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 | 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 | Is in charge of everything and everyone. | Start from the bottom, work yourself up |
Writer | Writes scripts of what cast are going to do and say in the performance. | Entering literary competitions University |
Prop Manager | 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 | Draw, paint, makes art for visual appeal. | Talented Go to Art School |
Painter | Paints many kinds of stuff from walls to art. | Experience working as an apprentice Go to Art school Talent |
Fashion Designer | Designs costumes and cloths for things like catwalks. | Talented Art School |
Graphic Designer | They design computer generated images and videos. | University Training Art School |
Sculptor | Creates sculptures by moulding and shaping. | Art School Talented |
PERFORMING ARTS | DUTIES | ROUTES IN |
Dancer | Using your body to express emotion. | Dance school Dance Training |
Actor | Perform to send a message to the audience or to simply entertain. | Drama School Drama Training |
Musician | Sings and plays an instrument to entertain or to make money. | Music School Music Training |
Play director | Tells the actor their roles and duties. | Networking |
Composer | 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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