Northern Melbourne TAFE seeks production partners
The Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE is looking for production companies interested in partnerships that could see its students produce professional programs for broadcast on free-to-air and pay TV networks.
“We only ask that the production companies we partner with commit to working together with students,” NMIT’s Amanda Turnbull told Encore.
“It’s not just the students that benefit. The production partnerships are equally as rewarding for industry practitioners, who get to impart knowledge, mentor a young person and help them launch their career,” added program coordinator Darren Steffen.
In partnership with McGuire Media, the Screen and Media Students are producing 1.5 hour episodes of the racing show Racing Review, currently being broadcast on Foxtel’s TVN channel and through the TAB Agency Network.
Turnbull said that NMIT is looking to partner with companies that actively embrace student participation in conjunction with industry professionals: “We see value in working with companies that will provide our students with exposure to a range of genres, so whilst we are unable to take on another substantial production partnership – like the one with McGuire Media- we are keen to collaborate with other industry practitioners on additional projects”.
According to Steffen, it is because of these partnerships that NMIT has “a proven track record with graduates finding employment as camera operators, editors, directors, producers, floor managers, lighting assistants and as other technicians”.
Companies interested in working with NMIT should contact Steffen on (03) 9269 1745 or darrens-pa@nmit.vic.edu.au
