Developing TV Formats is the first course in the Career Producer (Unscripted) Programme 2024. This course will provide a comprehensive look at TV format development with key industry speakers who work across popular formats.
This course will take place in-person on Monday, 15th and Thursday, 18th July 2024, followed by two online evening sessions on Tuesday, 23rd and Wednesday, 24th July 2024, from 6pm to 9pm each day.
What is the secret to developing a popular, stand-out TV format? Strong formatting skills have rapidly become the secret sauce to creating successful and returnable TV commissions across multiple genres. With an emphasis on factual entertainment, this immersive course is developed and delivered by experienced executive & development producer Colin Pauser-Cowman, and supported by industry guest speakers with success in international formatting.
Through delivered industry insights, workshopping, and structured analysis of existing factual-entertainment formats, delegates will learn to recognise format beats, TV moments, closed-ep and series story arcs, format branding, tone, and identity. The workshop will be delivered over two days in Dublin and will be followed by two online evening sessions. Developing TV Formats is designed to unpack the vital building blocks of good formatting, for producers to apply to their development processes.
This course is aimed at established & emerging television production personnel and recent TV/media graduates who may be interested in exploring development and wish to gain skills in idea generation for non-scripted formats. It forms part of the Unscripted Producer series.
Participants who complete 3-4 of the courses on the Career Producer (Unscripted) Programme 2024 and a post course assignment will receive a Screen Ireland certificate of completion.
Please apply online, attaching a current CV with your application.
For further details please email Críona Sexton at criona.sexton@screenireland.ie
For technical queries, please contact skills.info@screenireland.ie
Screen Ireland skills opportunities are open to all regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. If you require supports, please let us know in advance so we can put these in place to assist your learning.
