HND FILM - CREATIVE MEDIA INDUSTRY

OKAY SO . . . .  So far you've explained the different forms of company and employment within the creative industries, as well as evaluating the roles and relationships within a specific area of creative media production. This will cover Learning Outcomes 2 and 3 from the 4 learning outcomes attached to this unit. WE STILL NEED TO CRACK  Learning Outcome 1 - where you give me a history of the relationship between creative media production and the creative industries. Still figuring out how to evidence this (don't worry, I will!). Learning Outcome 4 - where you analyse factors that may affect the future development of the film industry. This is the Outcome I think we can get on with cracking now. Do this as follows. 1. Create a new blogpost/word-doc. Call it 'The Future Of The Film Industry'. 2. Using the links below, and your own research, write a blogpost that tells me about the technological and business changes that the film industry is facing and wil...

I simply want you to write me a couple of paragraphs reviewing what you've learned and telling me whether freelancing is for you. Put the heading up 'CONCLUSION'.  Paragraph one could start 'Researching freelancing I've discovered that . . . . '  You know about the financial pressures, the insecurities and the hard work. Re-iterate some of these.  You also know about the  positivies , the freedom, the flexibility, the creativity. Re-iterate some of these also.  Paragraph two could start 'Thinking about myself and freelancing I think . . . .'  You’ve heard the warnings now about how tough freelancing is. It’s now down to you to tell me whether you think the freelancing life is one for you.   Do the benefits of working for yourself, not for any fixed company appeal to you? Do they outweigh the difficulties financially?  Or do you think that you just don’t have the personality (go back to the findings of the Jung Typology test ...

If you want proof of how common freelancing is becoming, for the first time in my lifetime it'd seem the govt are actually doing something to help protect freelance workers from bad treatment. You'll have heard lots about the 'gig economy' - fundamentally it refers to the growing amount of people not on fixed contracts, or doing work on a project-by-project basis i.e freelancers. Often, as a freelancer, or someone working zero-hours contracts you're not afforded the same protection from bad treatment or late payment as normal contracted workers are. The govt's measures attempt to address this. Unions are already saying they're too little too late. I want you to find out  WHAT the govt. is proposing WHAT unions are attacking the measures for WHAT is the 'gig economy' and how many people are involved in it?  Use the following links to answer these questions but also conduct your own research via the 'news' tab on google or o...

Open up a new section called 'FREELANCE CONTRACTS' For now I simply want you to  define a contract  and tell me  the kind of thing you'd expect to see  in a Media contract for a freelance worker. Here's what I think from experience of reading/signing many media contracts over the years. Feel free to put this in yr own words but conduct your own research as well to add detail. CONTRACT DEFINITION A contract is simply a legally binding document which spells out the terms of employment for an individual, containing both what is expected of the employee in his or her role, and what the employee can expect from their employers. Freelance Media Contract Essentials  Info  - An Employment Contract form should contain basic information about the company and the new employee, names, addresses, contact details (phone/e-mail). If it doesn’t, obviously DON’T sign it or work for that company. It should also contain a description of work required and ...

OK - you've written about being a freelancer in terms of the basic meaning of Freelancing and the basic pros/cons.  TASK You now need to investigate and write about how to set yourself up in self-employment.  As ever, I've got you some links here you can use for research. Call this section 'A GUIDE TO SELF EMPLOYMENT'. I'm going to want to know HOW you go about . . .  - registering as self-employed - keeping records and filling out tax returns. - sorting insurance for the equipment you might use as an interactive media worker - Expenses - what can you claim for? The basics will suffice i.e what's the minimum a self-employed person should do to keep the right side of the law? This section may well be added to in coming weeks but for today get this section started with the basic info about registering and tax.  THE LINKS  http://www.arts.ac.uk/student-jobs-and-careers/freelance-and-business-advice/how-to-become-self-employed/ http://www.advicenow.org.uk/...

TASK 1 - DEFINING FREELANCING Give me a good basic definition of what Freelancing means and what sets it apart from normal work. Then check out any of these links - can you also give me a few facts about the state of freelancing right now? How many people are working freelance? Is it more popular among women than men or vice versa? What's the typical age of a freelance worker? The Rise Of The Freelancer Metro Article About Freelancing: Stats Near The End Of The Article. The Anatomy Of A Freelancer 27 Things You'll Only Know If You're A Freelancer  (not to be taken entirely seriously) TASK 2 - CREATING A PROS & CONS LIST Check out some of the following links. Develop your own Pros & Cons list for Freelancing. Freelance Work vs A Salary Job 11 Pros And Cons Of Working Freelance Is Working Freelance Really Worth It? Freelance Work - Pros and Cons 10 Advantages & Disadvantages Of Working Freelance Exposed: the pros and cons of freela...