The high standards and innovation set by the National Film and Television School continues at NFTS Short Courses.
Here industry professionals can further their careers through training courses taught by experienced tutors working in film and television. We have a huge range of technical and creative courses, in everything from 16/35mm Camera to Running Your Own Production Company.
| Course | Location | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writing the TV Pilot | Glasgow | 1 Jul 2019 to 12 Jul 2019 | |
| Directors' Series | Beaconsfield | 15 Jul 2019 to 9 Aug 2019 | |
| Introduction to Production Accounting | Glasgow | 18 Jul 2019 to 19 Jul 2019 | |
| Making the Successful Short Film | Glasgow | 26 Jul 2019 to 28 Jul 2019 | |
| Set Ready: Working in the Costume Department | Glasgow | 29 Jul 2019 to 30 Jul 2019 | |
| Set Ready: Working in the Make-up Department | Glasgow | 29 Jul 2019 to 30 Jul 2019 | |
| Developing and Pitching Drama | Glasgow | 1 Aug 2019 to 2 Aug 2019 | |
| Art Department - The Three Key Crafts | Glasgow | 24 Aug 2019 to 20 Oct 2019 | |
| Edit Producing | Glasgow | 26 Aug 2019 to 29 Aug 2019 | |
| Start Self-Shooting | Glasgow | 27 Aug 2019 to 28 Aug 2019 | |
| Intimacy Directing: An Introduction | Beaconsfield | 29 Aug 2019 to 30 Aug 2019 | |
| Advanced Self-Shooting | Glasgow | 29 Aug 2019 to 30 Aug 2019 | |
| Introduction to Self Shooting | Beaconsfield | 5 Sep 2019 to 6 Sep 2019 | |
| Interviewing for Documentary | Beaconsfield | 9 Sep 2019 to 10 Sep 2019 | |
| Introduction to VFX | Glasgow | 9 Sep 2019 to 13 Sep 2019 | |
| Scheduling on Movie Magic | Beaconsfield | 12 Sep 2019 | |
| Budgeting on Movie Magic | Beaconsfield | 13 Sep 2019 | |
| Observational Filming | Beaconsfield | 16 Sep 2019 to 20 Sep 2019 | |
| Developing & Pitching Factual Programmes & Documentaries | Beaconsfield | 19 Sep 2019 to 20 Sep 2019 | |
| 16mm/35mm Camera Familiarisation | Beaconsfield | 23 Sep 2019 to 27 Sep 2019 | |
| Comedy Sketch-Writing for Radio & TV | Beaconsfield | 24 Sep 2019 to 25 Sep 2019 | |
| Introduction to Editing on Avid Media Composer | Glasgow | 25 Sep 2019 to 27 Sep 2019 | |
| First Time Factual Producing | Beaconsfield | 26 Sep 2019 to 27 Sep 2019 | |
| Writing The TV Pilot | Beaconsfield | 30 Sep 2019 to 11 Oct 2019 | |
| Introduction to Editing on Avid Media Composer | Beaconsfield | 2 Oct 2019 to 4 Oct 2019 | |
| How Stories Work in Documentaries | Glasgow | 2 Oct 2019 to 4 Oct 2019 | |
| Introduction to Editing on Adobe Premiere Pro | Beaconsfield | 7 Oct 2019 to 9 Oct 2019 | |
| Introduction to Production Accounting | Beaconsfield | 14 Oct 2019 to 15 Oct 2019 | |
| Radio Drama Lab | Beaconsfield | 15 Oct 2019 to 24 Oct 2019 | |
| How To Develop Killer Ideas | Beaconsfield | 17 Oct 2019 to 18 Oct 2019 | |
| Craft Editing | Beaconsfield | 21 Oct 2019 to 25 Oct 2019 | |
| Running Your Own TV Production Company | Beaconsfield | 24 Oct 2019 to 25 Oct 2019 | |
| Location Sound Recording | Beaconsfield | 28 Oct 2019 to 1 Nov 2019 | |
| Running Your Own FILM Production Company | Beaconsfield | 31 Oct 2019 to 1 Nov 2019 | |
| Directing The Documentary | Beaconsfield | 4 Nov 2019 to 8 Nov 2019 | |
| Composing for Film, TV & Games | Beaconsfield | 4 Nov 2019 to 6 Nov 2019 | |
| Film Scoring for Editors | Beaconsfield | 7 Nov 2019 to 8 Nov 2019 | |
| Location Sound Recording | Glasgow | 11 Nov 2019 to 16 Nov 2019 | |
| Directing the Microbudget Feature Film | Beaconsfield | 11 Nov 2019 to 13 Nov 2019 | |
| Directing The Comedy | Beaconsfield | 14 Nov 2019 to 15 Nov 2019 |