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Mark Milsome Foundation

This foundation was inspired by the achievements, character and unique nature of our respected friend and colleague, Mark Milsome

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First Trainee becomes Trustee

The Foundation are proud to announce the appointment of their most recent Trustee. Daisy Allen was the first ‘Foot In The Door’ Trainee to be selected in 2019. Chairman Kirk Jones comments “We have monitored Daisy’s progress since helping her establish contacts and employment in the industry in 2019 and were thrilled when she accepted an invitation to join the board. Daisy is perfectly placed to help oversee the development of the ‘Foot In The Door’ training and mentorship programme having experienced it herself first hand. We are already seeing early trainees supporting and mentoring students from more recent intakes and hope to see this level of support continue in the future.”

 

If you are looking for a trainee or can offer mentorship then please see details of ALL past and Present Trainees HERE.

 

If you are an industry based company who feel you have something to offer our students that would help their understanding of the film and TV industry then please get in touch. This could include anything anything from a few days work experience to courses in understanding equipment or bespoke tours to expose them to new technology.

The Foundation Film and TV Online Safety Passport now fully launched

After the first few weeks the course has been embraced by the National Film and Television School and has received the following reviews from people who have taken the course:
“A very important course for experienced crew and producers, as well as new entrants to the industry also.”
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“A tremendous refresher before any production.”
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Mark Milsome Foundation Film and TV Online safety passport, excellent thorough course. Essential knowledge for anyone working on a film set. Relevant and accessible for all levels from new entrant to Producer. It would be amazing to see this course becoming a mandatory requirement for on set working.”
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“Absolutely amazing course. Very engaging, informative and well presented.”
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“Excellent level of training and should be mandatory for all cast & crew working in the industry.”
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Watch the four trailers for the course now by following the links below!

The Sunday Times – Baldwin shooting haunts widow of TV cameraman

Please see a link to The Sunday Times article that featured an interview with Andra, Mark’s wife last week.

The Sunday Times PDF

The Sunday Times direct link.

“The widow of a cameraman who died during a stunt on the set of a BBC TV series has told how she had warned the industry of further “inevitable” tragedies years before the fatal shooting in America by Alec Baldwin.

Andra Levinson Milsome, who lives in Scotland, said “haunting images” returned after she heard that the actor had accidentally shot dead the Ukrainian cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, with a prop gun loaded with live ammunition on the set in New Mexico of Rust, a low-budget independent film.”

Foundation Health and Safety film wraps with the support of the National Film and Television school.

The chairmans’s health and safety, online training project completed filming on Sunday 24th October. Kirk would like to extend a huge thank you to Jon Wardle and the students (past and present) of the NFTS for giving studios, equipment, crew, pre and post production facilities. We hope to have a teaser for the project soon and to deliver the the online programme before the end of the year.

MMF Health & Safety Research Findings Are Published

The results from the Mark Milsome Foundation, industry wide, Health and Safety survey are published today. With 2,000 surveys and a further 3,000 comments and concerns relating to Health and Safety in the modern Film and Television industry these results help understand the views of crew and production at a time when the spotlight is rightly on Health and Safety once again. Crucially 75% of respondent said they would welcome a Foundation, online Health and Safety course and would voluntarily take it, rising to 93% agreeing to take the course if it was recognised within the industry.

Here is a link directly to the summarised results:

https://www.markmilsomefoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Quantitative-data.pdf

 

Cinematography Is The Deadliest Job In Hollywood: Death Of ‘Rust’ Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins Puts Spotlight On Safety For Camera Crews

We wanted to share this important article with you from Deadline discussing the risks that Cinematographers take whilst doing their job. Mark’s death is marked in 2017.

Cinematography Is The Deadliest Job In Hollywood: Death Of ‘Rust’ Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins Puts Spotlight On Safety For Camera Crews

 

Halyna Hutchins’ Death

The Foundation extends its deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Halyna Hutchins following the tragic shooting on the set of RUST. Kirk Jones, chairman comments “Injury and death in the film and television industry are not freak accidents, they are consequences of employing inexperienced crew to save money, of pressurised schedules, ignoring rules, regulations and laws, long working hours and a failure to uphold the most basic of principle, to put the health and safety of crew first.”

MMF New Trainee’s Announcement!

We are delighted to announce our two newest Trainees for the Foot in the Door programme, Denson Jayson (University of Falmouth) and Scott Nolan (Northern Film School). Considering the difficulties the students all faced during their final year with the limitations and restrictions necessitated by Covid-19, the standard of entries was all the more impressive. Congratulations to Denson and Scott and we hope they enjoy as much success as our trainees from previous years. As always, if you are interested in the availability of any of our trainees, please head over to our Education and MMF Trainee Availability page.

A thank you to our anonymous donor!

We wanted to say a big thank you to the anonymous donor who sponsored Alice’s Netball Team with MMF Hoodies. They look great!

We appreciate your support and kindness.

 

A thank you from the Foundation to Roberto Schaefer (DP)

The Foundation would like to thank Roberto Schaefer, ASC, AIC for his ongoing support and for the generous donation he has made on behalf of the crew members listed below who worked with him on Amazon’s The Peripheral.
Camera Department
Stuart Howell
Shaun Cobley
Rodrigo Gutierrez
Nathan Mann
Nathan Lloyd
Alex Teale
Charles Curtis
Ben Jesse
Jacob Crow
DIT Department
Joe Dibble
Florina Barabas
Electrical
Andy Long
Paul Brewster
Wailoon Chung
Simon Beach
Mat Holloway
Kacper Jaszcz
Craig Broughton
Mike Parsons
Adam Bullock
Derek Fitzsimmons
Daniel Sarpong
Electrical Riggers
Paul Barker
Duncan Brown
Michael Race
Craig Holden
Rigging Electrical
Ian Franklin
Stuart Mansell
Steve Cortie
Paul Sharp
Paul Dewhurst
Dick Conway
Michael MacKintosh
Andrew Siddall
Grips
David Wells
Mack Behan
Tim Critchell
Aaron Shiels
Buzz Critchell
Matthew Gasper
Tony Trufitt
Ben Dinsey
Ollie Packer
Ryan McDonagh
Shadow Camera
Nic Milner
Michael Hannan
Roland Philips
Tom Burlinson
Matthew White
Sound
Steve Finn

No one should die for a shot – Telegraph Article details the failings and lessons from Mark’s death:

Chris Harvey from the Telegraph has written an article regarding Mark’s death. Please click below to read the full article or see attached PDF.

‘No one should die for a shot’: the tragic death of a BBC cameraman In 2017, Mark Milsome was killed while filming a stunt for the Michaela Coel drama Black Earth Rising. How did things go so badly wrong?

Telegraph article PDF

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