Get Into Film and Television:
Scripts, Screenwriting & TV Producing
Diploma TVPS17
Journalism, Media & Photography
Learning Method: Correspondence with online support

Career opportunities include: Television Producer/Director, Field Producer, Production Assistant, Television Presenter, TV/Movie Extra, Runner, Screenwriter, Scriptwriter for TV/Film/Video*.

Industries include: television, film, corporate/educational videos.

A television production assistant could undertake any sort of role behind the scenes. This could be a clerical assistance role compiling program requirements. It could be assisting with the research of background material, the organising of props, or just about anything from typing to working on the production crew.

Film and television producers oversee the whole process of production, drawing all of the aspects of a show or movie together. They manage the budget, hire staff, organise and supervise script development, and coordinate sets, locations and equipment. Sometimes the producer's role is combined with the role of directing.

Film, television and video scriptwriters come up with ideas for movies, shows or vidoes and develop a script right through from first draft to completion. In most cases the scriptwriter will need to market their final script to the media, corporate or educational industry.

*Note: Many people ask what the difference is between scriptwriting and screenwriting.

Scriptwriting involves many areas. A scriptwriter can write scripts for television, radio, political speeches, VIP presentations, film, video stage, music even games. Scriptwriting is not limited to just writing scripts for the movies. A script is the text or manuscript (dialogue, instructions, etc.) for a movie, television program, radio program, and so on. 'Script' comes from the word 'manuscript' so it's a bit like the manuscript for a book except that it's for a different form of media. Screenwriting is actually writing a script for the screen (movie screen, television screen, video screen, even a computer screen). This is the difference between scriptwriting and screenwriting. This course focuses on writing scripts for television, film and video—screenwriting.