COURSE OVERVIEW
Train to scout and manage the perfect location for your productions.
Could you find the next iconic shooting location to bring fictional places like Westeros or Hobbiton to life?
This course - created due to industry demand - is designed to thoroughly train you in Location Management, and all the vital roles that lie within it.
Content Tabs
The Locations Department consists of three primary roles: Location Manager, Assistant Location Manager and Location Scout. They work closely with directors, producers, cinematographers, assistant directors and designers, providing all the information and support necessary for a successful location shoot from initial brief, finding ideal locations for the shoot, negotiating fees, terms and conditions as well as managing locations during the production and filming periods to wrap and reinstatement.
We’ll ensure that you leave the course with all the relevant practical experience and some valuable contacts for starting out in the professional world.
Please note that the blended model of the course that is run from the NFTS Scotland hub consists of a twelve week part-time training period where you are required to attend weekly online sessions. This will be followed by a three month period during which you will need to be available to undertake the placement/s required. This will not be full-time.
Alongside practical workshops and on-set/location experience, the curriculum delivers seminars and workshops on all aspects of the job and across different genres of filmmaking, guest speakers and site visits to location companies, shoots and relevant authorities. It also includes vital Health and Safety instruction, leading to the industry-recognised Production Safety Passport.
This course is open to UK applicants and EU/EEA Nationals with UK pre-settled/settled status (subject to meeting residency requirements) and applicants who are currently in the UK on a valid visa for the full duration of the course.
We are looking for people who are enthusiastic, keen to work hard as part of a team and quick to learn. You should have a good general education, but no there are no other specific educational requirements. Previous experience working in the film or television industry would be an advantage, or knowledge gained from an alternative production activity, for example, a university or college media course project.
If you have any questions, please email info@nfts.co.uk
Course Fee: £3750
Due to the challenges facing students due to the cost of living crisis, we are opening our short course bursary fund to provide a contribution towards the costs of this Certificate. Please note that the fund is very limited and can only be awarded to those who need it most and who are living and working in Scotland. It will not cover your full course fee and you are encouraged to seek support elsewhere as well if required.
In order to apply for support, please apply as usual, completing the application form, and once you have submitted it, email scotland@nfts.co.uk to request information about how to apply for support.
If you are not eligible for support via NFTS Scotland, please read our Alternative Funding Avenues
The following item(s) should accompany your online application:
- Please submit a document telling us about any relevant experience you may already have, if any, in theatre/film/TV. (300 words max.)
- Please submit a document telling us what characteristics you have that you think would make you a good Location Manager. (300 words max.)
Please note that the blended model of the course that is run from the NFTS Scotland hub consists of a twelve week part-time training period where you are required to attend weekly online sessions. This will be followed by a three month period during which you will need to be available to undertake the placement/s required. This will not be full-time.
Applications will close at midnight on the day of the deadline, shown at the top of this page.
Student Showcase
Brutal (trailer)
2022 graduation film
Director/Writer - Jordan Chandler
Producer - Richard Priseman
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 that has been conceived non-consensually into the world and the subsequent inner turmoil that proceeds it.
Requiem (trailer)
2021 graduation film
Director - Emma J. Gilbertson
Producer - Michelle Brøndum
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.
Breakable (trailer)
2022 graduation film
Director/Writer - B Welby
Producer - Elena Valeri
An avid believer in a self-help community, invites his recently bereaved friend to a healing weekend to help dealing with grief, only to realise he might be the one who needs help.
Charity (trailer)
2022 graduation film
Director/Writer - Laurence Donoghue
Producer - Carolina Cordero
When a desperate charity fundraiser finds himself becoming the help he was supposed to be selling, Alex will discover how far he’s willing to go for charity.
Brutal (trailer)
2022 graduation film
Director/Writer - Jordan Chandler
Producer - Richard Priseman
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 that has been conceived non-consensually into the world and the subsequent inner turmoil that proceeds it.
Requiem (trailer)
2021 graduation film
Director - Emma J. Gilbertson
Producer - Michelle Brøndum
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.
Breakable (trailer)
2022 graduation film
Director/Writer - B Welby
Producer - Elena Valeri
An avid believer in a self-help community, invites his recently bereaved friend to a healing weekend to help dealing with grief, only to realise he might be the one who needs help.
Charity (trailer)
2022 graduation film
Director/Writer - Laurence Donoghue
Producer - Carolina Cordero
When a desperate charity fundraiser finds himself becoming the help he was supposed to be selling, Alex will discover how far he’s willing to go for charity.
Graduate Success
There is a big demand in the Industry for trained location managers. The course provides hands-on industry knowledge and can provide valuable contacts to help you launch your career.
Recent graduate credits include...
We Live In Time
Location Marshal Natasha Caralie Payne
Graduate Success
There is a big demand in the Industry for trained location managers. The course provides hands-on industry knowledge and can provide valuable contacts to help you launch your career.
Recent graduate credits include...
Ted Lasso
Location Manager Steven Price Brown
3rd Assistant Director Julian Lara-Cid
Graduate Success
There is a big demand in the Industry for trained location managers. The course provides hands-on industry knowledge and can provide valuable contacts to help you launch your career.
Recent graduate credits include...
Silo
Studio Manager Oliver Laurenson Gore
Crowd 3rd Assistant Director Julian Lara-Cid
Graduate Success
There is a big demand in the Industry for trained location managers. The course provides hands-on industry knowledge and can provide valuable contacts to help you launch your career.
Recent graduate credits include...
Mr Bates vs. The Post Office
Location Guardian Petula Langlais
Graduate Success
There is a big demand in the Industry for trained location managers. The course provides hands-on industry knowledge and can provide valuable contacts to help you launch your career.
Recent graduate credits include...
The Devil's Hour
Assistant Location Manager Steve Price Brown
Graduate Success
There is a big demand in the Industry for trained location managers. The course provides hands-on industry knowledge and can provide valuable contacts to help you launch your career.
Recent graduate credits include...
Pirates
Unit Assistant Pablo Casas-Arruti
Graduate Success
There is a big demand in the Industry for trained location managers. The course provides hands-on industry knowledge and can provide valuable contacts to help you launch your career.
Recent graduate credits include...
After Life
Assistant Location Manager Oliver Laurenson Gore
