Careers in Facilities
Approximately 10% of the Creative Media Industries work in Facilities, whose primary role is to deliver a service to the rest of the sectors.
It is a vast sector and includes the following areas:
- Post Production;
- Special Physical Effects;
- Studio & Equipment Hire;
- Outside Broadcast;
- Processing laboratories;
- Transmission;
- Manufacture of AV equipment; and
- Other services for film and TV, which includes make-up, set building, location services and archives / libraries.
Like the majority of the Creative Media Industries, Facilities is undergoing change and development with new technologies. Audiences are demanding a higher level of interactivity, quality and accessibility of information.
A raft of skills are essential to working in Facilities. Although technical skills vary greatly from role to role, soft skills like an ability to work flexibly and respond to change are highly sought after.
Find out more about working in the sector using the links below.
Runners in Facilities
Running is recognised as the most common entry route into post production facilities. Read types from runners and employers here.
Read MoreMedia Speak - Facilities
Learn the language of the industry with our guide to Facilities and other media terms.
Read MoreStudio and Broadcast Technology
The Job Profiles and Department overviews available below have been developed by industry experts to help industry newcomers understand the different job roles and the skills required in order to succeed within the Television sector.
Read MoreJobs in Studio & Equipment Hire
All companies employ at least some core staff involved with kit maintenance - find out more about these types of roles here.
Read MorePhysical Special Effects Standards
Physical Special Effects (SFX) is a rapidly evolving and technically innovative sector. One of the greatest challenges for this sector is ensuring that all productions, their crew and work environments are safe and working to the highest professional levels.
Read MoreJobs in Special Physical Effects
Click here to find case studies and job profiles to help you find out more information about this specialist area from those already in the industry.
Read MorePost Production Standards
Along with creativity, technical competence and dealing with financial constraints, post production deals in communication: understanding the client's vision, working collaboratively to solve problems, getting across what's possible and what can't be done.
Read MoreEditing & Post Production
Post Production is the term for the final stage in film making in which the raw material (shot by the Camera crew and recorded by the Production Sound crew) is edited together to form the completed film.
Read MoreJobs in Post Production
Find here the newly developed Post Production Job Profiles with a wealth of information about what is like working in Post Production, career routes into it and much more...
Read MoreSound Post Production
Once film shoots have wrapped (been completed) the Post Production Sound Department begin work on constructing the sonic identity of the film.
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