Masterclass: Making your production skills work in development with Jon Swain

Sizzles, talent, access and more...

How can you make your production skills work in development? And what sort of production skills should developers be looking to improve on?

Development is becoming an increasingly practical process, and almost a form of production in its own right. In this session, we’ll look at the crucial role that access and talent relationships can play in winning commissions, along with the importance of deck design, sizzles and tasters.

Speaker

Jon Swain leads unscripted productions at BBC Studios, which creates new and returning popular factual, lifestyle series and features across Bristol, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Jon’s production credits and development work includes Employable Me for BBC Two, special event documentary Pride & Prejudice: Having A Ball, and long-running food series such as BBC Two’s Great British Menu and Channel 4’s The F Word.

Previously Director of Development & Head of Formats for Optomen Television, Jon has developed and executive produced across a wide range of factual entertainment genres, including documentaries, features, lifestyle, food and live events. He has also developed extensively for American broadcasters.

This event is supported by the ScreenSkills Television Skills Fund which invests in training for the freelance television workforce thanks to contributions from the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5.

It is part of a ScreenSkills programme managed by the Indie Training Fund to support freelancers to upskill and stay connected, helping keep the industry resilient in these difficult times.

This session will take place online via Zoom. Click ‘get ticket’ to reserve your place: you must login or register before you are able to get a ticket for this event. A booking confirmation with a joining link to the session will be sent to you via email.

If you are no longer able to use your ticket, we ask you to please contact support@screenskills.com so that we can release your place. Our sessions are often oversubscribed, so we’d like to give other freelancers the opportunity to fill available spots. Thank you for your consideration.