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05-02-2006, 06:25 PM
Thought this may be of interest to some AW members:
httpBBC Drama Series Writers Academy (vacancy no: 81588)
Close Date: 15/05/2006Job Ref: 81588Department: DECLocation: LondonGrade: N/AContract Length: 12 monthsContract Type: Freelance Job Specification
BBC DRAMA SERIES WRITERS ACADEMY
Outline Proposal
The training you receive from BBC Drama Series Writers Academy will give you the specific skills required to write for some of the BBC’s most popular format series such as Doctors, EastEnders, Holby City and Casualty.
Potential writers will have already had at least one film, television or radio drama script produced or one theatre piece performed professionally. The Writers Academy will train up to 8 writers a year, over a period of twelve months.
Course Breakdown
The course will break down as follows:
Introduction to Writing for Continuing Drama Series
This is a 3 month training course in writing for Continuing Drama Series which will consist of a number of workshops and lectures accompanied by intensive writing exercises and analysis.
At the end of this period each writer will be commissioned to write a broadcast episode of Doctors.
Contributing to the training course will be John Yorke, Controller of Continuing Drama Series, and other industry experts from all areas of drama production.
Writing for Broadcast
After you have completed the initial training and the Doctors script, your work will be assessed. If you have reached the required standard for production on Continuing Drama Series you will begin the next phase of the training.
Writers will be divided into smaller groups to be trained in the specifics of writing on Casualty, Holby and EastEnders. Rotating across each show in turn, you will spend approximately 12 weeks on each and write a broadcast episode under the mentorship of a lead writer.
At the end of the 12 months, each writer will have written for each of the four shows.
Core team & HQ
The course will be run and administered from BBC TVC in London W12 and BBC Elstree Studios. The course will be overseen by Continuing Drama Series Head of Development, and run by a Course Producer.
Contracts
The writers will be engaged by the BBC for 15 months on a non-exclusive basis, although the course will be a full time commitment.
A retainer of £400 a week will be paid during the 3 month initial training course.
Thereafter writers will be paid script fees for commissioned scripts on each of the four shows. These will be paid according to the usual payment schedule, i.e. 50% on signature and 50% on acceptance and subject to rewrites and revisions.
Script fees for this twelve month training period will be paid on a favoured nations basis.
The BBC will have the option to request that writers commit to a further 12 months (on first call to the BBC) with a number of commissioned scripts to be guaranteed.
Script fees for this second 12 month period would be paid at the writer’s individual rate.
The BBC reserves the right to cancel their agreement with the writer at any time but does not expect to recoup any monies already paid out.
Timetable
Applications to be received by May 15th 2006
Selection process and interviews Mid June/July 2006
Final selection mid July 2006
Course to begin in September 2006
Selection Criteria
It is essential that you have had a television or radio drama or a short film (not a student film) produced, or a theatre piece performed professionally.
You must be able to demonstrate a passion for television drama series like EastEnders, Holby City, Casualty and Doctors.
You must have good interpersonal and communication skills with which to establish and maintain creative working relationships.
You must have resilience and stamina to sustain writing performance when working under pressure and to tight deadlines.
Application Process
You will need to fill in an application form online and send in the post a sample of your writing with proof that it has been broadcast, produced or performed professionally.
The closing date for applications is May 15th 2006.
Please post your sample of writing to BBC Recruitment, MC2 A4, Media Centre, 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TQ ensuring that Ref: 81588 - BBC Drama Series Writers Academy 2006 is clearly written on the envelope and work itself.
Please note that applications received without a sample of your writing and proof of its broadcast will not be considered.
You must fill in our online application form. Candidates who submit their writing sample without filling in the form will not be considered.
The sample of writing you provide us with can not be returned to you, therefore please do not send us original copies.
Due to the anticipated high level of interest in this opportunity, we can not provide feedback on the work you submit.
This is to confirm that all programme ideas submitted by you are in relation to this BBC application and any and all rights that may exist in and to such programme ideas remain vested in you. The programme ideas you submit will be discussed within the BBC only in relation to this application and with the parties necessary to consider such an application. You understand and acknowledge that from time to time the BBC may produce programmes which bear similarities to your idea and other ideas and such similarities are coincidental and usual in the course of television production and do not give rise to any claim of any type whatsoever against the BBC.
The course is a joint venture between BBC Drama, BBC Training and Development and BBC Writersroom.
s://jobs.bbc.co.uk/JobPortal/Search/vacancy.aspx?id=8298 (https://jobs.bbc.co.uk/JobPortal/Search/vacancy.aspx?id=8298)
httpBBC Drama Series Writers Academy (vacancy no: 81588)
Close Date: 15/05/2006Job Ref: 81588Department: DECLocation: LondonGrade: N/AContract Length: 12 monthsContract Type: Freelance Job Specification
BBC DRAMA SERIES WRITERS ACADEMY
Outline Proposal
The training you receive from BBC Drama Series Writers Academy will give you the specific skills required to write for some of the BBC’s most popular format series such as Doctors, EastEnders, Holby City and Casualty.
Potential writers will have already had at least one film, television or radio drama script produced or one theatre piece performed professionally. The Writers Academy will train up to 8 writers a year, over a period of twelve months.
Course Breakdown
The course will break down as follows:
Introduction to Writing for Continuing Drama Series
This is a 3 month training course in writing for Continuing Drama Series which will consist of a number of workshops and lectures accompanied by intensive writing exercises and analysis.
At the end of this period each writer will be commissioned to write a broadcast episode of Doctors.
Contributing to the training course will be John Yorke, Controller of Continuing Drama Series, and other industry experts from all areas of drama production.
Writing for Broadcast
After you have completed the initial training and the Doctors script, your work will be assessed. If you have reached the required standard for production on Continuing Drama Series you will begin the next phase of the training.
Writers will be divided into smaller groups to be trained in the specifics of writing on Casualty, Holby and EastEnders. Rotating across each show in turn, you will spend approximately 12 weeks on each and write a broadcast episode under the mentorship of a lead writer.
At the end of the 12 months, each writer will have written for each of the four shows.
Core team & HQ
The course will be run and administered from BBC TVC in London W12 and BBC Elstree Studios. The course will be overseen by Continuing Drama Series Head of Development, and run by a Course Producer.
Contracts
The writers will be engaged by the BBC for 15 months on a non-exclusive basis, although the course will be a full time commitment.
A retainer of £400 a week will be paid during the 3 month initial training course.
Thereafter writers will be paid script fees for commissioned scripts on each of the four shows. These will be paid according to the usual payment schedule, i.e. 50% on signature and 50% on acceptance and subject to rewrites and revisions.
Script fees for this twelve month training period will be paid on a favoured nations basis.
The BBC will have the option to request that writers commit to a further 12 months (on first call to the BBC) with a number of commissioned scripts to be guaranteed.
Script fees for this second 12 month period would be paid at the writer’s individual rate.
The BBC reserves the right to cancel their agreement with the writer at any time but does not expect to recoup any monies already paid out.
Timetable
Applications to be received by May 15th 2006
Selection process and interviews Mid June/July 2006
Final selection mid July 2006
Course to begin in September 2006
Selection Criteria
It is essential that you have had a television or radio drama or a short film (not a student film) produced, or a theatre piece performed professionally.
You must be able to demonstrate a passion for television drama series like EastEnders, Holby City, Casualty and Doctors.
You must have good interpersonal and communication skills with which to establish and maintain creative working relationships.
You must have resilience and stamina to sustain writing performance when working under pressure and to tight deadlines.
Application Process
You will need to fill in an application form online and send in the post a sample of your writing with proof that it has been broadcast, produced or performed professionally.
The closing date for applications is May 15th 2006.
Please post your sample of writing to BBC Recruitment, MC2 A4, Media Centre, 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TQ ensuring that Ref: 81588 - BBC Drama Series Writers Academy 2006 is clearly written on the envelope and work itself.
Please note that applications received without a sample of your writing and proof of its broadcast will not be considered.
You must fill in our online application form. Candidates who submit their writing sample without filling in the form will not be considered.
The sample of writing you provide us with can not be returned to you, therefore please do not send us original copies.
Due to the anticipated high level of interest in this opportunity, we can not provide feedback on the work you submit.
This is to confirm that all programme ideas submitted by you are in relation to this BBC application and any and all rights that may exist in and to such programme ideas remain vested in you. The programme ideas you submit will be discussed within the BBC only in relation to this application and with the parties necessary to consider such an application. You understand and acknowledge that from time to time the BBC may produce programmes which bear similarities to your idea and other ideas and such similarities are coincidental and usual in the course of television production and do not give rise to any claim of any type whatsoever against the BBC.
The course is a joint venture between BBC Drama, BBC Training and Development and BBC Writersroom.
s://jobs.bbc.co.uk/JobPortal/Search/vacancy.aspx?id=8298 (https://jobs.bbc.co.uk/JobPortal/Search/vacancy.aspx?id=8298)