Film industry in drive to lure new talent
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Your support makes all the difference.A drive has begun to redress the 20-year deficit in training within all branches of the film industry which resulted from the collapse of the apprenticeship culture.
More than 300 executives joined the Education Secretary, Charles Clarke, yesterday for the launch of "A Bigger Future" - the first national training plan for the UK film industry. A central part of the £50m plan will involve "kitemarking" courses for students to help them recognise which are best-suited to their needs. There are nearly 390 further and higher education courses in the UK which have "film" in the title, which makes it impossible for students to know which is the most appropriate. Nine institutions, including the National Film and Television School, will operate as centres of excellence.
Stewart Till, chief executive of United International Pictures, said: "What we've got to do is attract better and brighter people and then train them so we can be even more successful."
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