PATHWAYS into the film and television industry for young West Fifers have been looked at as part of a scheme aimed at creating a "media city" in Dunfermline.
A workshop for local educators has taken place at Fife College looking at new new education and employability opportunities for the city's students and young people.
The session was organised as part of the wider Dunfermline Media City project which is looking to turn empty premises into useful spaces for film and TV companies.
Co-hosted by the college and the Dunfermline Regeneration Trust, the workshop saw the launch of the Dunfermline International Video Academy concept.
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The initiative is designed to give the city's youngsters opportunities to see themselves progressing into media-industry jobs even from courses like carpentry, make-up, accountancy and fashion design.
Attendees included representatives from Fife College, local secondary schools, the television and film industry, Carnegie Dunfermline Trust, Fife Council and community groups like the Police Scotland Youth Volunteers, which offers young people opportunities outside classroom-based education to get involved in designing and carrying out their own video projects.
Screen Scotland's Gail Robertson spoke about their innovative Film and Screen Curriculum for Scotland, which is being piloted as a new subject in primary and secondary schools around the country.
It was also a chance for Dunfermline schools to find out about Screen Scotland's summer school which will prepare up to 40 more teachers to deliver the curriculum, intended to lead to new SQA-approved qualifications at National 5 and Higher level.
DRT trustee and local councillor, Derek Glen, said: "Many of our youngsters would love to be part of the film industry but they feel it is too remote for them to be able to pursue.
"We hope to bring it within reach, and give them opportunities to realise their ambitions."
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