COURSE OVERVIEW
Ready to create a hit format like Strictly Come Dancing, The Apprentice or Gogglebox?
This innovative course is designed to fast-track you into the TV entertainment industry. We run our course like a production company – we are either in pre-production, shooting or in post-production – where you will be pitching, producing and directing your own TV show in our multi-camera 4K TV studio.
Content Tabs
This intensely practical course focuses on major entertainment genres. You’ll be taught by top industry professionals on location and in our state-of-the-art studio, learning how to develop ideas, pitch, research, find locations, script and edit. You’ll work with, amongst others, floor managers, vision mixers, online editors, camera and lighting crew, to give you the full sense of being on a professional set.
You will begin the course developing an understanding of television history, before moving on to the future and the generation of new ideas, putting this into practice.
COURSE FACILITIES
You will have unparalleled access to Industry-standard facilities throughout the course. The 4K Television Studio is fully equipped with state-of-the-art UHD TV galleries with HDR monitoring, and can facilitate large-scale multi-camera, television productions. New LED-lighting has recently been installed to bring the stage to a full state-of-the-art level.
You’ll learn to develop, script, direct and produce their own entertainment programmes either in the TV studio or on location – with all production costs met by the school.
You’ll experience the full production cycle from the conception of an idea right through planning, budgeting, shooting and post production, with specifically tailored modules taught by top television professionals. You will also get to pitch your entertainment idea to broadcasters, including Sky and the BBC.
You must be able to demonstrate your passion, commitment and talent for developing a career in Entertainment Television.
While many applicants will have a degree from a British or overseas university, we will consider applicants who do not have a degree if they have an impressive portfolio, a creative track record (for instance, in theatre or other arts) or an alternative qualification.
International students Visa and English language requirements
If you have any questions, please email info@nfts.co.uk
The following items should accompany your online application:
- A short proposal for a television entertainment programme (no more than one A4 typed page)
- a critical analysis of a current entertainment television programme or series (not drama) (no more than two A4 typed pages)
- Vimeo links with samples of your work specifying your exact role in each. This work need not be in the entertainment area, as some applicants may not have a film or other programme-making background.
Applications open 8th January 2024. We are happy to receive applications from 8th January until the midnight of the application deadline date.
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.
Tutors
Student Showcase
After Hours - Episode 1
2022 magazine show
Director - Karan Dhar
Producer - Tamzin Murray
The multi-camera studio magazine programme is directed and produced by 1st year students each year. After Hours aired live and was streamed online across four evenings with a mix of art, music and culture content.
Thrifted (trailer)
2022 graduate production
Director - Marina Hofling
Producer - Adriana Steinke
Each year, second year students create their own TV pilots. These can be shot in the multi-camera 4K Television Studio, on location or a mixture of both.
Flavours without Borders (trailer)
2021 graduate production
Director - Desi Traichevska
Producer - Dominika Lapinska
Flavours without Borders was nominated for a Royal Television Society Postgraduate Comedy and Entertainment Award.
Graduate Success
In recent years, our students have sold entertainment formats to Warner Brothers Television and ITV and graduation projects have won prestigious awards from the New York Television Festival and the Royal Television Society.
Recent credits include...
Have I Got News For You (Series 66)
Director Abigail Dankwa
Graduate Success
In recent years, our students have sold entertainment formats to Warner Brothers Television and ITV and graduation projects have won prestigious awards from the New York Television Festival and the Royal Television Society.
Recent credits include...
The Gold
Director Aneil Karia
Graduate Success
In recent years, our students have sold entertainment formats to Warner Brothers Television and ITV and graduation projects have won prestigious awards from the New York Television Festival and the Royal Television Society.
Recent credits include...
The Traitors (US)
Edit Producer Jamie Minty
Graduate Success
In recent years, our students have sold entertainment formats to Warner Brothers Television and ITV and graduation projects have won prestigious awards from the New York Television Festival and the Royal Television Society.
Recent credits include...
Gordon Ramsay's Future Food Stars
Creative Director for Development Fernando Gutierrez
Graduate Success
In recent years, our students have sold entertainment formats to Warner Brothers Television and ITV and graduation projects have won prestigious awards from the New York Television Festival and the Royal Television Society.
Recent credits include...
Glastonbury 2022
Shooting Researcher Nelson Asare
