Profesional Development

 Professional Development

Throughout  your career you will need to develop your skills, this is called professional development, whether your in a advertising career or a catering career, you will always be learning and developing, there are companies that can help you with these things, like the sectors and skills council, they can give you skills and knowledge in many different job sectors.

When your in a job you will develop skill and knowledge that will make you better at your job, you can also go to trade fairs, trade fairs are a good way of meeting people who are already in the industry you want to get into, they can give you advice and information to help you get into work.

One of the best ways for personal development if you want to be in the media industry is to get a job as a runner even if its unpaid as you will develop skills from being on set whether its helping the art department with cloths and set, or just making sure that the actors and crew are happy by getting drinks and food, all these things will help you develop skills that will help you in your career. 

  

Being a runner on Scopia 11th May 2013

On Thursday My college tutor, showed us a trailer for the film Scopia directed by Chris Butler, then he said that they needed 4 runners this Saturday from 5 pm - 2 am, I then sent an email telling Mel that I was interested, I then had an email back from the Line Producer telling me the location and times.

when I arrived on Location I  met the producer Steven Flynn, I was then assigned to the art department, the first job I had to do was move new looking wood from one side of a big bonfire to the other, this was to make the fire look more authentic, as soon as I had completed that job I asked Dave head of set design what I needed to do next, next I painted a wooden board black, this would later be used to stop light reflection. Next I helped with breaking up sticks for a pyre, I did this for quite a long time as a lot needed to be broken up. (when you are runner never complain, always ask what you can do next, be enthusiastic)

when it got dark, we started shooting as the scene was a night shot, my job was to make sure the actors were warm after every shot, this meant I had to carry around blankets and hot water bottles for the actors, after each shot was complete I passed them their hot water bottle and blankets. while the action was happening I watched the camera team, the cinematographer was Charlie Herranz who has worked on quite a few feature films ads and music videos, they were shooting on a RED ONE camera. it took them a few tries to get the shot that they wanted as the fire in the shot kept going down, the fire was the only source of light being used. we did this for most of the night.

overall it was a great first experience as a runner on feature film, its great to be able to see how everyone works together and to be a part of that. 

Presentation for employment

Presentation for employment, interviewing skills, self-presentation (linguistic codes, dress codes, interpersonal skills

there are two main types of presentation, self and linguistic

When you enter an interview don’t slouch, have a firm handshake, if its to firm then the employer might think your over confident, don’t do a wimpy handshake either.

You could do some research before hand on the company, and show that you know in the interview this will show the employer that you are very interested in their company, remember to ask questions during the interview as this will help them think your interested in the company. When talking don’t speak really fast or very laud as you will come across as either very nervous or over confident, neither are good. You should speak on the same level as them; you should be enthusiastic in the way you speak.  

When you go for job or something similar you always need to think about how you present yourself, your self-presentation is what people see if you before talking to you, making the right first impression is crucial. Depending on what job your going for you should chose a suitable outfit, if you turn up to a job interview for office job or something similar with dirty jeans And ripped shirt then you would automatically be out of the running for the job, this is before you have even spoken.

When talking in the interview make sure you have eye contact with the person who is interviewing you, don’t look at the ground and fiddle with your phone, the employer will probably be looking at your communication skills, fiddling and mumbling is not going to show very good communication and body language.

Whereas if you were going for a running job then you wouldn't have to be extremely smart, you could wear relatively smart clothing as the employer wouldn't really be looking at how dress as being a main issue.

Presenting you’re self isn’t just about how you look it about how you talk. If someone applied to job for a radio presenter then they would need to be very clear in the speech, although they would probably have given the employer a show reel demonstrating their voice.

29th april - 1st may Video Production

29th april - 1st may

29th april 

on Monday we were ready to start filming, in the morning me and gabe went and took long length video shots of tall building around the college, the reason for this was to speed them up and make a time lapse type thing. during third period we started filming with our actors, grace and gavin, i was on camera, we first shot the scene in the library, this is where grace (representing language students) takes out a few book, she then hears the music. the next shot was of gavin who plays the generic awesome strode student walk through doors in a super hero like fashion, for this I used a tripod on two legs camera technique to get a smooth back track shot and to make the video more professional looking, the next shot grace walks through the doors with her book and joins Gavin and they walk, to get a steady shot on this I used another tripod trick. 

1st may 

today we filmed another actor scene with a biology student, the student used a microscope then hears the sound of music and throws her pen behind her and she goes to join the others. to film this I used a Manfrotto tripod and a Canon 550D.

I used the same technique as the previous day, slow forwards track that draws the audience in.