When my first summer as a student rolled around I decided I needed to get into gear early if I want to gain the experience I need to succeed in this extremely difficult industry. I didn’t want to spend all summer lazying around when I could be doing something constructive and helpful to my career.
I got in touch with my A Level Media tutor, who kindly invited me back into college (Hillsborough College in Sheffield) to speak to some of the current students. I showed the students what I had created at A Level and what I had done at university, as well as talking to them about my course and about general college and university life. I also planned and taught a workshop with a diploma group on filming and editing, although technical problems meant that the editing is postponed until September.
As well as working at college, I was put in touch with a director who invited me to work on a shoot in Leeds. Lee (the director) works for a company called Logistik, who work with businesses to promote campaigns or promotions. In this case, the client was Yorkshire Water and we were hired to create a health and safety film for them to show new recruits.
The shoot took 4 days which ran over 4 weeks and I loved it! The days were often long, but I learnt so much about being on a real set and working with professionals who really know what they’re talking about.
I am so grateful to the people who helped me that summer and I was really pleased with myself for taking the initiative to do it.
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