New Courses offered in 2008
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“There was 100% enthusiasm for the training you ran for our producers”

Jackie Chambers, BBC World Service Training

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International Training course
“Soaps and Societies”
Soap Opera Production for TV and Radio
For Dutch World Service in The Netherlands
Sept 15th to Dec 5th 2008
Course now fully booked. A three month training course for producers, directors and writers who have the opportunity at their home networks or companies to produce long running drama series or soap opera. Covers story structure, persuasion theory, using drama for behaviour change, character development, storylining, production skills including directing actors, directing camera crews and in radio studios.
Course leaders - Turan Ali and Beppie van de Heijden.
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Interview Skills and the Science of Questioning (1 day course)
Exploring the powerful use of interview format, exposing the frequent lazy and clumsy use of questioning, identifying our fundamental choices in question type and crafting question sequencing as story and as persuasion, getting your questions answered even if they don’t want to, interviewing professionals and ordinary people, keeping control of the interview; all of which will massively increase the power and impact of your interviews.
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Crafting and Pitching Your Broadcast Projects for the Right Slot on the Right Network (1 day course)

Most Commissioning Editors buy most of their programmes from their favourite 5 or 6 companies. To break into their circle of preferred suppliers requires precise researching and crafting of programme ideas, planning the approach, pitching and image of you, your company and your idea with military precision and getting to know the tiny details of networks, slots and Commissioning Editors outputs. On-line commissioning systems pitching blind to Commissioning Editors who don’t know you or your company is a very unlikely way to get commissioned. This course provides an industry map of significant opportunities, and through theories of persuasion, image creation and maintenance, and dissecting the elements of powerful pitches, how to avoid pitching via the slush pile and personal feedback on your own current pitches, equips you to ensure you and your proposals are taken seriously and get noticed.

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Radio Drama Toolbox - A Writer’s Guide to Writing For & Getting Commissioned by BBC Radio (10 evenings or 2 weekends)

BBC Radio Drama is the biggest commissioner of drama in Europe. Writing radio drama has been the first broadcast commission for many writers who have gone on to have long careers in radio and TV drama writing. This course, run by producers with decades of BBC radio drama production and writing experience, introduces participants to the principles of writing for the medium of radio, the language and tools of radio drama, script formatting, story structure in umpteen genres wanted by radio, slots available and most likely opportunities for various levels of writer, one to one feedback on your own scripts being written as part of the course. Course is run over ten weekly evening sessions (in Edinburgh) or two weekends (throughout the UK).

Email training@bonabroadcasting.com to enquire about availability/dates