Career Producer (Unscripted) Programme 2024: Producing Interview Content

Course Profile

Producing Interview Content is the second course in the Career Producer (Unscripted) Programme 2024. This course was developed in partnership with Screen Ireland and experienced executive producer and media trainer Colin Pauser-Cowman.

Good off-camera interview content is the lifeblood of unscripted and factual TV genres. What are the steps to ensuring you have captured brilliant interview content, ensuring it adds significant editorial value to the episode, without devouring vital time on set or in the edit schedule?

Across unscripted TV genres, a high percentage of interview content does not include a presenter, with ultimate responsibility for capturing compelling and ‘editable’ interviews falling to the Producer, Shooting Producer, or Assistant Producer. Strong off-camera producing techniques are must-have skills in time and budget-pressured shooting scenarios.

This immersive course covers best practice in interview prep, techniques in generating questions that ensure strong and usable answers, capturing the best content in an off-camera setting while learning how to brief your crew to capture the right coverage to ensure a smooth and effective edit.

Participant Profile

This course is aimed at established & emerging television production personnel and recent TV/media graduates who wish to gain excellent off-camera interview techniques.

Participants who complete 3-4 of the courses on the Career Producer (Unscripted) Programme 2024 and a post course assignment will receive a Screen Ireland certificate of completion.

Application Procedure

Please apply online by Monday, 8th July 2024, 5pm attaching a current CV with your application.

For further details please email Críona Sexton at [email protected]

For technical queries, please contact [email protected]

Screen Ireland skills opportunities are open to all regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. If you require supports, please let us know in advance so we can put these in place to assist your learning.