Definitely apply. It’s such an amazing opportunity that is specifically for West Midlands talent and keeping it regional is at the heart of the bootcamp. You’ll learn a great deal of knowledge in such a small space of time, be able to put that knowledge into practice when you make the short film, and then more widely on a TV placement where you’re given the opportunity to shadow. I feel really privileged to have been selected for the bootcamp.

Create Central have been fantastic in keeping myself and other bootcampers up to date with the latest opportunities, predominantly in the Midlands which is super important to people like myself who are very passionate in predominantly keeping my production career Midlands based.

Similarly the university have been fantastic in allowing bootcampers to access support even after our bootcamp and placements have finished. I hope to take up an offer of accessing the careers department based at the university in the upcoming future.

Although it may seem like the easiest answer to give, I genuinely enjoyed the whole bootcamp. From week 1 and having a crash course of the various departments, radio lingo and documents created, to week 2 with the masterclasses and gaining specific knowledge from various departments – I also appreciate the bootcamp considered more newer roles as part of the masterclasses such as sustainability and accessibility coordinator, to week 3 and making our own short film.

Being able to complete a ten page short film script within one shooting day is no easy task and the fact that we’re all at the beginning of our creative journeys and we did succeed with that.

My placement on Father Brown was a fantastic opportunity where I gained on-set experience both on location and at the studio, predominantly shadowing the AD department, as well as the opportunity to shadow the script supervisor and I further developed a valuable insight into the daily runnings on a TV production set, as well as the opportunity to undertake minor tasks, such as making teas for crew, participating in battery runs, moving equipment, and locking off an exit.

I haven’t been invited to interview as of yet but I’m really thankful to the bootcamp tutors keeping me informed about various opportunities which I have applied for, such as the Man Like Mobeen traineeship.

I studied English and Creative Writing at university and then went on to study a MA in Creative Writing. I joined an under 25 networking group called BYFN (Birmingham Young Film Network) as I wanted to be involved in others’ short films. I was advised to look into a role called ‘script supervisor’ by the group’s founder due to my writing background. I did and I liked the role, so I self-taught myself all the responsibilities as well as how to fill out the specific documents a script supervisor does.

The opportunity came up to work as the script supervisor on Joe Lycett’s short film ‘Linda’. This experience cemented in me the wish to pursue this production role as well as continue to develop my own writing.

I was recommended the bootcamp by two friends who had previously done the course. It felt right to apply being self-taught so I could have some official training under my belt.

The main reason was two of my friends who had previously done the Bootcamp encouraged me to apply as they told me it was a great experience where you could learn about the production side of things in great detail, put that into practice making a short film and help learners get their first foot in the door.