SA FILM ACADEMY FILM INDUSTRY CAREER PATHS A VITAL BRIDGE BETWEEN EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT The SA FILM ACADEMY provides a vital bridge between education and employment for South African citizens aged between 18 and 35, focusing primarily on emerging black Heads of Departments and independent film-makers. FILM’s primary focus is to promote transformation, skills & entrepreneurial development, employment & career channelling via mentored, hands-on experiential `Learning by Doing’ on local and international productions and emerging black producers to help create diverse, representative, sustainable, internationally competitive, South African crews & heads of departments and emerging black media entrepreneurs. FILM invites PRODUCTION COMPANIES to partner with the SA FILM ACADEMY which provides accelerated career path, employment and management opportunities to trainees, interns and emerging black filmmakers, through work-based `Learning-by-Doing’ ON LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS and in PRODUCTION COMPANIES in the following primary fields, amongst others: Assistant Directing; Director of Photography; Line Production; Production Coordination; Assistant Production Coordination; Production Management; Continuity/ Script Supervision; Art Department; Hair and Make-up; Wardrobe; Location Management; Film Production Accounting, Unit/ Transport Management and related film industry technical skills such as Camera Department, Lighting Department; Grips Department; Video Take-off (VT); Digital Imaging Technician (DIT) Here follows an outline of some of the career paths and the diverse occupational, life and entrepreneurial skills they demand. APPLICATIONS TO JOIN THE SA FILM ACADEMY:
[email protected] LINE PRODUCER The Line Producer is the person who takes responsibility for the way the budget gets spent during pre- production, production and post-production periods of the film.