Organising Overseas Filming
(Previously known as Foreign Filming for Production Co-ordinators)
(Booking details below)
Organising Overseas filming can be incredibly challenging; dealing with difficult visas and carnets as well as having to organise flights and accommodation for your crews and much more. By the end of the course you will understand the extra organisation required to set up a foreign shoot and where to go for resources and support.
Course Content:
Applying for Visas and Permissions
Finding Fixers
Organising Recces
Booking Travel & Accommodation
Specialist Kit and creating Carnets
Additional kit and purchases
Creating a Call Sheet / Schedule
Creating and reviewing a Risk Assessment
Additional paperwork required
Considerations for remote & hostile filming
What to do when the crew get back
What to do when things go wrong
Implications of Brexit
**The course is based on setting up shoots from the UK so will advise of UK based companies/contacts/policies. However it is suitable for non-UK crew to take as most considerations about foreign filming will be the same wherever in the world you are**
Tutor
Hannah Gosney is an experienced Head of Production/Senior Production Manager. She has extensive knowledge and experience in setting up foreign shoots in most countries in the world as well as remote and hostile environments. These include places such as Afghanistan, The Arctic, The Amazon Rainforest, The Oman Desert as well as countries such as Russia, America, Dubai, India, China, Laos, Vietnam and countless others.
Throughout her career she’s been passionate about nurturing and training crew and understands the importance of best practice in the industry. With this in mind she now focuses her time on providing training for the media industry with an emphasis on those working in production. She has a Level 3 Train the Trainer qualification, a Level 3 Award in Education and Training contextualised to the screen industries and is a Level 3 qualified ILM Coach & Mentor.
Course Duration
2 Days
10am - 5pm UK time each day
Class Size
5 - 15 people
Cost
£300