ScreenWorks, funded by the Department for Communities through Northern Ireland Screen and delivered by Into Film, is an exciting scheme to help young people in Northern Ireland aged 14-19 learn more about careers in the screen industries through hands-on work experience opportunities.
Placements with ScreenWorks offer young people unparalleled access to industry professionals on 3-5 day work placement across all five screen sectors - Film, Television, Animation, Gaming and Visual Effects.
ScreenWorks programmes explore careers the industry sectors of Film, Television, Animation, Gaming and Visual Effects. All ScreenWorks programmes are free, and a travel bursary is available to reimburse young people for all public transport costs.
Below is a continuing list of work experience programmes that have been delivered in the ScreenWorks programme in Northern Ireland.
Storyboarding
with Adam Pescott
- Placement Details: Storyboarding with Adam Pescott
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme includes:
- Storyboarding techniques
- The workflow of the storyboard artist
- Analysing scripts and translating one into a storyboard
- Introduction to relevant software
- Creating storyboards to a brief
Location Management
with Adam Wilkinson
- Placement Details: Location Management with Adam Wilkinson
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme includes:
- Scouting for locations
- Production planning
- Health & Safety
- Logistics of filming
- Movement orders
Prosthetic Make-Up
with Clare Ramsey
- Placement Details: Prosthetics with Clare Ramsey
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme includes:
- Introduction to casualty effects (bruising, wounds, burns)
- How to make your own prosthetic gelatine and blood
- Moulding and casting
- Creating characters
- The importance of a portfolio
3D Animation
with Humain
- Placement Details: 3D Animation with Humain
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- Overview of Animation for Games, Film, & Television.
- Introduction to animation and modelling.
- Learn about careers within the animation sector.
- Work with Industry standard software.
Humain create characters for some of the world's top gaming studios. Their credits include Call of Duty, Halo, and Space Marines 2.
Visual Effects (VFX)
with Enter Yes
- Placement Details: Visual Effects (VFX) with Enter Yes
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- Introduction to software
- Explaining the production workflow
- Creating work to a brief
- Working on VFX shots
- The importance of a portfolio
Enter Yes™ is Belfast's premium award winning Visual Effects and Animation studio.
Production Accountancy
with Seamus Devine
- Placement Details: Production Accountancy with Seamus Devine
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- The importance of Accounting within the TV &film industry
- The role of the accounting department
- Structure of the accounting department
- Skillset required to become a ProductionAccountant
- Career opportunities that the creativeindustries will offer
Music Composition
with Score Draw Music
- Placement Details: Music Composition with Score Draw Music
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- An introduction into composing for media
- An introduction to sound design for media
- Experience creating a new bespoke musiccue for a project in film and a project in animation
- Experience creating and editing sounddesign for a piece of animation
- An introduction to editing audio files
The Writers' Room
with Stuart Drennan
- Placement Details: The Writers' Room with Stuart Drennan
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- Learning how to create compelling concepts for film and television
- Building proactive and 3D heroes and villains
- Working as a Writer's Room to plot out a television series together
- Writing scenes(dialogue, subtext, action)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
with filmmaker Kris Kelly
- Placement Details: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with filmmaker Kris Kelly
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- Exploring the positives and negatives ofartificial intelligence
- How AI can be used across the screen industries
- What is machine learning?
- How can AI be used to complement existing jobroles
Producing
with Margaret McGoldrick
- Placement Details: Producing with Margaret McGoldrick
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- What is a producer? Breaking down the various roles
- Hierarchy of production. How does a producer work with different parts of a production?
- Breaking down a script for creating a budget
- Pitching and feedback
3D Content Creation
with Aura Digital
- Placement Details: 3D Content Creation with Aura Digital
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- Introduction to 3D modelling
- Introduction to 3D animation
- Real-time rendering and optimisation
- ICVFX (In Camera Visual Effects) for VirtualProduction and its application and use cases
The Production Office
with Phillip McGonigle
- Placement Details: The Production Office with Phillip McGonigle
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- How to be a freelancer (holiday pay, pensions etc)
- Roles within the production office, including travel & accommodation coordinators, production coordinators, production assistants
- Insight into preparing for a shoot and the wrap
- Paperwork reporting
- Contract templates
Intro to Script Editing
with Rebecca Mairs
- Placement Details: Intro to Script Editing with Rebecca Mairs
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- The role of the Script Editor
- From Page to Soundstage: An overview of the development process
- Working with Screenwriters
- Script Coverage VS Feedback
Creating Online Content
with Callum Janes
- Placement Details: Creating Online Content with Callum Janes
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- Becoming a Content Creator / Building YourInfluence
- In-Depth Content Research, Idea Generation, andBreakdowns
- Hands-On Video / Content Production
- Video Editing for Online Platforms (TikTok,Youtube, Facebook, etc.)
- Monetizing Your New Content Skills / TurningViews into Profit
Practical Special Effects
with Ignite SFX
- Placement Details: Practical Special Effects with Ignite SFX
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- How to create practical special effects for thescreen industries
- Health & Safety
- Creating wind, rain and snow effects
- Pyrotechnics and smoke
Film Journalism
with Helen O'Hara
- Placement Details: Film Journalism with Helen O'Hara
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- Practice in writing film news how to turn simple facts into a coherent story
- Discussion of interviewing and how to edit interviews
- Practice of review writing, with feedback and revisions
- Creating a news article about the NI film industry, with a view to being published!
The Grip Department
with Donavan Gallagher
- Placement Details: The Grip Department with Donavan Gallagher
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- What is a grip?
- A grip's role in planning and executing a shot.
- Camera movement using equipment such as dolliesand cranes.
- Situational camera rigging.
- Camera and operator safety.
Intro to the Art Department
with Maria Mallon
- Placement Details: Intro to the Art Department with Maria Mallon
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- An overview of the Art Department & Set Decoration
- Creating a set model
- Overview of prop design
- Calligraphy and Graphics in film
- Skill routes and entry advice for Film
Hair, Wigs & Make-Up
with Patricia Strong Academy
- Placement Details: Hair, Wigs & Make-Up with Patricia Strong Academy
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- Etiquette & code of conduct on set andlocation
- Health and safety
- Chain of command
- Practical demonstrations of film hair, wigs&make-up
- How to present a CV to a production company
Narrative for Games
with HoloMoon Games
- Placement Details: ScreenWorks: Narrative for Games with HoloMoon Games
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- Narrative formats and structures in games
- Different types of writing present in games(Barks, Dialogue, World Building, Tutorials)
- Games writing as a collaboration
- The various tools and software used for creatingand managing game narratives
- The creation of a short interactive fictionpiece
Editing
with Brian Philip Davis
- Placement Details: ScreenWorks: Editing with Brian Philip Davis
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- What is an editor?
- Organizing of film footage
- Working with scripts
- Sound & music
- Grading and preparing for exhibition
Art For Games
with Outsider Games
- Placement Details: ScreenWorks: Art for Games with with Outsider Games
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- Scene and character concept
- Storyboarding
- Asset production and technical artistry
- Animation
- Bringing the scene together
Assistant Directing
with Hussain Yasin
- Placement Details: ScreenWorks: Art for Games with with Hussain Yasin
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- What is an Assistant Director? What are thevarious types of AD?
- Set etiquette
- The working day of an AD
- Breakdown a script
- Scheduling
Colouring & Grading
with Scott Ferguson
- Placement Details: ScreenWorks: Colouring & Grading with with Scott Ferguson
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- Introduction to colouring software DaVinchiResolve
- Colour theory and using colour in film
- Colour Correcting vs Colour Grading
- Using colour to change the look of a piece offilm - eg, thriller, rom-com, documentary
Prop Making
with Sebastian Sue
- Placement Details: ScreenWorks: Prop Making with Sebastian Sue
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- Introduction to silicone mould making
- Preparing and cutting materials
- Health and safety
- Creating an individual prop
Virtual Production
with Ulster University and Aura Digital Studios
- Placement Details: ScreenWorks: Virtual Production with Ulster University
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- What is virtual production and how will itchange filmmaking in the future?
- An introduction to the technology and softwareused in virtual production
- How to generate content for virtual production
- A look forward towards Studio Ulster
- Explore the skillsets required to work invirtual production.
Camera Department
with Sunbelt Rentals
- Placement Details: ScreenWorks: Camera Department
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- Exploring the various roles that exist in thecamera department, including D.I.T. and Video Playback
- Set etiquette and health and safety
- How to use the camera (including shutterspeed, codecs and white balance)
- How to prepare and care for a camera kit
- Audio and microphones
- Lighting basics
Prop Costume
with Enda Kenny
- Placement Details: Prop Costume
- Ages: 14-19
This ScreenWorks programme will include:
- Creating a wearable piece of prop costume
- Practice fabrication techniques and paintmethods
- Measure, cut and mould fabrics
- Age and breakdown costume to create a lived-ineffect
I loved every minute of the work experience programme, it gave me great insight into the career and I had so much fun along the way. I met great people and learned so much in a week I wish could have went on longer. Would recommend this programme to anyone would has an interest in the film industry.
Participant
These opportunities give our pupils a more realistic idea of roles within the industry as well as contact with professionals who can show them industry standard equipment, software and exemplar work. Through your schemes our pupils have had the opportunity meet other young people with similar interests in addition to being able to network with industry professionals. Currently there are no other opportunities that give our pupils the in-depth and quality experiences that you offer.
Educator