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'Now at the end of my Screen NETS placement I can see how really valuable it has been.'
Grant Butler, A/D Department Trainee 2011/12

Screen NETS Advanced AD Dept Trainees work closely with a 2nd AD as a base unit runner, or a 2nd AD assistant helping with crowd co-ordination, cast and call sheet creation.

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Screen NETS 2012/13 AD Trainee

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Alison Piper
Assistant Director (AD) Department Trainee 2012/13

Through Screen NETS Alison will increase her knowledge of the AD department by shadowing a 2nd AD at Unit Base and gain more experience and contacts.

As a Screen NETS trainee, Alison has also attended short courses on Risk Assessment for Film & TV, and First Aid at work.

Alison comes to Screen NETS with some experience as a runner and floor runner, most recently as a runner/driver on feature film Sunshine on Leith and previously as a floor runner on feature films Seaside Stories and Oranges and Sunshine.

Screen NETS 2011/12 AD Trainees

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Grant Butler
Assistant Director (AD) Department Trainee 2011/12

As a Screen NETS trainee Grant wanted to use his time shadowing a 2nd AD on a large film productions and to gain more experience/make new contacts.  He worked with the 2nd AD on feature films Under the Skin starring Scarlett Johansson and directed by Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast); Filth, an adaptation of an Irvine Welsh novel, directed by Jon S Baird and starring James McAvoy and Jamie Bell; and Not Another Happy Ending produced by Synchronicity Films, directed by John McKay and starring Dr Who's Karen Gillan. 

Grant also completed short courses in Risk Assessment on Film & TV Productions (Production Safety Passport) and Moviemagic Scheduling and Budgeting

Where is he now? Grant is now working as a floor runner on Fast and Furious 6

Find out more about Grant's experience as a Screen NETS Advanced A/D Department Trainee - Click Here

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Abi Ross
Assistant Director (AD) Department Trainee 2011/12

Abi is being supported with Career Development through Screen NETS with bespoke training and mentoring from 2nd AD Alison Goring.

Abi has also completed a short course in Moviemagic Scheduling and Budgeting

Abi has worked as a floor runner on Foundation TV’s Dani’s House, Shed Media’s Young James, Pramface, and Citadel for Sigma Films.  She worked as Crowd PA/SET PA on Cloud Atlas, and most recently worked on Murder, a drama pilot for BBC TV produced by Touchpaper TV.  She is currently working as a floor runner on Waterloo Road.