Those who know me, or have read previous posts, will know that I get very excited if I get to go to events especially if they are out-of-county (& in well-furnished/well-catered surroundings!)
So I really enjoyed the ‘Breaking into Media and the RTS Awards’ at Plymouth University on Monday; travelling up in 50-60 capacity coach with only 19 passengers on board was a giggle but more critically the panel discussions were really enlightening and the student entries into the regional RTS award categories were very compelling.
Nuggets of information such as “in applications for junior positions you will be expected to bring 5 or more prospective programme ideas” are obviously useful to know beforehand as well as practical gems like “pay attention to sound” are also vital but the overshadowing advice was “if you haven’t got work experience you haven’t lived!”
I will keep you up-to-date as I scrabble around to infiltrate production companies, channels and shoots for work/life experience – candidate will make good cup of tea or coffee, make calls, work in the rain and generally do whatever she is asked and that is a promise.
All in all, a very informative experience and I have huge admiration for the diligent researchers on Channel 5’s ‘The Hotel Inspector’ who will make a ridiculous amount of phone calls to find dingy hotels for their series. (I am very much downplaying this because the production team seemed really on the ball and the programme is a stupendous success.)
Congratulations Plymouth Media Partnership on another event well done
Plymouth Media PartnershipChannel 5 - The Hotel Inspector
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