Regional Training
SW Screen
SW Screen, the Regional Screen Agency is Skillset's Regional Training partner and has recently secured funding from the South West Regional Development Agency to develop and train talent in the audio visual industries sector over the next three years. Skillset is working in partnership with both organisations to undertake a Regional Skills Strategy (2004/5).
Independent Sector/Short Courses:
Watershed
Watershed is Britain's first Media Centre. Opened in 1982 it has an established high profile brand with very strong demand. The education programme at Watershed includes film evening classes and film events, Cinephiles (a film discussion group), school and college screenings with introductions and documentation, and online learning resources. Extensive training facilities. – Bristol
Engine Room
Somerset Film & Video are a registered charity who for the past seven years have been dedicated to inspiring encouraging and supporting moving image projects in Somerset.
Since March of 2003 activities have been based at the Engine Room, the new media centre in Bridgwater. It is a dedicated facility for moving image work - a place to try out your ideas, to meet other media makers and to learn new skills
Phoenix, Exeter
Phoenix Media is a production, access and training resource in the areas of video and multimedia. This is achieved through programmed training courses and workshops, specialist courses and by liaising with partner organisations and institutions on projects.
PVA Media Lab
Since 1996 PVA MediaLab has developed a national track record working with artists and new technology. It aims to activate and support the research, production and distribution of new art arising out of interdisciplinary practice and the use of creative technologies.
