HND FILM - CREATIVE MEDIA INDUSTRY

OK so you've DEFINED THE CREATIVE MEDIA INDUSTRIES https://hndfilmcoventry.blogspot.com/2018/10/hnd-creative-media-industries-week-1_9.html] TOLD ME ABOUT JOB  ROLES IN THE FILM INDUSTRIES https://hndfilmcoventry.blogspot.com/2018/11/job-roles-in-creative-media-industries.html FOUND OUT WHO YOU ARE AND CREATED AN UP TO DATE CV https://hndfilmcoventry.blogspot.com/2018/11/who-are-you.html It's now time to zero in on the Film Industry and tell me about the CORPORATE STRUCTURE of the UK film business. Evidence this in the following way. 1. Open up this link: https://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-film-industry-companies-june-2015.pdf 2. Open up a blogpost called 'UK Film Industry - Corporate Structure'. Then answer me these questions (use these questions as subheadings if you wish)  in as much detail as you can. (a) Numbers of Production Companies, Post-Production Companies, Distributors and Exhibitors. (b) The usual SIZE of

Having given me details of job roles, it's time to find out how YOU are going to slot into the industry, what skills you'll need for what roles interest you and what you need to work on to get there.  Firstly we need to find out who the hell YOU are.  Steps 1-3 will help you do this. Then it's a good idea to make a CV that's up to date, a living document that will grow as your skills grow. Step 4 will help you do this. 1.   Do the personality test here. http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp  2. Then, with your 4 letter personality type. Go here and find your profile. If you've done the test honestly it should be fairly accurate.  http://personalitypage.com/html/careers.html 3. Copy the text of your personality profile, especially the bullet points into a word document for use  in your CV later.  4. START MAKING YOUR CV IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER  (a) Name/Address/contact details .  At the top of the page and centre-aligne

The Historical relationship between creative media production and the creative media industries is TOO EPIC a subject for me to deal with right now. Let's get a few easier criteria tucked away first. The third learning outcome of this unit is about the different roles and relationships that exist between different types of job in the film industry "LO3 Evaluate the roles and relationships within a specific area of creative media production" Today I simply want you to give me a detailed outline of the type of jobs that are available in the film industry. Do this as follows. 1. Have a look at the following links and get yourself acquainted with what types of job are available in the film industry. Try and read about not just the creative jobs, but also production  jobs, management  jobs, technical jobs and support roles.  For each of these types of jobs I'm going to want you to describe a particular job role so take notes as you read if needs be.

In this unit you will be exploring the creative industries in general as well as looking at the specific area of film and tv. You'll develop an understanding of the industry, its business practices and the skills needed in a variety of job roles in the creative industries. This will help you discover how the work you create will fit within both the film & tv sector as well as the wider industry as a whole. Together with the Professional Practice unit you should complete this unit feeling confident in knowing about the industry and exactly how you're going to find a place in it. There are FOUR main elements to this unit. Firstly you're going to map out the creative industries in general, the size, shape and structure of the industries. You'll then discuss the different types of companies and employment in the creative industries. Thirdly you'll look specifically at the Film & TV industry and tell me about the different job roles and relationship

Because all your work for me this year is written, I would like all of your work for me this year  to be in blog form. A blog is simply an online space in which you can write articles or 'posts'. These posts can contain imagery and enable the embedding of video and audio links as well. Today I want you to set up two blogs. One will contain all your work for the unit you'll be working on from now until Xmas.  It's where I'll see your work, where you'll spend time finessing/perfecting it, and perhaps also where I'll be giving you feedback and guidance. The other blog will be for your own work and more personal to you - so a place for hosting things you've made, opinions, pieces of writing that aren't for assessment etc. So let's set them up for you. Simple -stage process. Firstly we'll set up your personal blog. This will give you a feel for how to set a blog up, and also give you a crack at designing/laying out your blog. You can then