Friday, 30 October 2009

1.2 Employment Opportunities

NAME: Cara Louise Venn

FORM: 11U

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

Editor

(Bangla T.V)

Edits films and music, decides what should go in or out, also adds special effects.

Talented

Art School

University Training

Experience as a Journalist

Director

(theatre Royal)

Is in charge of everything and everyone.

Start from the bottom, work yourself up

Writer

(Voice of Africa)

Writes scripts of what cast are going to do and say in the performance.

Entering literary competitions

University

Prop Manager

( Theatre Royal)

Makes all the props for the stage and actors to use in the performance.

Art School

Networking

Costume Designer

(Theatre Royal)

Designs and makes costumes making sure everyone suit their particular role in the performance.

Talented

Art School

VISUAL ARTS

DUTIES

ROUTES IN

Artist

(Rich Mix)

Draw, paint, makes art for visual appeal.

Talented

Go to Art School

Painter

(Whitechapel Gallery)

Paints many kinds of stuff from walls to art.

Experience working as an apprentice

Go to Art school

Talent

Fashion Designer

(Theatre Royal)

Designs costumes and cloths for things like catwalks.

Talented

Art School

Graphic Designer

(Bangla T.V)

They design computer generated images and videos.

University Training

Art School

Sculptor

(Whitechapel Gallery)

Creates sculptures by moulding and shaping.

Art School

Talented

PERFORMING ARTS

DUTIES

ROUTES IN

Dancer

(Stratford Circus)

Using your body to express emotion.

Dance school

Dance Training

Actor

(Theatre Royal)

Perform to send a message to the audience or to simply entertain.

Drama School

Drama Training

Musician

(Voice of Africa)

Sings and plays an instrument to entertain or to make money.

Music School

Music Training

Play director

(Theatre Royal)

Tells the actor their roles and duties.

Networking

Composer

(Voice of Africa)

Composers create music.

Music School

Talented

Choose the job above that you are most interested in and explain why it appeals to you: I would like to be in the media industry as a costume designer, being a costume designer appeals to me because I am creative in making anything I can think of, and I love cloths and experimenting them on what looks amazing and what really doesn’t go well together, I am also good a sewing which would help a lot with being a costume designer.

  1. 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 you have to be creative, opened minded, have lots of different ideas, skills with sewing and cutting out, stitching, these things are very important or you wont get any where in the costume designer industry as a lot of people will not be happy with your work.

  1. What are the main Do’s and Don’ts of the job? The main ‘Do’s’ of being a costume designer is work your hardest to get your finale product, always be prepared for the worst and experiment on mixing different types of styles.

The main ‘Don’ts’ is don’t give up even if it is really challenging because if you think about it when you put your mind to it you can succeed, even if something goes wrong in the design.

  1. Does the job involve issues of risk and health and safety? Explain. To be a costume designer the only worrying heath and safety risk is the sewing machine and the needles you can you’re your self by not using the equipment properly.

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

Its is not really a competitive job market but in someway it is as there are usually not many vacancies for costume design.

  1. a) Why do you think that you are right for the job? I think this is the right job for me because I am hard workin, creative and ill put the hours in. I also think its the write job for me because I love cloths and designing them.

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? The skills that I need to develop for this job is how to use a sewing machine and to work on my stitching, I need preparation of long hours and deadlines.

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