PGGB Members Contribute to all of the UK's Top 20 Grossing Films of 2010
05/08/2011Figures released within the BFI's Statistical Yearbook have once again proven that members of The Production Guild (PG) play a key and essential part of film production within the UK with over 200 positions being appointed to PG Members across every one of the UK's top 20 grossing films in 2010.
A total of 207 positions were taken up by PG Members on the top 20 UK films which had a combined gross of £232 million and equated to 23% of the total UK box office (as of 10th February 2011). This also saw a rise in both fields from 2009 which saw figures at £173 million with a 15% share of the gross box office.
The wealth of experience, the broad range of skills and the support from The Production Guild for new industry entrants was also clear in the figures with representation from PG members across a large scope of the UK industry within the production, post-production, locations, assistant directors and accounting departments.
Analysing the range of experience of PG members across the top 20 films, 31.40% were from the most senior positions in their departments through to 26.01% from junior departmental positions, which also includes trainee placements from The Production Guild's flagship Skillset Funded Assistant Production Accountant Training Scheme (APATS), which is currently in its seventh iteration.
Continuing this high level of involvement in all of the UK's top feature film productions looks set to continue in 2011 with PG members already completing production on The King's Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The Iron Lady, Johnny English Reborn, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, X-Men: First Class and Captain America: The First Avenger as well as work currently on-going for The Dark Knight Rises, Snow White and the Huntsman, Prometheus, Dark Shadows, Clash of the Titans 2 and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows amongst others.
The Production Guild is also delighted to have been able to place 10 new entrants into the industry on UK productions in 2011 through the latest PG APATS course. This not only included the five selected candidates for the scheme who will gain a valuable 10 months on a range of productions from high budget features to high-end TV dramas as Trainee Assistant Production Accountants but also a further five of the shortlisted candidates for the scheme have been placed on productions as Accounts Assistants this year due to high demand.
Alongside APATS The Production Guild continues its extensive programme of short courses and seminars to allowing members to be kept up to date on policy changes, technological advances, and industry developments across both film and television.
May we take this opportunity to congratulate The Production Guild members for their part in ensuring the UK remains a world class centre of excellence for Film and TV production.