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September 18,2015
RE: Training Program Materials
The 2016 Assistant Directors Training Program recruitment period is officially underway. The
deadline for applying to the Program is November 2,2015.
The mission of the Directors Guild-Producer Training Plan is to provide motion picture and
television industry training as directed by the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers
and the Directors Guild of America.
The Assistant Directors Training Program recruits a diverse group of applicants from across the
United States and provides selected candidates with education, training and paid experience in
professional settings, facilitating their development into successful Assistant Directors. The
Training Program's ultimate goal is to provide the Directors Guild of America and the Alliance
of Motion Picture & Television Producers with Assistant Directors of the highest quality and
professionalism.
Enclosed is a brochure and a poster that we hope you will display. Our goal is to give students
and other interested parties the opportunity to investigate this unique program. We hope you will
consider displaying our materials in a career center or on an employment opportunity board. In
an effort to reach a broader recruiting base, we would like you to consider placing a link to our
website, www.trainingplan.org on your home page.
These materials are time sensitive with a November filing deadline. Contact our office
have any questions or would like us to mail brochures and posters directly to you.
if you
Thank you for your assistance.
Janet Dyer Gould
Administrator
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DIRECTORS GUILD-PRODUCER TRAINING PLAN
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS TRAINING PROGRAM
WHO WE ARE…
The Directors Guild-Producer Training Plan was established
in 1965 by the Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of
Motion Picture and Television Producers. The purpose of
the Program is to provide equal access to men and women of
diverse backgrounds to participate in an industry sponsored
program that trains people to become Second Assistant
Directors in the motion picture and television industry. Since its
inception, over 530 men and women have graduated from the
Program and gone on to successful careers in the entertainment
business.
Upon satisfactory completion of the Program, your name will be
placed on the Southern California Area Qualification List (QL),
making you eligible for employment as a Second Assistant Director
and eligible for membership in the Directors Guild of America.
Please visit our website for a downloadable application, information
on graduates and other program information.
Applications are available for download on our website at
www.trainingplan.org.
For additional information, please contact:
Directors Guild-Producer Training Plan
Assistant Directors Training Program
15301 Ventura Boulevard, Building E #1075
Sherman Oaks, California 91403
Tel. 818.386.2545
Visit our website at: www.trainingplan.org
Email us at: [email protected]
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For additional information, please contact:
Directors Guild-Producer Training Plan
Assistant Directors Training Program
818.386.2545
www.trainingplan.org
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Directors Guild-Producer Training Plan
Assistant Directors Training Program
14724 Ventura Blvd., Suite 775
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Sponsored by the
Directors Guild of America
&
The Alliance of Motion Picture
& Television Producers
WHO WE ARE…
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
The Directors Guild-Producer Training Plan
was established in 1965 by the Directors Guild of
America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The purpose of the Program is to
provide equal access to men and women of diverse
backgrounds to participate in an industry sponsored
program that trains people to become Second Assistant Directors in the motion picture and television
industry. Since its inception, over 500 men and
women have graduated from the Program and gone
on to successful careers in the entertainment business.
All Program applicants must have the legal right to work in
the United States (we cannot sponsor or sign visas); have a
high school diploma; have a demonstrated interest and/or
experience in the motion picture and television, entertainment or related industries and at least one of the following:
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
In order to graduate from the Program, you will be
required to complete 400 days of paid, on-the-job
training and attend regularly scheduled, unpaid curriculum-based seminars. During this time, you must
live in the Los Angeles area. You will be assigned to
work on episodic television, television movies, pilots,
mini-series and feature films in both Los Angeles and
various other locations. Your actual employers will be
various studios and production companies. All such
employment is subject to a collective bargaining
agreement, Training Program Rules & Regulations
and studio and production company policies.
The Program is designed to give participants the basic
knowledge of the organization and logistics of motion
picture and television production, including set operations, paperwork and the applicable working terms
and conditions of the collective bargaining agreements for more than thirty guilds and unions. You
will learn to deal with many different cast and crew
members while you solve problems in highly varied
and sometimes difficult situations. Trainee work is
physically demanding and is characterized by long
hours and may include periods of unemployment.
Upon satisfactory completion of the Program, your
name will be placed on the Southern California Area
Qualification List (QL), making you eligible for employment as a Second Assistant Director and eligible
for membership in the Directors Guild of America.
This is not a guarantee of employment following Program completion. The career ladder most frequently
followed by Second Assistant Directors is Second Assistant Director, First Assistant Director and Unit
Production Manager. This Program emphasizes administrative, managerial and interpersonal skills.
Although some of our graduates have become Directors, an Assistant Director is not a junior director or
director-in-training.
SOME OF THE JOB DUTIES OF AN
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TRAINEE
A bachelor's or associate's degree from an accredited
college or university;
Under the supervision of the Unit Production Manager
(UPM) and Assistant Directors (ADs), the Assistant Director Trainee provides managerial, administrative, communication and facilitation support to all of the cast,
crew and production personnel working on a production.
A synopsis of the Trainee’s essential job functions follows. Please note that this is not meant to be an allinclusive job description.
or certification that you are a currently enrolled student
who will complete your coursework and graduate with a
bachelor's or associate's by the date designated for the
appropriate application year;
Trainees accurately complete detailed paperwork daily
and deliver that paperwork to the production office at the
day’s end.
or proof that you attained at least the level of E-5 in a
branch of the U.S. military service;
or two years (520 actual workdays) of full-time paid
employment (or its part-time equivalent). You may also
use a combination of college credits and work experience. The combination must equal two years.
Trainees communicate the on-going status of all elements
of production to everyone associated with the production.
They constantly advise the ADs of their own location and
the location of actors and crew, as well as what tasks they
have completed and when they were completed. They
distribute paperwork, schedules, scripts and revisions (as
prioritized by the ADs) to actors, crew and background.
Trainees organize the movement of actors and background in and out of the make-up, hair and wardrobe
departments. Trainees check when actors, background
and crew are due. Trainees deliver them to the set properly prepared and on time, and sign them out when dismissed.
An Assistant Director Trainee wore out these shoes during his
400 days of training
SELECTION PROCESS
All complete applications postmarked by the indicated deadline will be reviewed by our Selection Committee from January through April. After this evaluation period, each applicant will be notified whether or not they have been chosen to
proceed to the next step. Selected candidates will be invited
to a one day Assessment Center to be held in Los Angeles in
May. Candidates must travel at their own expense. A select
group of Candidate Finalists who have successfully completed the Assessment Center will be invited to be interviewed by a Committee of the Board of Trustees during the
week following Assessment Center. Candidates who are
selected to become Assistant Director Trainees will be notified in June and should prepare to begin Orientation during
July or August.
All dates are approximate and are subject to change.
Trainees assist the ADs in running the set by: helping set
background action; coordinating crowd and traffic control; maintaining quiet on the set during rehearsals and
shots; loudly and clearly relaying instructions given by
ADs on set.
Trainees facilitate and assist production continuity by:
responding to departmental requests; monitoring the
safety of the set and communicating safety problems to
the ADs; learning union and guild contractual requirements and dealing with compliance issues; taking breakfast, lunch and dinner orders and seeing to their delivery;
answering phone, beeper, radio, and walkie-talkie communications; locating people; and taking and delivering
messages.
Trainee hours are long and often involve protracted periods of near-constant movement. The typical workday is
12 to 16 hours.
For more information, please visit our website at:
www.trainingplan.org
or call
818.386.2545