Will_Tech Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Hello All I am a Theatre Electrician with six years industry experience, I have had brief dealings in Television but nothing major. I am writing this post to ask how transferrable skills are from theatre to TV and what further training would be required. If a TV Electrician would be available for discussion that would be great. ThanksWill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskers Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Its different There are now few Studio based sparks jobs, because there are few big studios left Status is much lower, In theatre sparks are the clever ones who fix things and wear S shirts and tights, and you can work up to lighting design Location work is much more fetch and carry, design comes from the camera man or a separate LD vision supervior , its very rare that sparks will make that jump So far as kit is concerned, lots more stands, most of the toys are bigger, distribution is rubber box / ceeform forget 15A M10 and hook clamps get used to lots of weird names Honka Bonka French Flag Charlie Bars. Gobo is a different animal, forget frames and rough clip gel to barn doors Location is a young persons game you will need to have an exit plan Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 First and foremost, if you're not qualified to whatever the current C&G course is which covers BS7909 and BS7671, your chance of getting through the door is pretty slim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerdydd Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 17th Edition & BS7909 absoute minimum. The number of qualified sparks in tv is dropping to it's detriment. So you need another angle such as being great on moving lights or something but this will only get you into light entertainment etc. Drama is much more old school so you need to be qualified. If you want to be taken seriously: C&G 2330, or 2360. NVQ L3. C&G 2391 Although your CV seems to be heavily sound based. There is no cross over in TV at all, and it will go against you if you try to do multiple things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Speaking as one with a TV background (but not as an electrician) one of the things you're going to find is that there are precious few full time jobs for electricians (or any other technical field) nowadays. Many/most of the big studios have closed down and it's pretty common these days for productions to be farmed out to freelancers or at least independent production companies who employ freelancers as required. Just like any freelance job, it's largely a matter of being in the right place at the right time--then making a positive impression on the the job so they remember your phone number the next time they need somebody. Finally, as somebody else has said, the need for a pure electrician is relatively limited so you'll do your career chances a lot of good if you get yourself qualified for things like rigging, moving light operation, etc. etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will_Tech Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 Firstly apologies everyone I thought I had posted a reply. Thank you for your comments they have been very useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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