TRAINING COURSES IN TELEVISION DRAMA

From Script to Screen –

a Director's perspective

The Writer-Director-Producer relationship

Script

Production Crewing

Casting

Design and Locations

Scheduling

Recces & Planning Meetings

Technical Requirements

Costume and Make-up

Storyboarding, and Camera Script

Pre-rehearsal and/or rehearsing on set

Shooting

Editing

Sound Dubbing

Music

Titles

Practical workshops in:

Television multi-camera studio drama

Television multi-camera studio sitcom

Television single camera studio drama

Single camera on location; film/video/digital

Working with actors :-

Scenarios-Action sequences-Improvisation-

Scripting

After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art with an Honours Diploma, John worked for several years as an actor, in weekly and fortnightly repertory theatre, culminating with a year at the RSC

for the ‘Wars of the Roses’ . Then came seven years with BBC Television, London, in the Single Plays Department, covering all aspects of television drama, as Floor Manager, Location Manager, Production Manager, and First Assistant Director, on multi-camera dramas (studio and OB) and 16mm films on location. He then attended the three month BBC Directors Course, after which he became a free-lance Film and Television Director.

Courses given at:

The National Film & Television School

Royal Holloway College, London University

BBC Television Training

Birmingham School of Drama

The Directors Guild of Great Britain

University of Arts London – The Drama Centre

The Actors Centre, London.

London Film Academy

Eton College

Brighton Film School