Work Experience

For work experience (2nd February- 13th February) I had the privilege of working at MTV Base. For Diploma we had to make sure that our work placement was something to do with media or textiles. My placement was based around Media. This helped me a lot because I was able to see how life is in the media industry and how it works. I was able to watch various interviews which I found very interesting because I was able to see how they set up with the lights and the camera and the sound. I found these skills transferable and have found them very useful when we film in Media. I also was allowed to sit in the editing room and watch the process that they go through to create a programme. This was very good because the programme that they used was Final Cut Pro, and this is the programme that we use in class so I was able to learn a few skills from there.

Media- Work Week

In Media, we were asked to create a film for Work Week. We had to produce a video that explained to year four's how maths and literacy is used at work. Our job was a Travel Agent. We had to interview a travel agent and then get them to do a demonstration to show how they use Literacy.
The filming went very well and we got a range of shots. However, the editing part was very difficult. We had chosen to use Final Cut Pro to edit our film with rather than iMovie because it offers more diversity and allows you to use more effects. Although it has more options than iMovie, it is a lot more difficult and requires more concentration and skill. This proved a challenge for us but fortunately, one of our group members was very familiar with how Final Cut Pro worked, so this made it easier for us.
We only had a few weeks to complete our film and as we didn't have that many lessons in one week this proved a major problem. However, our team worked effectively together and tried as hard as we could to finish it on time. Unfortunately with only a few days left we still weren't finished. We were also encountering a lot of problems. This meant that our film had to be started all over again. But even so, it was finished on time and we were able to present it to Inspire.
I think that this project went very well. Although we encountered a few problems and had to do our film all over again, I still learnt many new skills such as how to communicate in a group effectively and I also learnt how to use Final Cut Pro, something that I found very hard to do before. Also, I think our presentation went very well because it was delivered with a very clear presentation and the film itself was easy to follow and consisted of big, bold lettering which would make it easy for young children to follow.