Working in the creative media Learning Aim D

Events/Activities 

Tyneside Cinema Trip

Work Experience 

Spark FM

Hatton and Westoe Boxing Club

All of my class had been asked to attend a day at Tyneside Cinema film Studios, which we had to work in different groups to create a short film. My group created a short trailer for horror film. By working in groups and teams it meant I could work on my communication and team leading skills. Each person in in the group got assigned different job roles and everyone had to do that role to the best of their ability. For example their were roles like, director, camera man, a person on sound and then in the end we needed an editor. I took the role of being the sound person and I had to make sure I ha ether microphone in the right place at the right time to capture the sound we needed for the final edit. My group got to network with 3 Tyneside cinema staff who helped each group throughout the day and they also helped us understand how to work the equipment and how different editing softwares worked. I introduced myself to the staff to show them I was confident and to find out more about their roles and what they do on a normal day.

In my second year of college my class had to take part in work experience, everyone got a chance to choose where they would like to go. After much thought I decided I would like to go to the British Heart Foundation. I chose here because it is always doing good for the public and helping the vulnerable people. When I arrived here I got the job of becoming the marketer so I designed posters and leaflets for them. I also took photos of different furniture and sold them on GumTree and eBay for them. Whilst I was doing work experience here I developed many of skills because I went alone so I had to talk to different people and work with different people. The skills I developed were communication and team working, I found this really helpful because it boosted my confidence for the outside world. It boosted my confidence because I knew I had to talk to people I have never spoke before because I was by myself and I had to work with strangers. However while I was working here I got to network with lots of different people with different job roles so I found this interesting because I found out what it was really like becoming a charity worker. 

When my class went to Spark FM we found out how the radio works and everything that needs to happen before they can go live on the radio. My class and I went here in out first year of college, it was on a trip to Sunderland University because Spark FM is based in the University. We went to the University to see how the different media courses work and how they get taught. When we were at the radio we got told we could have a go of talking on the radio and playing songs. So straightaway this boosted people’s confidence because we were talking to different people and we were talking on the radio. We found out how all the controls work and how the production of the radio all works. I introduced myself to one of the presenters to find out a bit more about his job role and he was a really interesting person to talk to because he knew everything you needed to know about the radio. 

In my first year of college someone from the boxing club came into our class and spoke to us about producing something to promote his company. So my class and I had to work in groups or individually to produce a short film, posters and a social media site for his boxing company. We had to travel to South Shields to go to the boxing club to record the centre and people boxing for our short film, we also had to take pictures of different equipment in the boxing club such as the boxing ring and boxing bags and many more fitness equipment. By going to the boxing club and speaking to the client it made me much more confident for a first year student. Throughout producing these products I gained skills such as responsibility, creativity and motivation. 

I have many social media techniques, I used Blogger quite a lot to put all of my work onto so my lecturers will be able to access my work easily. Over my time in college I have became much more used to it now because at the beginning I didn’t really know what it was, however now I use it all the time because it’s just easy to use.

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This is a link to my showreel blog, this is where I keep all my digital work, such as photoshop and my short film. I have a different blog for my showreel because it makes everything easier to find when my digital work and completed work is in a different file and when I need it I know where it is.