Dave Morgan. DLM Media. Homecoming.
He likes to use freelancers, he just doesn’t fancy paying them.
Surabhi Bhatnagar.
“Living a champagne lifestyle on a lemonade budget”. Nice for her - not so much for the freelancers she stiffed for their pay.
Evelyn Obahor. Channel 52. Floodlight Broadcasting Network.
Lots of unpaid workers, BECTU have taken action.
Cover Email Tips
When emailing your CV as per the instructions on an advert, please ensure you do a cover email with it. With an average of 40+ applications for most jobs we publish, you need to give yourself the best chance of being considered for the post the employer has advertised. This starts with your cover email.
CV Writing Tips
If you are finding it difficult to write your CV for the TV/Film production industry – here are some starting tips of what to include. It is written by TV professionals and employers and widely accepted as the best way to present yourself and be successful.
Vaishali Paatil. Mohaan Nadaar. ASEQ. Stone Circles Production.
A pair of filmmakers well worth avoiding if you want to be treated fairly and paid right.
Talking Lens Productions (Raza Mallal)and New Leaf Productions (Faisal Ahmad).
A Producer who did all he could to avoid paying the minimum wage - until a court stepped in…
Locked Down and Locked Out – the experience of working mothers in TV production.
At the best of times, balancing motherhood and a career in TV is incredibly tough. Every year many find that it is simply too hard to juggle the competing demands leading large numbers to drop out every year.
Leopard Pictures and the missing holiday pay.
Amanda Goddard gets holiday pay from her employer Argonon - so why aren’t freelancers getting it, as per their legal entitlement?
Man Vs Bee and the missing holiday pay.
Workers don’t get their legally entitled holiday pay on a Netflix production.
Working in Television – the reality.
In August 2021, BECTU released “State of Play”, its report on working conditions in the TV industry. It does not make for pretty reading. The report draws on the experience of numerous freelancers in the industry and is well worth a read if you are currently working in unscripted TV production, or are considering a career in it.
Kenneth Barker. Tungsten Media.
Kenneth Barker of Tungsten Media doesn’t think Runners are actual workers.
Mindseye. Hughie Phillips. Charlie Phillips. Max Yeoman.
Mindseye, 15 Percy St, London, W1T 1DS: a company to avoid.
Without naming names, a thread, about television…
…is how Matthew starts his Twitter thread. What follows is a story which really needs to be shared. Here’s what he has to say.
Experienced or witnessed bullying?
The Film and TV Charity have a new initiative which is really useful for everyone in the industry to know about.
