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ScreenSkills update

Manchester Skills Forecasting Roadshow 28 November 2018

Dr Caterina Branzanti

Head of Research

Introduction

Agenda

17:03pm – 17:13pm Overview of ScreenSkills Kaye Elliott - Director of High-end TV (ScreenSkills) 17:13pm – 17:28pm Presentation introducing the Skills Forecasting Services, its rationale, purpose and strands Caterina Branzanti - Head of Research (ScreenSkills) 17:28pm – 17:48pm Presenting the findings of the barometer findings Mark Spilsbury - Economics and Labour Market Specialist (Work Foundation) 17:48pm – 17:58am Q&A 17:58pm – 18:00pm Close the session Caterina Branzanti - Head of Research (ScreenSkills) 18:00pm – 19:30pm Drinks networking reception Kaye Elliott - Director of High-end TV (ScreenSkills)

Kaye Elliott

Director of High-end TV

Screen industry skills gap

The UK’s screen-based industries – film, television, VFX, animation and games – are booming. Total UK spend on feature films in 2017 was £2 billion with 29 big budget features of more than £30 million. Nearly 100 high-end television productions saw a UK spend of £985 million with video games adding a further £132 million, animation television £62 million and children’s television £55 million.

“More than ever, industry needs a strong, independent body to lead the drive for

• skills. I have been impressed by ScreenSkills’ s new screen-based vision, with

renewed industry leadership through it’s Board and Advisory Councils. I have seen first-hand that the organisation is committed to continuous improvement, ensuring that it’s products and services are relevant and responsible.”

• Iain Smith, Producer, Applecross Productions and Film Skills Council Chair -

Screen industry skills gap

The revenue impact is positive, but the negative is that the pace of growth is outstripping the development of skills and talent. There are skills shortages UK-wide. This means:

• Delays in crewing up
• An increase in ‘ show-jumping’ practices where in-demand talent and crew leave

productions early to take up another job

• Pay inflation

Factors influencing planning for the future include:

• An estimated need for more than 10,000 new entrants by 2020
• Brexit and the impact of the loss – over time – of skilled European workers in areas

such as VFX

• Technological developments such as VR and AR
• The need to improve diversity
• The impact of skills shortages on growth in the nations and regions

INDUSTRY INTELLIGENCE AND INFLUENCING

Industry-informed skills forecasting Lobbying to shape skills agenda

ENTRY-LEVEL DIVERSITY AND WORK-READINESS

Careers information Industry-specific foundation skills, including BFI Academy Trainee and Apprentice Finder Support for new entrants

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Targeted CPD Industry quality mark, including education partnerships Regional excellence hubs Mentoring and bursaries

Rebranded as ScreenSkills in October 2018 New ScreenSkills website (incorporating ITF and Hiive) and newsletters

Strategic priorities

ScreenSkills: Industry-owned and led

Our approach is:

• Industry-informed and owned: shaped by business intelligence and industry demands.
• Efficient: direct industry input delivers skills and training to meet priority needs
• Partnership-led: harnessing the expertise of trade bodies, agencies, guilds,

broadcasters, indies and other including the Royal Television Society, BAFTA and British Film Institute.

• Inclusive and accessible: embedding diversity in the workforce we help build.

Our revenue includes:

• Contributions paid by industry through levies to the skills funds.
• National Lottery funds awarded by the British Film Institute (BFI).
• Funds from key UK broadcasters and independent production companies.
• Awards from partner organisations such as Arts Council England.

Since 2013: Invested over £11 million in HETV skills Invested in 1715 individuals since April 2017 on productions such as Outlander, Victoria, Come Home, Peaky Blinders, Pennywise, Poldark, Game of Thrones, Killing Eve, Curfew, No Offence, Bodyguard. This includes:

• 172 trainees across 155 placements as part of Trainee Finder
• 123 individuals across 75 productions via Make a Move, which includes step up funding for

accountants, producers, costume, line producers, production managers and coordinators

• Investment in five new producers, 20 directors, 24 production accountants and 17 line

producers, 16 location managers, four grips via UK-wide training programmes

• 500+ new entrants attending HETV industry insight evenings and boot camps in Bristolx2,

Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, Nottingham

• Leadership and Management training supporting 280+ heads of department and managers to

upskill in managing crews effectively, deal with bullying and harassment recognise bias

What we deliver in high-end TV

• Social inclusion – In-house runners

programme

• First Break – social inclusion outreach
• Producers mentor programme
• The Skills Passport Online resource to

access grade specific training and bursaries

• Production accounts
• Location manager
• Script editor placements
• Craft & tech: inc grips, electricians
• Directors - Step-up/shadow programmes
• Disability awareness training
• Writers - Returning series bursaries; Welsh

writers programme; Established writers mentor programme

• Leadership and management
• Regional boot camps
• Nations bespoke step-up training and

regions professional development for crew

• Post-production - Colourist fund; High

dynamic range and wide colour training; Post and VFX return to work programme

• Trainee Finder expanding to support 120 in

2019

• Bursaries for freelancers supporting 60+

New and ongoing HETV programmes 2018/19

Other television The TV Skills Fund has invested more than £10 million since it was established in 2006. The current contributors are BBC, Channel 4 and Five. Schemes supported include:

• Production coordinator: more than 560 new coordinators for TV have undergone

training in London, Manchester, Bristol, Cardiff and Glasgow

• Commissioner programme: funded with Creative Diversity Network to boost diversity

in all TV genres

• Series producer: year-long programme for new or aspiring series producers who

have at least three years’ experience as producer/director in factual, features and entertainment.

• The 2016/17 cohort included two promoted to commissioner or assistant

commissioner, three who have become heads of department and nine who are series producing.

What we deliver in television

Film Skills Fund More than £13 million has been collected and invested since 1999 through the Film Skills Fund – commonly known as the film levy – with record receipts of £937,000 in 2017/2018. More than 450 people received training through the fund in the last year. The majority of productions paying in also used trainees supported through the fund, including Mike Leigh’s new film with Film4, Peterloo, Disney’s Artemis Fowl, and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald from Warner Bros. Film Trainee Finder Trainee Finder for film has launched the careers of more than 350 film production professionals since launch five years ago, with trainees working on movies including Wonder Woman, Jurassic World, Calibre, Stan and Ollie, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and Lady Macbeth. Last year, 76 trainees, from more than 1,100 applications, experienced 177 placements equating to 1,434 weeks

• f training. The selected candidates were:
• 66% women
• 60% from outside London
• 20% black, Asian and minority ethnic

What we deliver in film

Bursaries Bursaries were awarded to applicants from London, the South East, South West, East of England, East and West Midlands, the North West and Yorkshire and Humber as well as Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The fund supported career development courses in many in areas of skills shortages or high demand including:

• Production management
• Pro-level make-up effects and prosthetics
• Steadicam operators workshop
• Film location sound recording
• Production buying and props training.

Other training and development has been supported by the British Film Institute. In December 2017, ScreenSkills was awarded a £19 million contract to deliver the BFI’s new Future Film Skills action plan.

What we deliver in film

Skills Forecasting Service

Dr Caterina Branzanti

Head of Research

Context

Context

£ 14.5 billion in GVA generated by the screen industries, excluding games (ABS 2016) +16% employment growth in the screen industries (2013-2017) +7% employment growth across the UK economy (2013-2017)

Context

Implications:

• Demand for skills in the UK screen industries is greater than ever
• Industry skills needs are changing in response to external factors

Skills Forecasting Service (SFS)

Skills Forecasting Service (SFS)

• Reliable, up-to-date and forward looking labour market

information

• Granular UK-wide data on skills gaps and shortages
• How industry trends will affect future workforce

Skills Forecasting Service (SFS)

Purpose:

• Support employers’ skills investment planning
• Inform education and training
• Demonstrate our industry skills needs to policy makers
• Give appropriate information to career advisers
• Enable learners’ informed decisions

Research methodology

Research methodology

The scoping phase was industry-driven and involved:

• Consultation with stakeholders
• Review of literature and existing data

Areas covered by the SFS

• 1. Characteristics and profile of the workforce
• 2. Characteristics and profile of learners and education providers
• 3. Diversity and inclusion
• 4. Skills shortages and gaps
• 5. Future of work

Research work streams

1. Quarterly ScreenSkills Barometer 2. Annual ScreenSkills Assessment 3. ScreenSkills Forecasting Analysis

Quarterly ScreenSkills Barometer Purpose: regular, short-term snapshot on business activity, skill shortages and gaps and training Methods: online survey targeting 50 industry experts

Research work stream 1

Annual ScreenSkills Assessment Purpose: in-depth analysis of the labour force, diversity and inclusion, skills needed and training Methods:

• Yearly alternating an employ survey (current) and a

workforce survey (next year), based on a large sample

• Literature review
• Analysis of existing data

Research work stream 2

ScreenSkills Forecasting Analysis Purpose: forward-looking analysis of future changes and likely trends Methods:

• Qualitative method called Delphi Process, based on a

panel of experts with insight into the screen industries

• Literature review
• Analysis of existing data

Research work stream 3

Sectors of the screen industries

• 1. Film
• 2. High-end TV
• 3. Unscripted TV
• 4. Children’s TV
• 5. Animation
• 6. VFX
• 7. Games

Opportunities and challenges

• This is the first research of its kind in the screen industries
• Ensure that we get the methodology broadly right in year 1
• Develop comprehensive research capable of responding

to industry needs

Opportunities and challenges

Industry engagement strategy

• Data provision
• Data validation
• Data dissemination
• Feed back to us via research@screenskills.com on:
• Skills gaps
• Diversity and inclusion
• Future of work

How to get involved

UK Screen Industries: Skills Forecasting Service

Mark Spilsbury

Economics and Labour Market Specialist – Work Foundation

Quarterly business barometer

• Regular up-to-date insight on business activity,

recruitment challenges, skills gaps and challenges

• Panel survey of 50 representatives from the industry
• Updated on a quarterly basis

• Definition of screen industries covers the value chain activities
• All sub-sectors are covered: film, high-end TV, unscripted TV,

children’s TV, games, animation and VFX

• Collectively these employ 211,000 in 24,000 enterprises,

producing £37 billion in turnover (£14.5 billion in GVA)

• Strong growth over last 5 years: faster growth rates than overall

economy Context

Level of business activity across the screen industries over the last three months

Factors impacting on the Screen Industries

0% 14% 20% 28% 32% 32% 40% 52% 50% 38% 68% 8% 24% 18% 8% 12% Brexit Economic conditions Availability of skilled workers Demand for products and services… Availability of finance Exchange rate performace International investment Demand for products and services in the… Positive Negative

Changes in the number of workers over the past three months

Difficulties in recruiting

• Reasons given are:
• Competition from inside the sector
• Low number of skilled applicants
• Main roles associated with film

and TV production, including:

• Production accountants
• Line producers
• Production managers
• Location managers
• VFX and games have HtF roles: FX artists, creature FX, animators

Impact of recruitment difficulties

0% 5% 12% 21% 26% 42% 63%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

No Impact Don’t know Loss of Business to competitiors Work has been off-shored Difficulties in meeting deadlines Increased operating costs Wage inflation

The extent to which existing workforce has skills gaps

Nature of skills gaps

0.0% 21% 53% 77% 32% 9% 29% 9% 38% 27% 0.0% 9% 0.0%

0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0% 90.0%

I don't know Other Supervisory skills Management skills Problem-solving skills Foreign language skills Team-working skills Customer-handling skills Communication/interpersonal skills Advanced IT or software skills Basic computer literacy skills Numeracy skills Literacy skills

Investing in workforce development

Looking in the future: business activity over next three months

56% 26% 6% 12% Increase No change Decrease Don't know

Significant factors affecting business activity over next three months

48% 36% 22% 20% 14% 14% 10% 10% 6% 4% 4% 4% 2%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Availability of skilled workers Brexit Exchange rate performance Allocation of resources from broadcasters Availability of infrastructure (e.g. studios and… I don’t know Availability of finance New legislative or regulatory requirements Increased competitive pressure Demand for products/services overseas Economic conditions International Investment Increased competitve pressure from other…

Anticipated employment patterns over next three months

HETV:

• production

accountants;

• line producers;
• production co-
• rdinators;
• script editors.

Film:

• location manager
• production accountants

Children’s TV:

• editor;
• producer/director
• production runner;

Unscripted TV:

• casting director
• editor
• pre-editor

VFX:

• VFX producer
• VFX supervisor

Games:

• programmer
• project manager

Animation

• compositor
• storyboard artist

Responding to skills challenges

46% 62% 66% 12% 48% 44% 34% 50% 40%

0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0%

Improved careers, education, advice… Improved relevance/quality of… Bursaries to support… Better/enhanced total reward package More inclusive recruitment and… More employer investment in training More effective management and… Retraining and return-to-work schemes Support for sector skills levies

Concluding remarks

• a sector of growth in business activity and employment;
• creating skills shortages and skill gaps issues;
• doubts about whether employers are investing in workforce

development enough?

• growth expected to continue: may put more pressure of skills

issues.