experience as such - rather than as professional or vocational experience. List it seperately to any other professional experience.
5) Make sure to include contact details on your CV!
6) Only apply for a position if you can commit to the dates and only apply if you have experience/can drive/ etc if this is requested when we email you
7) Create a professional email address that will make a good impression - "imagreatfilmmaker@hotmail.com" is not going to impress a potential employer!