CWA New Media

Hot Shots is a training programme incorporating hands-on, in-school workshops, on location shooting, and post-production experiences through which young people gain skills to effectively realize their stories through the medium of video.

Working with CWA’s experienced digital media unit, they are introduced to processes used by professional programme-makers. These include storyboarding, questionline development, scripting, shotlisting, researching and recce-ing, casting, producing, directing, editing and mixing. They also operate the camera, and take on the roles of sound recordist, gaffer, production team member, editor and sound mixer.