Comments from Leading Figures within the Creative
Industries
“Production is a profoundly collaborative team process and any
model that forces (people) to form a team and work together to make
a film has to be good. I really think this practical element,
even if just making a very simple short piece, is a huge plus to
the course.”
- Steve Matthews, Head of Development, Size 9
Productions
“The course is extremely focused, laying down and building
upon a wide range of practical skills via ingenious practical
exercises: a very welcome emphasis on industry practicalities.”
- Linda Aronson, award-winning writer, script consultant
and screenwriting teacher
“I welcome the inclusion of business and professional skills in the
programme. A weakness of many graduates with degrees in media
and the creative industries is a lack of understanding of the
business of the media, and how their own creative work will be
commissioned, developed and marketed. I also welcome the
inclusion of modules about the role of the producer. This
will certainly make these graduates more employable and better able
to secure their first jobs.”
- Chris Wensley, Educational Consultant, Skillset
(Sector Skills Council for Creative Media)
“I am very excited to see your new course, which looks
excellent. As far as I can see, you've got all the essential
elements in there.”
- Christian Routh, Script producer, consultant and
editor; ex-Head of Funding, European Script Fund
“All I can really say is that were I starting out as a writer
now, these are exactly the kinds of courses I would be looking to
undertake. I think it's an excellent prospectus with a very good
balance of both the creative and business sides of the
industry.”
- Adrian Hodges, screenwriter: “Rome”, “Charles II: the
Power & the Passion”, “Kavanagh QC”, “Survivors”,
“Primeval”
“The more story-savvy producers and production-savvy writers there
are the better.”
- Tony Macnabb, writer, script consultant and translator
of television & films
Page last updated 6/30/2009