Televised Minds provides training and consultancy for unscripted television, built and delivered by two creative directors who are still in the room.
We run masterclasses, workshops and bespoke programmes for individuals, teams and companies - and we work directly with indies to strengthen the ideas, pitches and creative decisions that move projects forward.
COURSES
COURSES
The Perfect Deck (Online)
A 2-hour, deep dive into creating brilliant, pitch materials.
Fully funded by the ScreenSkills Unscripted TV Fund.
DATES IN JULY - CLICK TO APPLY
Sizzles Masterclass (Online)
A 3-hour, online course removing the mystery of how to create a piece of tape that will leave commissioners with a crystal-clear and compelling sense of your show idea.
Fully funded by the ScreenSkills Unscripted TV Fund.
DATES IN JULY - CLICK TO APPLY
Development for Small Indies & Individuals (Online)
If you’re running a lean indie, building something on your own, or working without the support of a large development team, this 3-hour, online session is designed to help you define your strategy and move forward with clarity. The course includes take away materials for the Development Self Audit and an honest look at what works, what doesn’t, and how to build a focused, sustainable approach that gives your ideas the best chance.
Fully funded by the ScreenSkills Unscripted TV Fund
DATES IN JULY - CLICK TO APPLY
Mastering Unscripted TV Development
A series of two-day, in-person event for TV development teams and individuals.
Designed to entire development teams the skills boost they need to navigate the current market, super-charge their ideas pipeline and deliver business winning pitches.
Fully funded by ScreenSkills.
The A-Z of TV Research
A comprehensive online and in-person course for unscripted TV researchers and experienced runners who want to brush up on their specialist skills.
Modules include:
Writing, ideation and Development
Casting
Shooting & Kit Care
Archive research
Communication
How to build a lasting career in TV
Fully funded by ScreenSkills
How to Devise, Develop & Sell an Entertainment TV Format (Online)
Aimed at entry level early stage and junior screen professionals, this course covers how and why the TV industry buys and sells formats, including insight into the commissioning process and the journey of an idea; practical hints and tip on how to have great ideas; tools to shape and develop those ideas into commissionable TV shows as well as how to create materials and deliver a pitch.
Fully funded by ScreenSkills.
Surviving Development: A Guide to Creative and Personal Resilience
An opportunity to share your frustrations and leave with a toolkit that will equip you to deal with the mental and creative toll of unscripted development. Open for anyone from researcher to exec working in unscripted development.
Fully funded by the ScreenSkills Unscripted TV Fund.
Mastering the Sizzle
A series of online theory and in-person practical sessions covering all aspects of what it takes to create and deliver a sizzle tape to sell your show.
Aimed at Producers and APs working in development and Edit producers who would like to learn or refine their sizzle producing and editing skills.
The course features examples of successful (and less successful) sizzles, and covers sourcing, scripting, budgeting, graphics, VO and much more.
Fully funded by ScreenSkills.