The Duly Noted Script Editor Scheme is back for its fourth year, and applications are open now!
We launched Duly Noted 2021 (DN21) as a training programme for people in comedy and drama development. The workshops were designed to skill up aspiring script editors, arming them with a practical understanding of production and a support network. Now, for Duly Noted 2024 (DN24), Team DN plan to continue delivering wholly inclusive training with the support of the BBC and Sony Pictures Television, with additional support from Screen Scotland. The joint ambition of the scheme is to scale up and skill up this year’s cohort.
Duly Noted is offered as a paid training opportunity. Participants are compensated for their time during the workshop series and throughout their production role as Assistant Script Editors.
The Duly Noted scheme consists of a fully-funded week long bootcamp training in a fully accessible venue, in Central London, which will prepare the cohort for on-the-ground placements in production which will follow the workshop stage, and will be based all over the UK.
When will the scheme take place?
The training will take place in the spring, prior to a production-based Assistant Script Editor placement for each member of the scheme, earning the DN23 cohort what is likely to be their first broadcast credits. The placements will span a ten to twelve-week period in the summer of 2024. The roles will vary depending on demands of the production, while taking into account participant experience, location and requirements. Placements will be facilitated by the BBC and Sony, and will be in partnership with well-established producers who share our ethos of inclusion and change.
Who can apply?
As always applications are open to all people. We highly encourage applications from historically excluded groups; this includes aspiring script editors who are Deaf, disabled, neurodivergent, LGBTQ+ and from lower socio economic and/or ethnically diverse backgrounds. We invite applications from across the UK. Ideal candidates will have a track record focused on editorial. We’re looking for individuals with script reading and script development experience (or transferrable skills) under their belts. However, we very much welcome applications from people who’re looking to crossover from other TV or Film production roles.
How do I apply?
Applicants will need to email us at dulynoted@elevenfilm.com, sending their current CV as PDF, along with a PDF responding to the following provocations:
- In what ways do you feel that TV storytelling and the broader industry would benefit from the inclusion of individuals like yourself and the perspective of your community?
- What does script editing mean to you – why are scripts and story your chosen path?
- Tell us about a show you love and why.
- Tell us about a show you didn’t get along with and why.
- Which show would you love to have script edited and why?
- Tell us why you would benefit from participating in the Duly Noted scheme, specifically.
- Where are you currently based and where do you consider ‘home’?
- Feel free to let us know here if you have any access requirements ahead of a video call interview.
For further information on Duly Noted, visit the Eleven Film website
Deadline: 10AM (GMT) on Friday 22nd March
Source: BBC Writersroom