Assistant Directing and Floor Managing

1 Year Full-time

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Assistant Directing and Floor Managing

COURSE OVERVIEW

All the training you need for a successful career as an Assistant Director and/or Floor Manager.

Delivered in partnership with the BBC Academy, this highly practical course will give you all the knowledge and know-how to get your career off the ground.

In partnership with BBC Academy

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"The NFTS gave me the contacts to go to work directly after graduating. The course brought me more than I could ever have hoped for. I highly recommend it."

Bob Aronds
NFTS graduate whose credits include Van der Valk, Mogul Mowgli

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Being an Assistant Director (AD) or Floor Manager (FM) is a demanding role that requires a level head, self-confidence and strong communication to ensure a production is delivered successfully. As part of the AD and FM team, you will be responsible for the efficient operation of the shooting set/television studio, serving as a liaison between the crew and creatives on set and assisting/facilitating the director’s vision. Our objective is to give you all the skills and techniques you will need to provide this.

You will collaborate with fellow students in other specialisms to make films and TV entertainment shows. 

COURSE FACILITIES

You will be working at the only UK film school with its own Industry standard film studio and 4K Television and rehearsal studios, giving you invaluable on-set experience and the most up to date training.

Funding Available

The NFTS awards more scholarships and bursaries to British students, relative to the size of our student body, than almost any other educational institution in the UK. If you’re successful at gaining a place on the course, you will be contacted by our funding team with details on how to apply for one of these scholarships.

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Supporting Artists Workshop
Part of the Assistant Directing course

The National Film & Television School recently introduced this new workshop for the Assistant Directing & Floor Managing Diploma, giving our students a unique opportunity to train with over 30 Supporting Artists on set.

Shot by current student Matthew Branston
Edited by graduate David Graham

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Brutal (trailer)
2022 graduation film

Director/Writer - Jordan Chandler
Producer - Richard Priseman
Assistant Directors - Amy Leyshon, Sabrina Lena Ildefonso

Brutal is a surrealist, psychological thriller that focuses on a young mother named Maya. Set in a bleak, menacing, nightmarish towerblock, Brutal addresses the consequences of systematic societal shame brought upon women who are faced with the decision of bringing an unwanted child into the world.

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The Leper (trailer)
2022 graduation film

Director - Hugh Mulhern
Producer - Alexander Handschuh
Assistant Directors - Michael Roe, Amy Leyshon, Ariadne Divaris, Etienne Newton

The Leper is a comedy drama about Frankie, a paparazzo reflecting on the encounter that made him question his career.

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Requiem (trailer)
2021 graduation film

Director - Emma J. Gilbertson
Producer - Michelle Brøndum
Assistant Directors - Charlotte Peachey, Felix Cole

Requiem is set in 1605, against the backdrop of the witch trials. It follows Evelyn as she engages in a game of cat and mouse against her father, Minister Gilbert, in order to be with Mary, the woman she loves.

Graduate Success

Course graduates go on to work as a First, Second, Third Assistant Director and/or Floor Manager across a range of film and television productions.

Recent credits include...

Slow Horses

3rd AD Gabriel Lippe

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Graduate Success

Course graduates go on to work as a First, Second, Third Assistant Director and/or Floor Manager across a range of film and television productions.

Recent credits include...

Masters of the Air

Crowd Third Assistant Director Demian Lovett
Set PA: Dailies Sofia Ferrara

Masters of the Air TV poster

Graduate Success

Course graduates go on to work as a First, Second, Third Assistant Director and/or Floor Manager across a range of film and television productions.

Recent credits include...

The Power

Crowd 2nd AD Stephanie Bradshaw

The Power publicity poster

Graduate Success

Course graduates go on to work as a First, Second, Third Assistant Director and/or Floor Manager across a range of film and television productions.

Recent credits include...

Ted Lasso Series 3

3rd AD Mathilde Levesque
Additional 3rd AD Julian Lara-Cid

Ted Lasso publicity poster

Graduate Success

Course graduates go on to work as a First, Second, Third Assistant Director and/or Floor Manager across a range of film and television productions.

Recent credits include...

Andor

Set PA Alice Arbuthnot

Andor tv poster