1.2 - Employment Opportunities

NAME: TIYONNE MONVILLE

FORM: 10I

CREATIVE & MEDIA

UNIT 1: SCENE

Employment Opportunities

1.2

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Under the following headings, list the jobs that you have researched and learned about so far for specific areas. Also, describe the duties that go with them and possible routes in to this job:

MEDIA	DUTIES	ROUTES IN
Journalist	To find out information about the latest news.	Covering news worthy events in the hope of selling it to newspapers
Tour manager	A Tour Manager deals with paper work when they are going to go on a tour to places.	Networking They need experience and training in working with or in a band.
Film Maker	Responsible for overseeing creative aspects of a film under the film producer film producer	STARTING as a runner Go to film school Join a film making club
Lighting Technicians	By doing a vocational qualification or a degree. Such as electrical engineering or physics, Or also lighting design, lighting technology	Serving as an apprentice Networking among Media personalities Attending workshops and training
Singer	A person who entertains an audience by performing to their main audiences	By going to signing school & training with a voice coach
VISUAL ARTS	DUTIES	ROUTES IN
Animator	Someone who makes Animations and different cartoon characters on the computer	Experience and a track record of working on productions made by companies are often important than qualifications.
Graphic designer	Someone who designs things on the computer	Most graphic designers should have a degree or diploma.
Carving artist	A Carving artist is a person who designs sculptures	Experience of carving and 3 years training.
Fashion Designer	Designs a range of costumes and clothes for people to wear	Inventing an unusual style and showing it to companies to see what they think
PERFORMING ARTS	DUTIES	ROUTES IN
Actor	Perform to audiences and work with others to keep the audience well entertained	Go To stage school/acting school. Participate in plays
Dancer	Using your body and its parts in different ways to express your emotions	Go to dance school, join a dance group. Try to participate in flash mobs
Musician	Writes their own music to perform to the audience	To be part of a band or an orchestra or have your own solo act
Composer	Create music and dance moves for people to do	Need formal training in music and a composer would need to know allot about music.
Choreographer	Work with different dancers to develop ideas and transform them into the finished performance.	Formal training from a professional dance school or company

Choose the job above that you are most interested in and explain why it appeals to you: I Am most interested in being a lighting director, because I like doing hands on things to do with lighting and also because it looks interesting.

2. Describe the skills that you think may be required to excel at this job and say why they are important.

The skills required for this job is that the person definitely has to be strong to handle the lights so that they don’t damage them and I think that they have to be very hands-on and they have to concentrate allot because there many mistakes that can be made and also they have to be good with electrics and technicians and have a good idea how to use a computer

3. What are the main DOs and DON’Ts of the job?

The main do’s of this job is to work your hardest at all times,pay full attention and follow simple instructions. Also the main DO s is to be able to participate in activities and to record your progress

And The DONTS Of this job is to keep out of danger hazards and any other electrical faults and equipment, which may cause harm.

4. Does the job involve issues of risk and health and safety? Explain.

Yes, it does involve health and safety with electrical faults and that may cause a fire to start. And it could also cause a power cut.

5. Is this a very competitive job market? Are there usually many vacancies for such a post?

No because you need to have certain skills to do this job and most people don’t have these type of skills as a lighting manager or assistant

6. Are most people in this job free lancers or regular salary workers, or is it balanced?

I think that this job is balanced between free lancers and regular salary.

7. a) Why do you think that you are right for the job?

I think that I would be good for this job because I have always been fascinated with lighting from when I was younger and when I went to do my work experience I done practice lighting and I enjoyed it quite allot. And I also have an artistic eye.

b) Evaluate your readiness for this job. What skills do you need to develop? What

Other kinds of preparation do you need to make for this job?

I need to develop my computer skills and to improve my organisation skills and preparation skills.

Use the grid below to list organisations you know that employ people for this job. If you know the name of anyone who has been a big success at this job, then list his/her/their name(s) in the second column.

ORGANISATIONS	SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
RICH MIX BANGLA TV HALF MOON THEATRE STRATFORD THERTRE CENTRAL FOUNDATION GIRLS SCHOOL	Thomas Edison

SOURCES (list the sources from which you gathered your information):