1.2- Job opportunities in Theatre

In the theatre there are lots of jobs that are needed:

• Producer
• Director
• choreographer
• camera
• makeup artist
• costume
• technician
• sound designer
• lighting designer
• stage manager
• box officer
• front of house
• security
• assistant director
• composer
• actors
• set designer
• prop manager
• voice couch
• P.R ( public relation )
• Singer
• Musical director
• Dancers
• Casting director
• Writer
• Hair styles
• Wig master
• Production manager.

1.2- Job Opportunities in T.V

Job Opportunities in T.v

• Broadcast assistants
• Runners
• Team assistance's
• Researchers
• Trainee studio managers
• Journalism Trainee scheme
• Production trainee scheme
• Managers
• Directors
• Editors
• Make up artist
• Hair Stylest
• Producer
• Presenter
• Camera Crew
• Writer
• Sound Man/Woman

1.2 - Notes on Nirag Chang

Information On Nirag Chag- he came into our class and talked to us about his work.

• Nirag had no training
• he was brought up in a small town
• he struggled to get into collage
• age of 17 he started working in a studio
• he made his first music piece at the age of 25
• he moved to London
• where he sent out demo tapes
• he then had got one track signed after 2 months
• at the age of 27 he got what he wanted in life
• he was a freelance, TV, radio
• has made music for pop bands
• he keeps scoring on his own productions
• also got into editing
• his brother is a professional director
• combines western music and Eastern music together
• works with any non or famous people
• studied computing economic.

1.2 Review for eastenders

Review for EastEnders

Must say it was pretty over exaggerated as Queen Vic’s most annoying Mitchell came on the scene, no surprise she was complaining over something petty.

However Roxy, played by the stunning Rita Simons is not one of the annoying Mitchells and gave a great performance by telling the squares richest man where to go as he offers to help with the unwanted baby.

Meanwhile back to drama queen, Peggy has a row with Ronnie, again no surprise over something stupid. Ronnie storms out disappointed that Peggy would pick a stupid election over her, so she pulls her hair back to start another argument with Jack.

In my opinion this scene was much too over done and over exaggerated and so I would rate it 3/10.

1.2 Salaries

Can you find out the salary of these Creative and Media professionals?

PROFESSION	SALARY
CURATOR	· Range of typical starting salaries: £16,000 - £19,250 (salary data collected Jan 2010). · Range of typical salaries at senior level (after 10-15 years in the role): £26,000 – 31,000
RUNNER	The average starting salary is approximately £7-£8 per hour
FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGER	Salary £16,957 - £26,017
NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPHER	Range of typical starting salaries: £12,000 - £15,000 (for weekly papers)
STAGE MANAGER	Range of typical starting salaries for assistant stage managers: £14,500 - £17,000
CHOREOGRAPHER	£33,670 per year
LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR	Hourly Rate £10.00 - £17.50
CAMERA OPERATOR	Typical starting salary for newly trained camera operators: £13,800
MAKE-UP ARTIST	£200 for a 10-hour day for junior make-up/hair assistant and £300 for make-up designer prosthetics.
COSTUME DESIGNER	Salary £26,203 - £40,724
EVENTS MANAGER	£30,000 a year
TV PRESENTER	£14,000 - £100,000+ a year.
NEWS EDITOR	Average News Editor Salary: £37000.
PLAYWRIGHT	£38,000
BACKUP SINGER	Average Salary: £36290

1.2.1 Dream Job

1.2.1 Your dream job

Your dream job could be around the corner! In most areas there are many different employment roles open to people who want to work in the creative and media industry.
Work through the questions below, using the Internet to help you find some important information about what kind of creative and media activities are going on in your local area, and what jobs are available.

1 Here are the names of some areas of the creative and media industry. Circle one job area in which you would be interested in working.

Theatre Television Graphic design Photography
Computer games Music production Web design

2 Using the Internet and telephone directories, like the Yellow Pages, find a company in your area that works in the area of industry you have chosen. Write their name and full address below:

Theatre Royal Stratford East
Gerry Raffles Square
London
E15 1BN
020 8534 0310

3 Look at this company’s website to see if you can find out if there are any jobs available at the moment. If there are, answer the questions below. If not, use an Internet search engine to find out about other jobs in that area of the industry nearby. Ask your teacher for help with this, if you need it.

4 Once you have found a job vacancy, answer the following questions:

a) What is the title of the job?

I have found a few jobs on the website
· -theatre administrative assistant
· -stage management assistant
· -wardrobe assistant
· -youth arts assistant producer


b) What does the job involve? What would you have to do if you were working in this role?
I have chosen the stage management assistant, in this role you would have to

· helping to make or assemble costumes
· Buying and hiring suitable costumes and accessories
· Mending, altering, cleaning, washing, ironing, packing and storing costumes
· Fitting performers with costumes and accessories
· Organising and keeping records of outfits
· making sure all items are ready to wear when needed.

c) What would you be paid as a yearly salary if you got this job?

The theatre will pay weekly which will be £153.50, so yearly will be £7982.

d) What qualifications or abilities would you need to have to get this job?

You will need practical skills in hand and machine sewing, pattern cutting and dressmaking. You don't always need formal qualifications.

e) What should you do to get the qualifications and requirements of this job from the point you are at now?

You don’t really need qualifications but you could get some skills on college courses such as:
· City & Guilds Certificates and Diplomas at levels 1, 2 and 3 in Creative Techniques
· BTEC Level 3 National Certificate/Diploma in Art and Design

Knowing what kinds of jobs are available to you in your local area will give you a good idea about what work is available within this sector across the country. Considering carefully what you might want to do in the future and, therefore, what you might need to achieve in order to do this, will give you a good focus for planning your career.

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.

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 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

1.2.1b your the boss

1.2.1b You’re the boss!

Student Book

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What makes a good employer?

Imagine you own a business within the Creative and Media industry – you can choose what your company would do within this area.

What do you think makes a good employee? Make a list below of the kind of attributes or characteristics you would expect your employees to have.

Hard working

Punctual

Well Dressed

Manners

Positive

Meet Dead Lines

Qualifications in Creative and Media

Go out of there way to do there Job properly

1.2.1a Taking it further

1.2.1a Taking it further

Student Book

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Internet job search

Using the Internet, search again for jobs from all three of the following areas. Do a tally for the number of roles that you can find for each of the groups.

	Number of roles found
Print media (magazines and newspapers)	30
Theatre and dance	50
Graphic and web design	35
Fashion and clothing design	85

n Which group had the most roles available? Fashion and clothing design

n In a small group, discuss why you think this might be. Consider the nature of the area you live in, recent developments in technology, and the demand for certain products and the kind of work that is done.

n Write up your findings below, ready to discuss them with your teacher.

Fashion and clothing design is the group that has the most roles available. My group and me think that fashion and clothing design jobs are more available then the rest because they need recourses like models, material, ideas etc. Also because not many people have what it takes to be a fashion and cloths designer as it is a big job with lots of responsibilities.