Below-the-Line Film and Television Workers - Conseil des ...

CHRC BTL TGA - 11/14/2008 -Page 85) Recommendation – In each production community and across thecountry financial incentives for trainees and mentors should beestablished to encourage training and Professional Development.6) Recommendation - Design training to encourage long-term involvementin the industry; e.g., post-production training could teach programmingso workers could develop their own plug-ins and avoid redundancy asnew software appears.Best Practice – Banff Centre Work Study program. Trainees from the industrywith one or two years experience get a scholarship to cover the program fee andare offered a stipend to offset long term room & board costs. In the CreativeElectronic Environments (CEE) program they are engaged hands-on in Camera,Graphics, and Stills as well as in Post with the following Editor positions: Dialogue,Effects, Music and Assistant Sound. It is the Centre’s intention to further developthis program for below-the-line workers by developing a Master class in which midtosenior-career workers work with masters in their field and then, having perfectedtheir skills, give back to the industry by mentoring entry level workers.Best Practice - The DGC offers a 50% rebate on any completed course for itsmembers up to $500 per year per member.Unfortunately to date few members have taken advantage of the program.2.2.3. Co-opsOn a shoestring Canada’s non-profit coops and artist run collectives have providedmuch below-the-line training for the non-traditional, non-union industry, and areoften on the leading creative edge. One huge international software companyrecently sought a coop’s expertise because of the coop’s innovative application ofpost-production music software. These filmmakers are always pushing the edgeand are often in the vanguard of content production for the new multi-platformparadigm. To meet future challenges we must be prepared to think outside thebox, and a more porous divide between the professional industry and our coopfilmmakers could benefit both sides.7) Recommendation – The workshops, creative incubators, and on-settraining opportunities provided by Canada’s formidable network of artistrun coops should move beyond happenstance to become a moreformalized, adequately financed program, used by the mainstreamindustry, and supported by government and the private sector.CHRC BTL TGA - 11/14/2008 -Page 8