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LMGI COMPASS
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Winter 2024
New Session
Begins for
UK Training
Course
by Harriet Lawrence/LMGI
This October, we welcomed
the new class of 2023/24
for our London-based
Assistant Location
Managers Training (ALMT)
course. Started more
than 16 years ago by Film
London, this is one of the
leading location training
programmes in operation.
I have been running and
fine-tuning the course, with
administrative support from
UK's Location Collective,
since 2003. It's geared
to ensure that the next
generation of ALMs have
the tools to succeed in their
careers and maintain the
high standard of quality crew
the UK is known for.
The course takes juniors
from the location
department through all the
elements of the job. Students
are taught and mentored
by the very best LMs and
SLMs in the industry,
meeting roughly once a
month over a six-month
period. Skills covered include
scouting, photography
and presentation,
communications, health
and safety, budgeting,
scheduling, security, traffic
management, managing
a base unit, prepping and
running the location and
working as a freelancer.
We end with a complex
assignment that hopefully
encapsulates every element
of what they have learnt with
a short bonkers script!
This year, I am so lucky to
have Lottie Mason/LMGI
and Ben Bailey/LMGI (one
of my past students from
2009) to support me as
part of the planning team.
Past tutors and mentors
include Emma Pill/LMGI
(scouting), Amie Tridgell/
LMGI (communications)
and Richard George
(photography).
Formally funded by Screen
Skills, we have been
supported since 2019 by
our vendor/suppliers, the
backbone of the location
department! This year, I am
delighted that the LMGI is
also lending its support.
I am passionate about
nurturing the next
generation! I am always
excited to meet the new
students and see how they
get on. Many stay in touch
with me for years, and some
are now tutors and mentors
on the course. Once part of
the ALMT family, always part
of the ALMT family! I cannot
wait to see what this class
will do in the future!
Follow us!
https://www.instagram.com/
almtcourse/
https://www.location-
collective.co.uk/assistant-
location-manager-training-
course/
Harriet Lawrence (front and center
in red) with new class of 2023/24.
Photos courtesy of Harriet Lawrence/
LMGI
