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Dan Foley Junior Producer, The Film Farmers

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Nerve Magazine catches up with BU alumni Dan Foley who, after graduating, started a job as a Junior Producer at The Film Farmers. Dan tells us about his job and his tips to follow in his footsteps.

Since graduating from Bournemouth University I’ve started working at The Film Farmers as a Junior Producer. I manage a number of clients, oversee productions, making sure they’re kept to budget, delivered on time and that all people involved in the process are all smiling! The Film Farmers is a film company that specialises in branded content, it’s already taken me around the world and presented me with countless opportunities and challenges.

I’ve already worked across a range projects and had the chance to produce several from the ground up myself. These have spanned from kickstarters for up and coming companies, to creating video content for bigger names like Michael Kors and Facebook.

As much as I enjoy juggling and organising shoots from office, I love to get out on location, meet the clients and make sure everything is running smoothly.

My course at Bournemouth, BA Television Production, was tailored to what I wanted to specialise in which in turn helped me get the job. I focussed on production management in my final two years and in turn adopted it, and the indescribable urge to work within the industry, to get where I am.

The course itself is very hands on and taught me everything I needed, not only from a technical standpoint, but it also prepared me socially for the wider world of negotiating, pitching and, most importantly, schmoozing.

Written by Dan Foley

To make it into what is quite a competitive industry was not something I would call easy.

In addition to my course at Bournemouth University, I undertook multiple placements at companies such as ITV, Comedy Central and Baby Cow Productions to name a few.

If there’s one piece of advice I can give to you, it would be to make the most of the time you have now. Knock on people’s doors, be noticed, get experience, make those important connections and most of all, don’t be a d*ck.

The main thing I’ve learnt and still practice is that it’s about who you know and how far you will push yourself to make these connections.

Best of luck in your studies and in your future careers as filmmakers. N

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