Why Will Smith inspires me
- ”have belief he first step before anyone else in the world believes it, is YOU have to believe it.”
- Don’t chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people are the ones who really belong in your life – will come to you. And stay.”
- ”If your absent during my struggle don’t meant to be present during my success.”
Why are you interested in working here?
I have been diligent to thrive working in this specific the film and TV industry. I can bring a new ideas in the industry especially because I can bring a good amount of knowledge from my course and interest.
What is your favourite thing about this industry?
I like to see the creativity that comes together, seeing a project come together, corporation seeing ideas come to life, having a vision of new ideas that people need to see.
What makes you right for this position?
My wide variety of knowledge, dedicated, positive mood make me the perfect candidate for the position.
What qualities do you bring to the role?
- good attitude – always positive
- Communication Skills
- Good organiser
What do you bring to the organisation?
I am very passionionate towards job, ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
What do you enjoy about your course?
I enjoy using the software and exploring new techniques
What are your main weaknesses – how do you deal with them?
One of my weaknesses are my time management is I can’t focus on my work properly because I end up talking to people around me. Therefore I could work in the library where it quite.
Also sometimes I don’t hand in my homework in on the actual dead line, but I can do better of working at a fast pace and targeting myself the amount of work I’m going to do that day.
Furthermore my grammar punctuation can be improved so my levels can increase.
TO BECOME AN:
Editor:
- I need to create a website blog.
- Build a portfolio
- Connect with Directors, Producers, and other Editors.
- Do an internship with a post-production facility.
- Practice making movies. There is lots of stock footage online to download.
Tv Presenter:
- Get some work experience
- Become a reporter first and don’t be in too much of a hurry
- Focus on the journalism
- The ability to improvise when necessary
- Dress smart
Camera operator:
- Need to know a huge amount of knowledge about the camera
- Need to know a variety of angles and skills
- Need to be flexible
- Have theability to accept criticism and work well under pressure
Camera operators physically control camera equipment both in studio and on location for film, television and video broadcasts and recordings. Most camera operators enter the profession as trainees, assistant camera operators or ‘runners’.
Smart Goals:
Interview questions
- Tell me about yourself?
I’m 17 years old currently at college studying Creative Media for 2 years. I like to cook Caribbean cuisines as my ethnicity is Jamaican and Montserratian. I like listening to music.
- Why are you interested in working here?
I want to thrive in the media industry because I’m creative at photography, editing on software’s, presenting where I have a confident projective voice.
- What if your favourite thing about this industry?
My favourite aspect in the industry is editing videos because I can create it into my own style storytelling where the fact that software’s gives me plenty of control in making it artistic with filters, transitions and quick cuts and so on.
- What makes you right for this position?
I’m a great listener can bring amazing ideas can cooperate with people. I have been editing for years.
- What qualities do you bring to the role?
I present a clear meaningful planning, having a good command of English with strong writing and IT skills. I have a creative mind as an eye for detail and a good visual sense. I know about target audiences. I can negotiate well and making sensible decisions.
- What do you bring to the organisation?
I would know how to network in a manner that draws people to the organisation having positive interactions with team members. I have a flexible mindset especially vital when under pressure always having a backup plan is good.
- Describe something significant that has happened to you.
I was accepted for a job working for a company called Delaware North at football events.
- Describe a difficult situation that you have had to deal with – were you successful?
I had to deal with customers complaining about how they’ve been lining up for ages and they wasn’t told what they wanted on the menu wasn’t available. So i politely spoke to them and apologised and said is there anything else they wanted from the menu or i called the manager and carried on serving the customers.
- What do you enjoy about your course?
I enjoy about creative media is i get to explore new subjects that are challenging but its great because it will help me and improve my work in the future when i need it.
- What are your main weaknesses – how do you deal with them?
The main weakness is I have a slow way of doing things even though i get the job done, i just need to fasten my movement pace.
- Describe yourself in 3 words?
Funny, bubbly, adventurous
Cons & Pro’s Contract
Full Time Permanent Contract-
- Full-time employees have a higher degree of job security, in which they have a consistent paycheck and do not have to constantly market themselves.
- Full-time employees have a sense of company culture, which makes them feel part of the team and passionate about the work they are completing for a company. This increases productivity in day-to-day projects and nurtures business relationships for the future.
- Another significant advantage to permanent employment is retirement benefits.
Disadvantages
- Having the same job for many years can negatively affect your resume. As mentioned before, companies sometimes look for an array of experiences when considering a potential candidate. Since you’ve been working for the same employer for X amount of years, your resume becomes dull and dry; it doesn’t show any versatility in skills and services.
- Working for a single employer as a permanent employee can limit your earning potential, particularly if you reach the top of your pay scale
Permanent employees may have difficulty achieving and maintaining a work-life balance, as a 9-5 job can make you feel like you’re working inside a box.Part Time
Part Time Permanent Contract
- Part-time means that you work less than the normal schedule either by working fewer days or fewer hours.
- Get benefits
- Has time to study and do other things whilst earning money at the same timeThus, managers only need to schedule when work is needed. Workers and the company often like the flexibility of part-time scheduling from the standpoint that it allows for work on varying days and times
Disadvantage
- Usually you will receive a lower income, therefore couldn’t afford to live comfortably working part-time.
- Part-time workers generally have less responsibilities, influence and power than full-time workers.
- Part-time workers usually do not receive benefits such as health insurance, sick leave, holiday pay or vacations.
Freelance Contract
Benefits
- The first advantage of becoming a freelancer is that you can work whenever you want
- This a great advantage of having the ability to be your own boss.
- No more need for work clothing, commuting time, commuting expenses, sharing an office, working in a cubicle of a small office.
Disadvantage
- Depending on the occupation you may feel very isolated from the world.
- Freelancing can be a stressful experience for people who are not good with deadlines, following up on projects, collecting payments; it also necessarily requires a lot of paperwork.
- Being a freelancer also means that you run the risk of not getting paid
Shift Work Contract
Benefits
- Provides a flexible scheduled
- Days off frequently result in different sleeping patterns therefore have a big impact on their social life.
- Get paid more when working night shift
Disadvantage
- The pay doesn’t really go up and unlikely to get a promotion
- Night shifts can cause feelings of isolation and serious mood disorders
- Shift workers often perform their duties with less supervision.
Office Hours Contract
Benefits
- Have more chances to getting a promotion
- Receive paid time off of Vacation and off sick
- company-paid insurance benefits. These insurance policies include things such as health, life, disability or even accidental death with many companies offering family coverage as well.
Disadvantage
- The same routine where this can hold back the realising talents and gifts you never knew you had.
- It can affect when applying for other jobs as companies want you to have a verity of skills. Working for the same employer for several years, your resume becomes dull and dry; it doesn’t show any versatility in skills and services
- No health insurance
Irregular and Anti social hour-done Contract
- Working in the evening is optional meaning its flexible to fit in with personal life
- Higher pay
- The benefit of an anti social job is that you get alot of time to your self; more independence
Disadvantage
- No social life
- The job is boring
- Working while friends and family asleep because it would be night hours leading to loneliess because of irregular sleeping patterns.
Salaried Contract
- Fixed salary
- Knowledge of pay
Disadvantage
- One set salary meaning no payrise
- No benefits
- Even if you work over time you wont get paid more than your fixed salary
On Commission Contract -done
- Flexible scheduled
- Choose your clients; who you work for
- If work completed in half the time for the deadline, get paid more
Disadvantage Cons:
~ Set Budget, limited time
~ If you go over your due date, you’re paying out of your own pocket.
~ Unpredictable Schedule
~ Income changes as sales go up
~ Reduced Borrowing Capacity
Zero Hour Contract
~ Hours are flexible around your own time
~ You can quit any time
~ possibility of earning better income
~ Opportunities of promotion ~ More Freedom
Disadvantages
~ No benefits
~ Can get fired at any point
~ Seen as risks to banks / Undesirable
~ Unpredictable
~ No Health Insurance
Fix Term Contract
~ Lucrative Opportunities
~ More Freedom
~ Can quit after the fixed term is finished
~ Have some hours according to your timetable
~ Protection against unfair dismissal
Disadvantages
~ Undesirable To Banks
~ Have To Work On Religious Days
~ Contractors often end up paying more tax than they owe
~ Unstable
~ Pay too much Tax
Overall the best one I will do in the future is one that suits my lifestyle is part time contract as it has a flexible schedule meaning not having to work everyday therefore having more social life. The contract plays a fir amount of money of my age.
How to successfully search for career opportunities
On websites such as Indeed, communicating with professionals, is the best source of knowledge. Go to training courses to build you knowledge, attend to apprenticeship open days.
The different types and range of opportunities and roles in the media industry and
higher education
There is a variety of jobs throughout the media industry. There are a range of methods of employment, which gives people the flexibility to find a job role that suits there needs and are dedicated. You can do this by going down a number of different options for example creative, editorial, research, financial.
How to communicate efficiently to potential employers via, phone, email and in
person
Write a cover letter for the position for which you’re applying, show your strengths and ability, speak in formal manor, smile and stat positive, most important do Your Homework about the company.
Group activities into how to work in a group and how to be a useful member of a
team
Be fair take turns to speak, get someone to be a leader in the group, listen and use intelligence.
How to record and track personal development
Review your goals, and make an honest assessment of your progress towards them. If you have achieved them easily, ask yourself if you aimed too low
Review your achievements over the period like what have you managed to achieve? Be honest about how you feel about what you have done well, and give yourself permission to be pleased and to celebrate.
Review what you have learned if you write it down then it will stay in the mind.
24 hour challenge film & evaluation
Throughout the last month our group of 6 have been working on a horror short film based on a 24 hour challenge. I feel that the film could of had a better outcome due to the fact that we were unprepared to film and didn’t have any organisation at all. We also did not communicate well as a group at the beginning which ended up with us having to delay our filming. But then we focused and took responsibility of our roles in the film working together we improved dramatically.
My role was the backstage operator partly holding the boom-pole microphone, and the camera player. I did find it difficult holding the boom-pole because it was trick not to get it in the scene.
We thought of a fantastic idea for the film and created the script ready within a week. . As we had decided to film it in college however, we were at an advantage as we had a short amount of time to film; by the cause of the setting it was situated in the collage several people got in the way walking past the camera, therefore we had to stop and start again, also rooms were taken but luckily we were fortunate to find one to utilize. We also managed to find actors and as a result of they didn’t need to leave college to film to our advantage, there were plenty of people willing to act in our film. The actors themselves were a great help too as they were very passionate about their work and added their own ideas to the story as we filmed.
Having started doing this filming got a lot better but the sound is too quiet when listening to our film because the sound boom pole wasn’t close enough. What we could of done to edit the film was to do a voice over the person talking, which would of made a huge difference. As we kept changing our ideas throughout filming however, it took a lot longer than it should have taken us to film. This meant that instead of filming it in the space of 2 days, it took us 2 weeks and so therefore we kept having to take the equipment home. Not only was this a hassle, but it also meant that we wouldn’t be able to film if someone wasn’t in or accidentally left the equipment at home. Despite all this, we did eventually finish the filming even if it wasn’t to the greatest standard, of that being the edits was very confusing where the film just cuts out unexpectedly for unknow reasons meaning several minutes of our film is gone. The most important part that being me playing the character of a demon.
In conclusion therefore it was a bit of an edgy start but at least we completed the film. Next time I might just be a good idea to chose people to work with who are diligent. But I did like this idea of the concept of the movie as it intriguing.
A monthly expenses
22k per year
monthly £1,528
Rent: House share Wood Green N22
£535 Double Room monthly
Council Tax: included
Water: included
Electricity inc.
Gas:inc.
Wifi: inc.
TV License:inc.
Food: £40
Travel: £150 monthly
Phone: contract £25 a month 30gb data unlimited text and minutes
Clothes: £150
Entertainment: £110
Savings / Investments: £300
Credit cards / loans / Debts: £0
Still left £510.5
Jai McKnight 