Personal statement
- 1. AmyBrockbank Personal Statement My dreamjobwouldbe workinginthe gamesindustry,eitherdoingconceptart,animationor3D modelling. Myaimis to move ontouniversityaftercollegetogeta degree whichwill improvemy chancesof gettingintothe industry.Iwill alsoworkongettingasmuch experience asIcan inmy spare time. Overthe past fewyears,Ihave done quite a few art courses,suchas GCSE Art, ASLevel Artand AS Level GraphicDesign,soI believe thatIhave some experience inthisarea,especiallywhenusing Adobe PhotoshopandAdobe Illustrator.Ialsoworkedonexperimentingwithdifferentdigital art techniquesinmy spare time,usingagraphicstablethookeduptomy laptop,usingdifferent programmestoo,suchas Manga StudioDebut4. I alsospentmy time doingaBTEC IT course inhighschool,as well ascarryingon that subjectintoan AS Level incollege,whichmeansthatIhave a bitof experience whendealingwithsoftware suchas MicrosoftWord, MicrosoftPowerPoint,MicrosoftPublisherandMicrosoftExcel,soI have knowledge inbeingable toputdocumentstogetherproperlyandquickly. In highschool,Ialsospentsome time doinga BTEC performingartscourse,inwhichI didmusic.I have some knowledgeof howtoplaythe drums,withthe knowledge of how toreadboth notation and tab sheetmusic. In mytime doingGamesDesignat college,Ialsohave abasic knowledgeof how toconstruct a game inYoYo’s Game Makerengine,andconstructa 3D environmentinUnity.Thiscourse hasalsohelped me to strengthenmyskillsinPhotoshopandIllustrator,too. In summer2013, justafterI had lefthighschool,Itookpart inNCS,a programme whichallows school leaversandpeople intheirfirstyearof collegetobuildconfidence andexperience life in university,aspart of thiscourse,I didvoluntaryworkina highschool,workingwithyear6 students aboutto transition intohighschool tohelpthemsettle intotheirsurroundingsandmeetnew people before theirfirstday.Ididthispart of the course for 2 weeksaspart of a larger team. Whenlookingatmy strengthsandweaknesses,Iwouldsaythatmy strengthslie in creativity, honesty,ICT,literacyandtrustworthiness.However,Iwouldsaythatmy weaknesseslie in teamwork,confidence,numeracyandpublicspeaking.Ifeel asthoughIneedtowork onmy weaknesses,butIwouldsaythat myconfidence isgettingbetter,andalongwithit,myteamwork skills,however,Idostruggle withpublicspeaking.Ifeel asthoughmystrengthsoutweighmy weaknesses,andsuitwhere Iwanttobe inlife well. In myspare time,Ihave had manydifferenthobbiesthatIhave takenin the past few years.One of the thingsI like todo inmy spare time islisteningtomusicand playingmusic.Ihave previously mentionedthatIhave knowledgeonhow toplaythe drums,and I didcarry that onin myspare time.Ialso listentoa wide range of musicfroma varietyof genres,andlike tokeepmymindopen towardsgenresImay not have heardbefore. I alsolike toplaya wide range of videogamesinmyspare time.Ido have a preferencetowardsfirst- person-shootersandactionRPGs,butI like tokeepmymindopentowardsgenresof gamesthat I
- 2. AmyBrockbank may nothave playedbefore,especiallywithinindie gamesthatoftenoffernew,neverseenbefore experiences.