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Female Self Shooters is a practical self-shooting skills training programme for factual TV and documentary supported by the BBC. This course is fully funded.
Female Self Shooters is aimed at all women working as TV Producers or Assistant Producers in unscripted TV or those at producer level, who will be in a position to use the acquired skills after the training, e.g. as 2nd camera operators, shooting taster tapes or directing your own self-shot film.
If self-shooting camera skills are a barrier to your progress, this is the course for you!
Dates: Monday 12th - Friday 16th January 2026. Please ensure you are available for all dates before applying.
Location: NFTS Beaconsfield, HP9 1LG
Cost: The course runs for five days and the tuition fees are fully funded for all attendees.
Closing Date: Monday 24th November at midnight.
Accessibility: If you have any questions around access, or would like to talk about any reasonable adjustments you would like us to make, please get in touch with NFTS Short Courses
This course, packed with practical exercises, covers:
- Camera and Sound Essentials
- Handheld Shooting
- Shooting Uncontrollable Action and Dialogue
- Shooting a Process
- Interview Essentials
- File Formats & Requirements
- Preparing for a Documentary Edit
- Exporting Footage
You will also have one-to-one feedback from the tutor.
This course is aimed at women with experience of working in TV production as APs / producers / directors in unscripted
Please apply using the form here
The form will ask you to upload a copy of your CV.
The closing date is Monday 24th November at midnight.
