Over the last two years, I have been involved in many worth-while experiences through college from trips to extra work to gain personal and professional experience. From doing all of these extra projects I have done also allowed me to meet new and interesting people who work in the industry or could be a link to the industry who could be helpful in the future when applying for work within the industry. Some of them have taught me new skills that I have noted and will aim to use further down the line when I go to uni and eventually look for a job within the industry.
Through trips planned by the college, I have met a man named Scott who works in radio at Sunderland University and instructed us on how the radio works and how the process works in the modern day and how beneficial it can be to work in the radio. As well as Scott, I met a woman who works in the film and TV department, she instructed us on how they use equipment behind the camera on a news broadcast and to show how simple it actually is with some equipment. When we made our own broadcast, she allowed me to direct what happened with the cameras and when to swap between each camera to make the broadcast more professional and higher standard. On a trip to Teesside University we met two journalists who used to be students there, one became a freelance journalist who taught how freelance works and the other now works for LadBible and he was explaining how he got the job there and what it's like working for a well-known media company.
On another trip to Tyneside Cinema, we created our own short film trailer and the people who work there have real experience when it comes to working on the set of a film or TV show. They gave me a real look at how a set works as well as a cast and crew. This trip also gave me experience into directory work and how challenging it can be whilst on set to keep everyone under control as well as make sure everything runs efficiently.
A part from trips, I have done some work within college or been part of extra work that I was told about through college. In September we were told that the drama students were going to be doing a performance for Halloween in Sunderland and we were asked if some students would go down on a Thursday afternoon to film their rehearsals. After about 5 or 6 weeks of filming their rehearsals, me and a small group of people went to Sunderland to film their final performance during a parade that took place for Halloween. After filming we then had to edit all of the footage and send it to the drama department so they could see their performance and see how they have improved. Working with drama students is interesting being a media student as you could be working with people that could be actors/actresses in the future and it gives you experience on what it is like to work with people who are aiming to play characters for their career.
Overall, these people that I have met and worked with have given me enough experience to feel confident with myself and my abilities within media and will feel more comfortable at uni working amongst other film students who might not have as much experience which means I will be able to help other people reach a higher standard of production work. All of the skills and techniques that these people have taught me, I have tried to use in my own work to show that I have learned something and am eager to test new skills and abilities within my own productions, anything I have not used yet I will aim to try and use and progress with during my years at university.
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