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AI tools Foundation

Rules before tools, then AI in pre-production, the edit, VFX and clean-up, sound, generative video, and rights and disclosure. Optional practice task: one real clip through transcript search, clean-up and a mask, logged and labelled.

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Time: About 6 to 8 hours
Lessons: 6
For: Anyone 18 or over who has finished AI Day One and wants to use AI tools in their department.
Pass mark: 80%; safety must be right
Window: 12 weeks
Ends with: Online learning record. Next: book your competency check.
Last reviewed: 12 November 2026

The lessons, in order

6 lessons · 340 min. Safety comes first. Lessons marked 'safety gate' must be passed before the lessons after them open.

What you'll be able to do

Each outcome is mapped to a line in a ScreenSkills skills checklist. The checklists are guides, not accreditation.

Lesson 1 · Apply

Apply the three fixed rules (consent, confidentiality, human sign-off) to real production requests before using any AI tool.

ScreenSkills floor runner / set PA skills checklist · Skills: "Act honestly and on principle, and treat others with respect and inclusiveness"
ScreenSkills second assistant camera / clapper loader skills checklist · Core responsibilities: "Store, label, document and deliver media and rushes to production"

Lesson 2 · Use

Use AI tools for development and pre-production drafts (research, storyboards, breakdown drafts) and check them properly.

ScreenSkills camera trainee skills checklist · Transferable skills and attributes: "Learning from experience and seeking feedback"

Lesson 3 · Decide

Use AI editing features (transcript search, visual search, clip prep, generative extend) and decide where each is appropriate.

ScreenSkills second assistant camera / clapper loader skills checklist · Core responsibilities: "Store, label, document and deliver media and rushes to production"

Lesson 4 · Check

Use AI masking, tracking and object removal for first passes, and check them frame by frame.

ScreenSkills camera trainee skills checklist · Transferable skills and attributes: "Teamworking across departments"

Lesson 5 · Judge

Use AI dialogue clean-up with care, and judge what generative video can and can't do in a production today.

ScreenSkills camera trainee skills checklist · Transferable skills and attributes: "Staying resilient, curious and adaptable under changing priorities"

Lesson 6 · Disclose

Explain the UK position on AI and copyright, what the unions ask for, and how to disclose AI use; then take one clip through an AI workflow and log it.

ScreenSkills floor runner / set PA skills checklist · Skills: "Act honestly and on principle, and treat others with respect and inclusiveness"

How this course is assessed

Checks

Every lesson: three questions drawn from a bank of eight. You need 80%, and any safety-critical question must be right. Three attempts in 24 hours, with new questions each time.

Tasks

Every lesson ends with a short task. A trained reviewer marks it Met or Not yet, with a comment. Not yet means try again, not fail.

After this course

Book a short competency check with us, online or in person, then a practical on our unit. The FIF Certificate comes from the practical. Book a competency check.

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