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Lucasfilm strongly supports this
skills strategy. In 2015, the company
pioneered a pilot program with the
BFI, creating on-the-job learning
opportunities in various departments,
including visual effects, sound, camera,
and editorial. The program placed
13 BFI Film Academy alumni as paid
trainees on The Last Jedi, and more
than doubled that number on the
Untitled Han Solo movie, where 28 paid
trainees were placed in various craft and
technical roles. Specifi cally designed
to address under-representation in the
workforce, the Lucasfilm program has

focused on inclusion while becoming an
Lucasfi lm Supports exemplar in industry-led youth training.
Future Film Skills has identifi ed
multiple skills gaps across the
BFI Action Plan motion-picture sector and stresses
that tackling the lack of inclusion in
the screen industries is a vital key to
enabling growth and competitiveness.
Complementing Future Film Skills, the
British Film Institute launches the Future Film Skills program BFI 2022 five-year plan sets out a goal

that all producers active in the U.K.
recent report commissioned more into this dynamic industry will voluntarily adopt the BFI Diversity
A by the British Film Institute where there is a genuine need for more Standards, which focus on disability,
gender, race, age, and sexual orientation,
has revealed that, over the
skilled workers—from hairdressers to
next five years, the U.K.’s accountants, software developers to and seek to ensure that people from lower

film industry will offer some 30,000 model makers,” said BFI CEO Amanda socioeconomic groups are represented.

job opportunities, with the need for an Nevill in a statement. “This initiative is meaningful for
estimated 10,000 new entrants in the “They also need to learn and develop both Lucasfilm and the fi lm industry

motion-picture business. To address these their skills from the best, so we call at large,” says Lucasfi lm President
opportunities, the BFI has launched upon everyone in the industry to help Kathleen Kennedy. “Diversity is just as
Future Film Skills—An Action Plan, a us make this a reality. This is not a ‘nice important behind the scenes as it is on
scheme that Lucasfilm is supporting. to have’ but an ‘urgent must’ if we are the screen. More points of view, more

“We are on the cusp of a huge to achieve the growth potential for U.K. perspectives, and more voices will only

opportunity to bring thousands film that is in front of us.” make fi lms better.”
Make that Williams also

“Doctor” Williams the music for
composed
Jurassic Park.
Top university salutes the legendary maestro

arvard University honored Williams’ most memorable themes,
H composer John Williams in performed by the Harvard Din & Tonics
jazz a cappella group.
May, presenting the man

who defined the sound of As well as composing the music
Star Wars with an honorary doctorate for all eight Star Wars saga episodes
in music. to date, Williams is also responsible
The degree was presented during for the famous themes from Jaws
the commencement ceremonies for (1975), Superman (1978), E.T. the Extra
Harvard’s class of 2017, and was Terrestrial (1982), and the Harry Potter
marked by a vocal medley of some of and Indiana Jones movies.

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