breaking into film industry_bfi talk 18 nov 2014

How to be a Purple Cow in the Film Industry

Yen YauTalent Development ManagerInto Film

BFI Southbank18 November 2014

What’s with the Purple Cow?

Film Workforce Size

Stages of making a film

Connecting to the Curriculum

The Film Industry – the Opportunities

. • Craft and technical skills• Production management• VFX (Visual Effects)• Digital content and audience

choice• Developing writers, producers

and directors

Craft and Technical departments

Costume & Hair/Make Up DepartmentsLighting/Camera & Grips Departments

Getting on – the VFX skills spectrum

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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)

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/

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 noticed

Who are you?

What are your skills?

What are you passionate about?

What’s your BRAND?

Are you resilient?

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

Useful Websites

• BAFTA Guru• Double Negative• Escape Studios• Shooting People• Screen International• The CG Society• Creative Skillset• College of Production

• My First Job in Film• 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

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

Getting in Touch

yen.yau@intofilm.org

Skills FusionSecond Light Labs

@yenyau@getintofilm