Training future producers of movies and TV is a very expensive type of education. In spite of the high costs and prestige of those types of education, there seem to exist little formally described knowledge about what is considered a good education, effective training methods, norms and rules of teaching, supervision and assessment. Informal knowledge is most often situated and carried with the instructors and supervisors as embodied knowledge that unfolds in situations and contexts. The success or failure of the training is measured by the number of students who make their careers in the entertainment industry after graduation. There seems to be a considerable lack of descriptions and analysis of what it takes to develop the talent of students, and the “hows” and “whys” of alternative methods, strategies and processes. The research literature on the subject is very moderate and rarely put forward as prescriptive or suggestive for improvements.

This paper will build on interviews with teachers in training of filmmakers/Tv-producers. The ambition is to sketch out their personal theories and ideas and compare with colleagues from all Scandinavian countries. The comparison will give material for discussions in which the more profound ideas and assumptions on both personal and collegiate levels are both challenged and elicited. From these processes we will develop a model of their professional vocabulary as teacher of these arts.

Our point of departure for developing this vocabulary is the pedagogical set of terms like: aims, goals, methods, assessments, students, frame factors, etc. We will introduce a division into higher order aims and ideas about educational formation (Bildung), and relate these to planning and practical performance of the teaching acts, such as lecturing, supervision, consultation, assessment and grading. In the research project we will also try to extract ideas and assumptions expressed in policy papers and governmental documents. These will be contrasted with similar assumptions expressed by the film and TV-industry.

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