Kent’s universities and colleges provide an ideal location to study, with excellent track records and facilities. We believe our higher education institutes are second to none.

The Kent Academy showcases Kent’s higher education media courses, particularly focusing on the areas of TV and Film Production, Photography and Film Studies. We have included courses ranging from NVQ level 3 to postgraduate from 10 institutions in Kent to give you a flavour of what is on offer.

Kent is a vibrant county and in demand as a filming location. It has played host to many productions such as Little Dorrit, Cape Wrath, The Other Boleyn Girl, the Morrisons Christmas campaign, Hancock and Joan, Ruby Blue and The Fixer.

In conjunction with Kent’s Colleges and Universities, the Kent Film Office, also tries to negotiate training opportunities for graduates with both visiting and local production companies. The Case Studies demonstrate how On-set experience and working with local production companies have helped some of our trainees to progress further within the industry.

So with all this on offer in one great county, what are you waiting for?

Are you are Secondary School and currently looking into future options?

There are a number of sites which can help you. Take the time and have a look at the links below.

• Aim higher
• Creative choices
• The Kent Film Office Academy

Work Experience

We can offer work experience in the following areas:

Locations:

We have an extensive locations database that we are constantly updating. If you have some photographic skills and can handle a digital camera and image manipulation software, you may wish to have a go at location scouting. The film office manager has 10 years of industry experience as a locations scout and can help you develop apply your skills to this area and  show you how to present and sell a location to the director. We’ll will send you out to take and manipulate images to create your own location record, which you can print off and take away with you. http://www.kent.gov.uk/filmoffice/location-focus

Research:

We are currently working on populating our NEW Kent Moviemap which will help increase film tourism to Kent. This is a big project which will give you the opportunity to pick a film which was filmed in Kent, logging the relevant scenes and confirming the actual places that provided the filming locations. You may also be asked to find out whether there are any local residents who were involved in the filming and whether they have any interesting stories to tell which we could add to the Moviemap.
http://www.kent.gov.uk/filmoffice/tourism-in-kent-1

Customer Contacts:

The main duties of this office is to promote the county of Kent to local, national and international production companies, location managers, production managers and photographers. To stay on top of the game, we mail out a monthly locations newsletter to hundreds of contacts and we are always looking to ensure our mailing lists are up to date and expanded. Therefore, after work shadowing the Assistant Film Commissioner, we will ask you to find and contact industry professionals and offer them to be part of our mailing list. This will be an excellent opportunity for you to develop your communication skills and telephone manner, very useful tools in securing future jobs in the industry. http://www.kent.gov.uk/filmoffice/Filming%20in%20Kent

In addition to the above main areas, you may be asked to help us with varying task if we get suddenly very busy with location requests, including filing, event organising, database work, covering phones, running errands, etc.:

So, if you think you would like to have a slot, please complete the Work Experience Application Formand send to filmoffice@kent.gov.uk

FAQ

Should I prep?

Once you have confirmed your placement at the Kent Film Office it might be useful for you to read up about what it is we do. Spend some time looking at our websitehttp://kentfilmoffice.co.uk/ focusing on how the location records are put together, how we write news articles and film focus reports. Check out what we do regarding filming in the county and how we use the movie map to promote locations and encourage tourism. The more you know about what it is we do, the easier it will be to understand the tasks we ask of you and why. It will also enable us to get you doing the fun stuff quicker.

What do I wear?

The Kent Film Office is a very relaxed and flexible environment. Providing there are no meetings for the day our attire is smart/casual. If you are with us on a Friday it is always dress down day so you can be as relaxed as you like.

What time should I arrive?

On your first day you should arrive at Sessions House receptions at 9.30am. Sign in and they will call us to let you know you have arrived, we will then come and collect you.

What hours will I have to work?

We are all required to work 7 hours and 24 minutes each day, with 30 minutes lunch. On your first day we will sit with you and discuss what hours are best for you. There is always an officer around between 08.30 until 17.00 at least! Therefore, depending on your travel commitments, you can schedule your working hours and breaks flexibly within that framework.

How do I find you?

The Kent Film Office is located on the 2^nd floor of Invicta House. This is the red brick building located to the left of County Hall opposite Maidstone East Train Station. The full address is

2^nd Floor Invicta House

County Hall

Maidstone

Kent

ME14 1XX

Is there parking?

There are no free parking spaces within walking distance and both the station car park and Fremlin Walk multi-storey are very expensive.

If you cannot arrive by public transport, you may be better off using the Maidstone Borough Council Park and Ride facilities, which provide cost effective travel into town by bus. Timetables and routes can be found here: http://www.maidstone.gov.uk/transport_and_streets/public_transport/park__ride.aspx

If all else fails feel free to call us on 01622 696822 or email us at filmoffice@kent.gov.uk

‘The content provided in the prospectus is not meant to convey details of every media course in the county but to provide an overview of the exciting range of  courses on offer. The Kent Film Office and Kent County Council are not liable for any decisions based on the content of the prospectus and all information provided should be checked with the individual universities and colleges where further details including the application process will be available – contact details are in the prospectus. ’