After taking part, participants felt more confident:
After the scheme. they are more confident in their knowledge of...
- Talking to professionals
- Meeting new people
- Making a short film to a set brief
- Having a go at new things
- Working with other people of the same age
- Putting ideas forward
- Speaking in front of other people
- Leading a project
- Critically analysing films with other people
After the scheme. they are more confident in their knowledge of...
- Routes to get started in film-making
- Sources of finance for films
- Entering a film into festivals
- Pitching a film idea
- Film distribution
- The range of film industry careers available
- Producing (e.g. budgeting & working with talent)
- Marketing a film
- Film exhibition (in cinemas)
- Directing
- Online distribution (e.g. iTunes, Vimeo, Netflix)
- Writing a treatment for a film
- Film development and research
- Camera operation
- Sound recording
- Film editing
- Options to study film/ film-making
- Film-making terminology
- Important films made in other countries
On the first DAWN programme, early 2014, Industry Speed-networkers and Masterclass people included:
Charlie Philips, Ben Taylor and Hussain Currimbhoy - Sheffield Doc/Fest
Sian Gale and Medwen Roberts - BECTU
Nia Dryhurst, BAFTA-award winning filmmaker
Tristan Anderson, BAFTA-award winning filmmaker and producer of DocHeads
Rebekah Tolley, Producer/Director, Tarian Films
Colin Thomas, producer/director
Dan Louw - TwentyTwenty TV
Dyfrig Jones, filmmaker and Bangor University lecturer
Cat Cooper, producer
Kieron Corless and Nick James from Sight and Sound Magazine
Calum Grey - Independent Film Company (distributors)
Kate Hide, Hanway (international sales agent)
Peter Taylor, Dogwoof (distributors)
Alex Ashcroft, sound mixer
Ariadna Fatjo Vilas, Editor
Edward Edwards, Cinematographer
Kimberley Warner, Film Agency for Wales
Adam Partridge, Film Agency for Wales
Mali Evans, Editor
Dorigen Hammond, Producer
Muriel McClymont, Careers Coach
Paul Islwyn Thomas, Producer, Bulb Films
Participants on the 2014 course enjoyed the screenings and Q&As on the following films:
Being Frank (Steve Sullivan)
Bastards (Deborah Perkin)
Little Matador (Sandra Jordan)
Alfred & Jakobine (Rob Fletcher)
Sleep Furiously (Gideon Koppel)
Separado (Dyl Goch and Gruff Rhys)We Went to War (Rebekah Tolley)
Charlie Philips, Ben Taylor and Hussain Currimbhoy - Sheffield Doc/Fest
Sian Gale and Medwen Roberts - BECTU
Nia Dryhurst, BAFTA-award winning filmmaker
Tristan Anderson, BAFTA-award winning filmmaker and producer of DocHeads
Rebekah Tolley, Producer/Director, Tarian Films
Colin Thomas, producer/director
Dan Louw - TwentyTwenty TV
Dyfrig Jones, filmmaker and Bangor University lecturer
Cat Cooper, producer
Kieron Corless and Nick James from Sight and Sound Magazine
Calum Grey - Independent Film Company (distributors)
Kate Hide, Hanway (international sales agent)
Peter Taylor, Dogwoof (distributors)
Alex Ashcroft, sound mixer
Ariadna Fatjo Vilas, Editor
Edward Edwards, Cinematographer
Kimberley Warner, Film Agency for Wales
Adam Partridge, Film Agency for Wales
Mali Evans, Editor
Dorigen Hammond, Producer
Muriel McClymont, Careers Coach
Paul Islwyn Thomas, Producer, Bulb Films
Participants on the 2014 course enjoyed the screenings and Q&As on the following films:
Being Frank (Steve Sullivan)
Bastards (Deborah Perkin)
Little Matador (Sandra Jordan)
Alfred & Jakobine (Rob Fletcher)
Sleep Furiously (Gideon Koppel)
Separado (Dyl Goch and Gruff Rhys)We Went to War (Rebekah Tolley)
