Foundation Placement Scheme: Meet the Trainees
DANIEL SHANNON, MUSIC ASSISTANT TRAINEE
Daniel trained as a Music Assistant in the music rights and casting departments of ITV Yorkshire before moving on to work as a Script Assistant. He is now a Post-Production Script Supervisor for Emmerdale.
"Throughout the scheme I was offered constant support and advice which allowed me to grow and flourish as an individual. The group training sessions were a great opportunity to catch-up with fellow trainees and enabled me to learn more through others' experiences and networking.
When my placement came to an end I was employed by the Casting Department before moving to work on Emmerdale. I worked as a Script Assistant for two years before getting a junior management role. I've now been working on the soap for five years and I'm currently working as a Post-Production Script Supervisor.
My name can now be seen on the end credits of Emmerdale - which along with recognising my talent, also sends out a message that opportunity coupled with hard work can produce some fantastic results - and long term career prospects."
DWIT MEHTA, MOTION GRAPHICS ANIMATOR TRAINEE
Dwit trained as a Motion Graphics Animator at Leeds-based Mezzo Films before going into full-time employment with the company as an animator.
"Thanks to the Foundation Placement Scheme I gained a year of real-life industry experience and have had the chance to make great contacts. Whilst I was on the scheme I was really well supported with things such as CV checking and training days, and the progress I made in just one year was amazing.
I have always wanted to be involved with animation and I feel that I have learned more on the Foundation Placement Scheme than a University course could ever have taught me."
Back to the scheme
GAME REPUBLICSTUDENT SHOWCASE 2010
Screen Yorkshire hosted the annual Game Republic Student Showcase on Tuesday 25th May at the University of Huddersfield. The event gives all final-year and postgraduate games students from Yorkshire and Humber a fantastic opportunity to put their coursework in front of the region's leading world class games companies - with prizes and a work placement up for grabs.
The first-prize winners of this year's awards were:
- Rockstar Leeds award for Best Team: Team Crobot, Leeds Met Uni, Crobot Wars . Team Crobot win the team work placement at Rockstar Leeds
- Just Add Water award for Game Art: Stephen Florence, Sheffield Hallam, Character rigging muscle system
- Sumo Digital award for Game Technology: Creative Block Games, Bradford Uni, The Big Tidy Up Game
- Team17 award for Game Design: Team Crobot, Leeds Met Uni, Crobot Wars
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