YAFTA

Some pictures from our teens class in Leeds! There are still spaces available - email [email protected] or visit our website to get yours!

A message from our teacher:

Being a teacher for the teen classes at has been an absolute joy. Watching all the students grow not just in skill, but in emotional depth - has been incredible. They approach every new script with such enthusiasm, courage and power, and it is reflected in the work they create. But the best part is the environment that the students have built together: fun, safe, supportive, and full of energy. It’s amazing to be a part of and I couldn’t be prouder!

We have a phenomenal line up of guest lecturers for the Duty of Care in TV Productions course and we’ll be introducing them all over the coming weeks.

Introducing: Lisa Chapman.

Lisa was the Executive Welfare Consultant for Dating Naked UK and Blue Therapy on Netflix. Both of these show bring unique challenges in terms of duty of care. I consulted on the casting protocols for Dating Naked UK, as you can imagine, trying to establish at which point during the casting process it is ethical or appropriate to ask a contributor to appear naked on a screen took some consideration. A production such as Dating Naked is high risk; the contributor is away from home, in a constructed reality, the exposure of MTV is an international audience, and they were naked.

Lisa is the managing director of HoneyBird Studios. Prior to Honeybird, Lisa was Senior Vice President Non-Scripted Television at eOne UK and the Managing Director of successful independent production company Whizz Kid Entertainment. An experienced and trusted industry executive, she co-devised, launched and Executive Produced the huge international reality hit ‘Ex on the Beach’ and ‘Celebrity Ex on the Beach’ for MTV International – one of the biggest reality hits of the decade with numerous spin offs and local versions throughout the world.

Lisa will be educating our students about working in welfare on high risk productions as well as her expectations of MHP’s from the managing director and executive director perspective.