WORKFORCE TRAINING
The Central Illinois Film & TV Production Training course is a free program that prepares individuals interested in production to be able to get hired and work on active film and television productions in Illinois.
The training is presented by Shatterglass Studios and the Illinois Film and TV Workforce Development Program from the Illinois Film Office and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Since its inception in 2021, the program has graduated over 50 new crew members who have been hired on local projects.
FILM WORKSHOP SERIES
Get behind-the-scenes on the burgeoning film industry in Champaign County. Our ongoing Film Workshop Series (in partnership with ECU, Shatterglass Films, and The Line Film Company) highlights different aspects of the industry and presents ways for the community to be involved in the action.
Sponsor a Flyover Event: Flyover is hosting multiple workshops, labs, screenings, and more. Contact us at flyoverfilmstudios@gmail.com to see how you can uniquely brand an event.
PARKLAND COLLEGE PARTNERSHIP
Parkland College recently announced a new partnership with Rantoul-based Flyover Film Studios and two Champaign-based film production companies to expand the pipeline of professionals in central Illinois entering the film industry.
Parkland students pursuing the college's Entertainment Technology AAS degree now have an option to work as an intern with professionals in the film and TV production field at Flyover Film Studios and at Shatterglass Films and The Line Film Co. of Champaign. The internship opportunities will enhance the real-world, hands-on experience the program currently provides, according to Parkland College Theatre Director Brian Morgan.
The Entertainment Technology AAS degree prepares students to pursue a variety of careers in theatre, film, television, entertainment venues, theme parks, and commercial scenery shops. This versatile program provides foundational skills in wood and metal custom fabrication, lighting and sound technologies, management principles, basic automation operation and design, and industrial safety. Graduates of the AAS degree can work as union stagehands or in a commercial technology vendor company.
Parkland Theatre student Drew Bagby, who took Flyover's Workforce Training course in Rantoul last spring, said he would recommend the internship training.