The Game 2

For the first time this year, we have stuck closely to our original idea resulting with this production about a drug dealer who takes things too far.

I feel as though, with this production, the idea was good but the execution was not. It could have been better but I think with the issues within the group and the technological issues, things began to fall apart quite early on and this resulted, in my opinion, a poor product. The effects that I wanted to use for this took a long time and I realised this too late and so I had to delete hours of work because I would not have had time to complete it. Because of this I feel as though the narrative doesn't make sense in the way that I wanted it to and I also don't think that this production represents myself and the things that I want to achieve.

If I was to do this over with a bit more time and a clearer idea, which I now have, I think it could be much better.

Career Development - Job Posts

Junior Reporter, Noble House Media - All

This job is an entry level position which is partially aimed at graduates. Applications from journalism are useful but the variety of consideration is wide.

The requirements for the job are technological as they require writing for mobile. They require writing features and analysis, attending industry events and sometimes representing the magazine in media. It is also creative in a variety of different ways.

Job requirements:

Accurate news writing skills - this is creative as well as efficient. The applicant will have to be committed in order to be able to write in an accurate way and also to be able to find the information for the articles. The creativity comes in the applicant developing and showing their skills and their own style of writing.

Ability to present information in a readable way - this will come with education and training, either before or within the job. A lot can be learned from practice and the skills will be continually developed throughout the work.

Interviewing techniques - the majority of this area will involve communication skills, preferably good ones, the sources of information must be reliable, the self-presentation must be professional and the personal responsibility will be high as the applicant will have to organise the interviews.

Creativity and inventiveness - this is, of course, creative and will depend on the applicant showing their flair and individuality within their work.

Social networking skills - this will involve technical skills as the applicant will have to be fairly advanced with using technology; a computer or a mobile etc. They will also need to understand how the social networking websites work so that they can navigate and utilise them efficiently, therefore, efficiency also comes into this section.

Being able to cope with a large amount of deadlines - this will take commitment from the applicant as it will not always be easy to stay on target and to finish work within the time, being committed will make sure that they can at least aim to get the work done to a high standard. Time management is vitally important and being efficient with the work will be a great help in finishing everything with a high level of professionalism.

A desire to make your mark in this area - this will require a lot of commitment from the applicant as they will have to try incredibly hard to stand out from the crowd. Being creative is vital here as they will need to be creative and well as meeting a purpose. They will have learnt what it takes to be different and can use the job to showcase what they can do. This will also be their personal responsibility and it counts on them being able to prove all of the above to others.

Creative Producer - DMI Productions Ltd

The requirements of the job are managerial, creative and financial with other requirements of professional development.

Aims of the job:

Production - for this job, the applicant is asked to consistently exceed the client's expectations, to be outstanding within the brief and the budget and then to give even more than that. This is part of the creative side of the job as it is asking that you are creative and inventive with the way that you do things, whether it be producing, idea generating or coming up with solutions to problems.

Account Management - this part of the job requires communication skills and self presentation as it is about creating and maintaining 'outstanding' relationships with the clients in face-to-face meetings as well as following up contacts through e-mail or by telephone.

New Business Generation - this is about marketing, efficiency, reliability and personal responsibility. The marketing comes from the requirement of researching new clients. The efficiency, reliability and personal responsibility comes from working independently or with the business development manager. It also includes financial issues as they require the ability to generate revenue and the maximisation of profits.

Service - this requires commitment, self-presentation, communication skills and contribution to team projects. This section asks the applicant to be able to offer high levels of service to clients, suppliers and to offer the same service and support to other member of the staff.

Values - this include creativity, efficiency, self-presentation, communication skills and personal responsibility. The applicant is asked to be friendly and fun, but also to have professional integrity and honesty. They are also asked to respect the confidentiality of the company and of the clients, this is where personal responsibility comes into the equation; it is up to the individual to maintain their professional standards.

Professional Development

For both of these jobs a high level of education and training are required. For the journalistic job, they are looking for a university graduate who will have experience with this kind of work, although they state that they will accept people who have studied things apart from journalism, their choice will be people who have at least some kind of experience with this type of work.  Therefore, at least two years at a college and a minimum of three years studying a degree will be required for this job. The advert also goes on to say that they will accept applicants from all backgrounds, so perhaps they would accept someone who had experience over a degree.

The Creative Producer job requires someone with the education and also with experience. This is evident in the requirements of the job. They have addressed certain things that a graduate would not have learnt; these are things that will be learnt with experience and practice, so this is what the employer would be looking for.

For both jobs attendance and punctuality are vital for proving a professional standard.