Creative Platforms - 17th February
- 2. My Industry: Television and Film Production
- 3. Discuss and Outline The industry I want to work in is deemed very competitive since there are a lot of young creative people who want to do the same thing. Needless to say a lot of people are needed on such large-scale projects and there are many sectors such as the development, production, distribution, exhibition and export. Creative Skills Set (http://www.creativeskillset.org/film/industry/) states that the industry is made up of a small number of large companies and a large number of smaller companies. This is what I have experienced, especially when looking for work experience anyway. These smaller companies are more likely to offer you some sort of work experience but are definitely looking for people who have a wide skillset and not just restricted to one area of specialism. I thought it was interesting as well to see that the overall representation of women in film stands at around 43%, which is slightly greater than representation across the rest of the creative media industries (42%) which is great news for me!!
- 4. Roles I know that to become higher up in the film industry I will have to start right at the bottom. It doesn’t really bother me though, because I like to learn every step so that I appreciate what it takes to make a production and I can understand what other people’s jobs are. This therefore means becoming a Runner, a general helper to make sure things run smoothly without any hassle. You will rarely get paid for this role, possibly expenses paid, but otherwise it is a great way to move up to Production Manager or Floor Manager which can then lead on to being an Assistant Director or Producer’s Assistant. Therefore this is my planned way in to the industry: • Runner • Production Manager • Producer’s Assistant • Producer If I become a Producer you are in charge of the financial, organisational and communication logistics of a production. This will include managing the budget, the schedule, acquiring actors, locations, contracts and agreements, and ultimately keeping on top of all the paperwork that comes with making television shows and films.
- 5. Job Profiles So I decided to look at the beginning role and my goal rule as examples, therefore runner and producer. Prospects is a great website to find out about job roles, the salary from those jobs, the skills you need, the hours, just everything I found it very useful. I picked out what they mentioned your tasks would be when undertaking a job as a runner and producer. http://www.prospects.ac.uk/ This website also provides loads of different job profile examples and key information about skills you need: https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/ tvproductionrunner.aspx
- 6. Job Profile – Runner (http://www.prospects.ac.uk/) What do I do as a Runner? fetching and carrying items, such as equipment, tapes, cable and scripts; transporting cast, crew and production staff between offices, studios and shoot locations; driving cars, vans or trucks between locations and around sets; helping set up a location for a shoot; keeping the set clean and tidy; handing out post and messages to colleagues within the production team; delivering post to local clients; undertaking basic research; answering the telephone; photocopying and undertaking general administrative work; taking care of petty cash; looking after studio guests; hiring props; making arrangements for staff on location, such as booking meeting rooms or ordering food; transcribing production tapes; picking up cast for make-up calls; ordering stock; making and handing out tea, coffee and lunches; sorting out the kit bags, for example checking that the camera bag contains all the necessary items; writing down shot lists; using maps, tapes and clapper boards, and other film and television production equipment.
- 7. Job Profile – Producer (http://www.prospects.ac.uk/) What do I do as a Producer? raising funding; reading, researching and assessing ideas and finished scripts; commissioning writers or securing the rights to novels, plays or screenplays; building and developing a network of contacts; liaising and discussing projects with financial backers - projects vary from a small, corporate video costing £500 to a Hollywood feature film at more than £100million; using computer software packages for screenwriting, budgeting and scheduling; hiring key staff, including a director and a crew to shoot films or videos; controlling the budget and allocating resources; pulling together all the strands of creative and practical talent involved in the project to create a team; maintaining contemporary technical skills; organising shooting schedules - dependent on the type of producer and availability of support staff; troubleshooting; supervising the progress of the project from production to post production; holding regular meetings with the director to discuss characters and scenes; acting as a sounding board for the director; bringing the finished production in on budget.
- 8. Skillset (https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/) RUNNER: • • • • • • • • enthusiasm and willingness to take on any task good communication and ‘people’ skills excellent organisational and time management skills initiative stamina flexibility and adaptability the ability to work well under pressure willingness to work long hours when necessary PRODUCER: • a good knowledge of the production process • excellent communication and people skills • creativity and vision • good presentation and negotiation skills • leadership and management ability • good planning and organisational skills • financial skills and budget awareness • confidence, assertiveness and motivation
- 10. Business card research I began to look at some websites that provide the service of creating your own business cards. I first looked at Zazzle (http://www.zazzle.co.uk/television+businesscards) that has a variety of themes that you can choose from, I clicked on the ones most suited and themed to my industry and although they are all quite fun and colourful, I thought that they were not that original and not that professional. The designs were quite obvious to use television screens, clapperboards, cameras and bars for their themes. Therefore I decided to look at more simple designs that were not overly complicated nor too distracting. MOO I then also looked at another company called MOO (http://uk.moo.com/design-templates/business-cards/) that allows you to create you own design completely as well as choosing an already made template. You can upload your logo and choose the colour theme you would like to match with your logo. You can choose from a variety of layouts as templates to start your business card. Business card research: http://emilywiles.tumblr.com/search/businesscards
- 11. Business card research Screenshots taken from my blog looking at Zazzle and MOO: Business card research: http://emilywiles.tumblr.com/search/businesscards
- 12. Business card development I had already got an initial design which I created myself, however I wanted to look at other designs to see if I could improve the original design. This website http://www.logoed.co.uk/ had a lot of really nice designs that were all similar or had characteristics that I would like to incorporate into my own design. They are all quite simple but they always have strong bold colours to make up for this, in addition I think by having less but including one 'loud' characteristic makes the logo stand out a lot more. So from looking at some designs I started to play around with a few ideas. For some reason I knew that I always wanted to incorporate my initials EW, I think its just sort of a statement thing and its a lot more personal. From here I went to edit some logos digitally on the software Pixelmator, I made 3 different designs and then changed the colours around to see what worked best. Business card/Logo Development: http://emilywiles.tumblr.com/search/logo
- 13. Business card development Screenshots taken from my blog looking at my logo designs and inspiration: Business card/Logo Development: http://emilywiles.tumblr.com/search/logo
- 14. CV Research I looked into CV content because I thought I should look at advice specific to my industry as well. This website http://mediargh.com/13-tipson-writing-cvs-for-media-based-jobs provides a variety of information intentionally for the television and film industry. From researching the content need I thought I should also look at how it is presented since I found I still had a very basic looking CV, therefore I decided to look into how CVs are more creatively offered. I found these examples from http://smashfreakz.com/2012/08/creative-resumetemplate/ that I like the look of. The majority of them are web design CVs but I thought that because they have to design websites, they would have to create an aesthetically pleasing CV to showcase their skills therefore they all look like professional and not over the top to look at. CV Research: http://emilywiles.tumblr.com/search/cv
- 15. CV Research Screenshots taken from my blog looking at help for my CV: CV Research: http://emilywiles.tumblr.com/search/cv
- 16. CV Development For my original CV, which was then corrected by my lecturer who gave me the following pointers: - Only 2 pages maximum - My name/contact details to be bigger and in bold - Need more relevant experience - Need 2 references, 1 academic and 1 industry - Change headings as instructed CV Development: http://emilywiles.tumblr.com/search/cv
- 17. CV Development These are screenshots of the first page of my CV before and after the feedback my lecturer gave me: CV Development: http://emilywiles.tumblr.com/search/cv
- 18. Showreel research In order to showcase my work, a showreel seemed best suitable since I always work closely with the Director to make sure his vision comes through on screen, this being through the locations used and the actors who are cast. I already have an idea of how I want to edit my showreel, quite fast paced but then slow at times, it will depend on the music I have but I want one that may start slow then the tempo will be a lot quicker then back to a slower pace. I think this will show the different kind of work I have been involved with as well, the different genres according to the pace of music. Showreel Research: http://emilywiles.tumblr.com/search/showreel
- 19. Showreel research I’ve picked on of the showreels that I looked at but there are more on my blog, so please have a look. Dan Ruiz made this showreel, I like the speed of images because they flash so quickly and then some stay on screen a bit longer. The filter on the images also makes it look really professional and I think it just makes it all look very sleek. He has his logo at the beginning and also at the end, this is definitely something I want to do in mine, not include too much text to keep it simple and the audience watching aren’t too overwhelmed by information. Showreel Research: http://emilywiles.tumblr.com/search/showreel
- 20. Showreel Development If I am honest, I haven’t really started to actually edit my showreel, I am still very much in the process of researching ideas for it. However, I have uploaded all my Year 2 TVFP work which is what I will include in the showreel as well as what I produce in my third year. Showreel Research: http://emilywiles.tumblr.com/search/sh owreel
- 22. What’s good? I think I have done a lot of work on the design of my logo to go onto my business cards and CV. I have always been quite artistic and so found it easy and fun to create a lot of different designs from others I used as inspiration. I like to experiment with different colours to see what looks best, although I have not confirmed my final logo I like the look of the one I have used in the PowerPoint presentation, but here are all the others:
- 23. What’s bad? So as I established earlier, I think that I need to do a lot of showreel work. This is probably the most important component to showcase my industry directly, and so I do need to do some more research and then start to experiment with my own work. I do like editing and don’t always have the chance so I will enjoy doing this section of the unit. Once I have collaborated all of the work I want to include, I will start to cut out bits I think were the most successful from the films I took part in. I will most likely edit the showreel on Final Cut Pro. I would also like to research how to transfer my logo into the showreel and possibly add motion to it.
- 24. What needs to be done?
- 25. What do I need to do to complete my work? I still have a long way to go, but I think I have started off well since I have got into my research and experimented around a little with my logo and business card ideas. I definitely need to continue looking around at examples, especially with my CV and have a little play around with designs for that. I am mostly lacking in my showreel I think, I need to collaborate all my work together and start seeing what I could use within that. I am not too worried however since I like to develop my ideas more and more to see what I can come up with, I am a little bit of a perfectionist! The next slide shows my action plan so I can plan my time efficiently to complete this project.
- 26. Action plan