ScreenWorks

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ScreenWorks, funded by the Department for Communities through Northern Ireland Screen and delivered by Into Film, is an exciting scheme to help young people in Northern Ireland aged 14-19 learn more about careers in the screen industries through hands-on work experience opportunities.

Placements with ScreenWorks offer young people unparalleled access to industry professionals on 3-5 day work placement across all five screen sectors - Film, Television, Animation, Gaming and Visual Effects.

Programmes take place throughout the academic year, and include:

  • Costume Design
  • Virtual Production
  • Storyboarding & Concept Art
  • Prosthetics
  • Location Management
  • Visual and Special Effects
  • Production Accountancy
  • Animation
  • Game Design
  • Camera Operating
  • Music Composition
  • Story Development
  • and much more!

Young people can apply to their preferred placement by completing an application form below. Participants are encouraged to apply directly, rather than through a teacher or parent. 

PLEASE NOTE: ScreenWorks programmes take place during the school day. Please check with your school/college that you can attend before applying.

To check on the status of your application, or to request further information about a programme, please email screenworks@intofilm.org  or phone 07936 361786. 

All ScreenWorks programmes are free, and a travel bursary is available to reimburse young people for all public transport costs.

Upcoming Programmes

ScreenWorks

Prosthetic Make-Up

with Clare Ramsey
  • Placement Details: Prosthetics with Clare Ramsey
  • Date: 24 - 26 September 2024
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • Introduction to casualty effects (bruising, wounds, burns)
  • How to make your own prosthetic gelatine and blood
  • Moulding and casting
  • Creating characters
  • The importance of a portfolio 
ScreenWorks

3D Animation

with Humain
  • Placement Details: 3D Animation with Humain
  • Date: 1-3 October 2024
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • Overview of Animation for Games, Film, & Television.
  • Introduction to animation and modelling.
  • Learn about careers within the animation sector.
  • Work with Industry standard software.

Humain create characters for some of the world's top gaming studios. Their credits include Call of Duty, Halo, and Space Marines 2.

ScreenWorks

Prosthetic Make-Up

with Clare Ramsey
  • Placement Details: Prosthetics with Clare Ramsey
  • Date: 8 - 10 October 2024
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • Introduction to casualty effects (bruising, wounds, burns)
  • How to make your own prosthetic gelatine and blood
  • Moulding and casting
  • Creating characters
  • The importance of a portfolio 
ScreenWorks

Film Journalism

with Helen O'Hara
  • Placement Details: Film Journalism with Helen O'Hara
  • Date: 15 - 17 October 2024
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • Practice in writing film news how to turn simple facts into a coherent story
  • Discussion of interviewing and how to edit interviews
  • Practice of review writing, with feedback and revisions
  • Creating a news article about the NI film industry, with a view to being published! 
ScreenWorks

Story Development

with Amanda Verlaque
  • Placement Details: Story Development with Amanda Verlaque
  • Date: 21 - 23 October 2024
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • Generating story ideas
  • Choosing the style/format
  • 3 Act and 5 Act structures
  • Mapping out the idea 
ScreenWorks (VFX)

Visual Effects (VFX)

with Enter Yes
  • Placement Details: Visual Effects (VFX) with Enter Yes
  • Date: 22 - 25 October 2024
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • Introduction to software
  • Explaining the production workflow
  • Creating work to a brief
  • Working on VFX shots
  • The importance of a portfolio 

Enter Yes™ is Belfast's premium award winning Visual Effects and Animation studio.

ScreenWorks

Music Composition

with Score Draw Music
  • Placement Details: Music Composition with Score Draw Music
  • Date: 28 - 31 October 2024
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • An introduction into composing for media
  • An introduction to sound design for media
  • Experience creating a new bespoke musiccue for a project in film and a project in animation
  • Experience creating and editing sounddesign for a piece of animation
  • An introduction to editing audio files 
Stuart Drennan ScreenWorks

The Writers' Room

with Stuart Drennan
  • Placement Details: The Writers' Room with Stuart Drennan
  • Date: 29 October - 1 November 2024
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • Learning how to create compelling concepts for film and television
  • Building proactive and 3D heroes and villains
  • Working as a Writer's Room to plot out a television series together
  • Writing scenes(dialogue, subtext, action)
ScreenWorks

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

with filmmaker Kris Kelly
  • Placement Details: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning withfilmmaker Kris Kelly
  • Date: 19 - 21 November 2024
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • Exploring the positives and negatives ofartificial intelligence
  • How AI can be used across the screen industries
  • What is machine learning?
  • How can AI be used to complement existing jobroles
ScreenWorks

Intro to Script Editing

with Rebecca Mairs
  • Placement Details: Intro to Script Editing with Rebecca Mairs
  • Date: 26 - 28 November 2024
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • The role of the Script Editor
  • From Page to Soundstage: An overview of the development process
  • Working with Screenwriters
  • Script Coverage VS Feedback
ScreenWorks

3D Content Creation

with Aura Digital
  • Placement Details: 3D Content Creation with Aura Digital
  • Date: 3 - 5 December  2024
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • Introduction to 3D modelling
  • Introduction to 3D animation
  • Real-time rendering and optimisation
  • ICVFX (In Camera Visual Effects) for VirtualProduction and its application and use cases
ScreenWorks

Prop Costume

with Enda Kenny
  • Placement Details: Prop Costume with Enda Kenny
  • Date: 16 - 19 December 2024
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  •  Creating a wearable piece of prop costume
  • Practice fabrication techniques and paintmethods 
  • Measure, cut and mould fabrics
  • Age and breakdown costume to create a lived-ineffect 
ScreenWorks - Game Design

Art of Games

with Saltstone studios
  • Placement Details: Art of Games with Saltstone Studios
  • Date: 14 - 16 January 2025
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • Art direction for Games
  • Core skill overview and design language
  • Sound design for games
  • Building and managing teams and projects
ScreenWorks

Creating Online Content

with Callum Janes
  • Placement Details: Creating Online Content with Callum Janes
  • Date: 21 - 23 January 2025
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • Becoming a Content Creator / Building YourInfluence
  • In-Depth Content Research, Idea Generation, andBreakdowns
  • Hands-On Video / Content Production
  • Video Editing for Online Platforms (TikTok,Youtube, Facebook, etc.)
  • Monetizing Your New Content Skills / TurningViews into Profit 
ScreenWorks

The Production Office

with Phillip McGonigle
  • Placement Details: The Production Office with Phillip McGonigle
  • Date: 28 - 30 January 2025
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • How to be a freelancer (holiday pay, pensions etc)
  • Roles within the production office, including travel & accommodation coordinators, production coordinators, production assistants
  • Insight into preparing for a shoot and the wrap
  • Paperwork reporting
  • Contract templates
ScreenWorks

Producing

with Margaret McGoldrick
  • Placement Details: Producing with Margaret McGoldrick
  • Date: 4 - 6 February 2025
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • What is a producer? Breaking down the various roles
  • Hierarchy of production. How does a producer work with different parts of a production?
  • Breaking down a script for creating a budget
  • Pitching and feedback
ScreenWorks - Game Design

Story for Games

with Saltstone studios
  • Placement Details: Story for Games with Saltstone Studios
  • Date: 11 - 13 February 2025
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • Narrative design for games and why stories matter
  • Game design philosophy wihout a computer
  • Paper prototyping
  • Core skill overview
  • Building and managing teams and projects
Maria Mallon - ScreenWorks

Intro to the Art Department

with Maria Mallon
  • Placement Details: Intro to the Art Department with Maria Mallon
  • Date: 18 - 20 February 2025
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • An overview of the Art Department & Set Decoration
  • Creating a set model
  • Overview of prop design
  • Calligraphy and Graphics in film
  • Skill routes and entry advice for Film
ScreenWorks

The Grip Department

with Donavan Gallagher
  • Placement Details: The Grip Department (with Donavan Gallagher)
  • Date: 25 - 27 February 2025
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • What is a grip?
  • A grip's role in planning and executing a shot.
  • Camera movement using equipment such as dolliesand cranes.
  • Situational camera rigging.
  • Camera and operator safety. 
ScreenWorks

Sound Design

with Chloe Dalzell
  • Placement Details: Sound Design (with Chloe Dalzell)
  • Date: 1 - 3 April 2025
  • Location: Belfast
  • Ages: 14-19

This ScreenWorks programme will include:

  • Introduction to post production sound for TV andFilm
  • What is critical listening?
  • Creating and editing sound effects and foley
  • Exploring sound in movies
  • Recording your own sound effects

I loved every minute of the work experience programme, it gave me great insight into the career and I had so much fun along the way. I met great people and learned so much in a week I wish could have went on longer. Would recommend this programme to anyone would has an interest in the film industry.

Participant

These opportunities give our pupils a more realistic idea of roles within the industry as well as contact with professionals who can show them industry standard equipment, software and exemplar work. Through your schemes our pupils have had the opportunity meet other young people with similar interests in addition to being able to network with industry professionals. Currently there are no other opportunities that give our pupils the in-depth and quality experiences that you offer.

Educator

In addition to our in-person programmes, you can learn about different screen careers with ScreenWorks Online! Click here to find out more.

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