Crew West | Generation Fleadh - Assistant Director Bootcamp

Course: Assistant Director Bootcamp

Date the course commences:  24th October 2025

Duration: 1 day

Cost: Free

Venue: ATU Galway

Tutor(s):  Flavia Pordominsky 

Course Profile:

This course will run over 1 day on location in Co. Galway.

Film & TV Crew Academy West is managed by Atlantic Academy.

This in-person course is run by National Talent Academies Crew West. The aim of the course is to provide participants with the basic knowledge required to start on a production in the assistant director's department. It is a practical, hands-on course and will enable participants to hit the ground running on their first day in the AD department.

Course content:

• Communication between set and unit base
• Communication with on-set crew
• Liaising with hair/make-up/costume
• How to be a stand-in
• Walkie etiquette
• Locking off
• Reading call sheets, schedules, DooDs and script revisions.
• Relay calls – standing by, rolling, cut, moving on ect.
• How to cue extras, stunts, action vehicles, animals
• Arranging extras
• Constructing call sheets
• Schedule theory

 

 

Participant Profile:

This course is aimed at Next Gen who want to consider the AD department for their career path. 

Crew who would like to gain more knowledge of Health and Safety procedures in the workplace can learn more with Screen Ireland’s free online Safe Pass course, link to the information HERE.

 

The course is limited to Generation Fleadh participants

Application Procedure:

Please register online at link by 1 pm on Friday 17th October 2025

For technical difficulties with the online system please email lorraine.higgins@nationaltalentacademies.ie

Film & TV Crew Academy West courses are open to all regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.

 

Tutor Profile:

Flavia Pordominsky is an Italian-Argentinian Assistant Director who has been making waves in the Irish screen industry since 2017. Her career spans a wide range of international productions for major platforms and broadcasters including Netflix, Amazon Prime, BBC, RTÉ, Virgin Media, and Channel 4.

In addition to her work in production, Flavia serves as Director of the Waterford Film Centre, which is evolving into the official film commissioning office of Waterford. She is also the founder of IRIT PRODUCTIONS Ltd, a company dedicated to telling stories that reflect the voices and experiences of Ireland’s evolving society.