About the Course
The Promoting Self & Practice Course will empower participants to understand their Creative practice and how to promote it, through the judicious use of a variety of online platforms, having first created a digital strategy to leverage the maximum impact and visibility of their practice.
They will learn the principles of how to create high-quality professional video and audio, to enable them to be able to create engaging content, including interviews, film and audio clips, podcasts, both video and audio. We will look at basic filming techniques, including interview techniques and lighting, using available light and practical lights, in addition to basic 3-point lighting principles.
The course will look at how participants can develop their own branding and visual identity; they will learn how to prepare and export high-quality images for their online portfolios.
Armed with these skills, participants will be able to produce a range of engaging content, including filming their artwork and processes, exhibitions, creating showreels etc. in addition to giving prospective audiences an insight into their influences and inspirations as Creative Practitioners.
What Will I Learn?
- Being a Creative Practitioner - Finding your USP and Authentic Voice
- Social Media, Online and Digital Representation
- Creating a Digital Strategy
- Branding and Visual Identity
- Preparing High-Quality imagery for online portfolios and websites
- Creating High-Quality Video and its place in Promoting Creatives and their practice
- Creating Good Quality Audio
- Basic Filming Techniques
- Interview Techniques
- Lighting - Using Available Light, practical lighting. Basic 3 - point Lighting
About the Tutor
Bex Goff is a multi-skilled Writer/Director, a BBC-trained Studio Director and self-shooting filmmaker. She is a Senior Technical Instructor in Filmmaking & Media at University West of England, Bristol.
Her professional experience has encompassed working as a studio director across ITN news programmes and BBC Regional News and Current Affairs. As a freelance filmmaker she worked on entertainment programmes including ‘Exclusive’ & ‘The Movie Chart Show’ for Channel 5/Mentorn and British Airways inflight Entertainment. On a sabbatical from the BBC, Bex worked for the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) in Barbados, and as a Producer and Director for a TV sports and events company in Trinidad & Tobago.
She has produced and directed music videos, corporate films, promos and short documentaries, and has also written & directed several short fiction films including most recently Galahad Jones, a 30 minute comedy drama starring Anton Lesser (Game of Thrones, Endeavour, Andor) and Louis Emerick (Brookside, Layer Cake).
She has worked as a freelance director on several theatre productions, including at the Basement Theatre at Bristol Old Vic, Stepping Out Theatre Company and Kuumba Theatre. Bex also has experience of working as a 3rd Assistant Director on Film & TV drama productions, including Casualty and Eastenders for BBC Television, and as a runner on several film & TV drama productions. Bex’ Training includes BBC Studio Director’s Course at TV Centre, & Elstree, Borehamwood, Herts; The NFTS Director’s Series, Beaconsfield; High End TV Drama Directing, NFTS Leeds; Raindance Director’s Diploma, and Masters/Diploma Film Directing Course, Leeds Metropolitan University.
Her main skill areas are Directing & Working with Actors; Multi-camera studio directing (live and recorded programmes); Editing (Drama); Colour Grading and Scriptwriting.
Her hobbies include Writing, Illustration and Sculpting Dragons!
