Film Industry

some jobs in this media sector include directors, sound engineers, runners, producers, production designers, cinematographer, director of photography, costume designer, make up artist and hair stylists.

The jobs I'm most interested in are production design and directing.
These jobs are not entry level.

In production design there is an emphasis on who you know rather than what qualifications you hold although art and film based degrees such as film production are very important.

This is because you get to meet other people going into the industry and also develop the skills required for this job.

As the head of the largest department on a film crew, you must have extensive experience gained over a number of years. You would usually start as a Junior Draughtsman, moving on to Draughtsman, Assistant Art Director and Art Director.

If you graduate in film and theatre design, you will need to gain experience working on short films before progressing to junior roles on feature films.

The job involves working in a freelance basis.

Production Designers are major heads of department on film crews, and are responsible for the entire art department.

They help Directors to define and achieve the look and feel of a film. 

Production Designers deliver their design sketches (showing mood, atmosphere, lighting, composition, colour and texture) to Art Directors who oversee the production of technical drawings and models, which are used by the Construction Department to build the sets and adapt locations. Props Buyers and Set Decorators source props and organise the manufacture of specialist items. 

Although Game of Thrones is a TV series, it is one of biggest shows on television at the moment and has a lot of emphasis on production design.
Game of Thrones Season 5: Artisan Piece #2 – Set Design (HBO)
Game of Thrones Craft: Set, Costumes, Hair, and Makeup

I hope to increase awareness towards mental health illnesses whilst asking the question if the pressures of school/college are a significant catalyst amongst teens in the United Kingdom. As it's a sensitive issue there will need to be some ethical considerations taken to ensure that no one finds the video triggering.

Contractual brief

A contractual brief is a brief/contract with specific guidelines set by the client that the media company they've employed must follow. If the media company fails to follow the brief exactly it can result in a breach of contract resulting in legal actions.

One of the benefits of a contractual brief include the media company having the ability to have full knowledge of what the client is asking for as the brief has non negotiable specifics and is also highly detailed.

A possible disadvantage is that a media company could end up having a bad reputation if the requirements listed in the brief are not met exactly. If theres any difficulty within the brief the contractor can take legal action against the production company.

Cooperative Brief

This brief is when two or more companies work together to complete a project. It is usually done when one company isn't capable of individually completing the work given.

An advantage of this type of brief is that there is flexibility in the contract so that the companies can negotiate together in order to make sure they can both successfully meet the requirements. A disadvantage however is that negotiations can waste time and delay the production of the project.

Formal Brief

This type of brief is very open and theres only enough information to allow the media company to produce the project. Any issues or misunderstandings can be looked at during negotiations in the beginning.

Clients who give this type brief are open to many ideas allowing the media company to be creative in their work.

One possible disadvantage is that a client can be too vague and give little direction to the media company making it difficult for them to know what to do. If the client ends up unsatisfied with their work it could lead to them having a bad reputation.

Informal Brief

These briefs are non-documented and the specifications in this style of brief is usually made and agreed upon verbally.

An advantage is that the client is able to get a wide range of ideas for their product and chose to work with the company which has suggested the best option.

A disadvantage is that it can be hard for the companies turned down to find replacement work if they have already booked that project into their schedule.

Competition Brief

These briefs are open to the public which allows for a a wide variety of talented people to create a product based on the brief for free.

Due to it being a competition, the prize/reward will only be granted to the winner which means theres loads of ideas to chose from and the cost of the product is reduced.

an example would be the BFX Competition Briefs where teams of 5 people provide a product based on a wide range of briefs provided.
http://www.bfxfestival.com/competition/competition-briefs/

Tender

Theres some noticeable similarities between the last two briefs as they both involve outside companies pitching their ideas to clients in order to receive the job. Once the client has seen all the briefs, the best is selected and the chance to work for the client by developing their product and ideas.
http://www.tendersdirect.co.uk/ is known for their range of tender briefs available.

Paying attention when reading a brief is important because you need to be able to stick to it. Doing this gives you the ability to come up with ideas and being able to actually work on the project. Other than those points, reading a brief allows you to work out final dates, your timescale and what the specific requirements are.
Besides from the money, the longterm results from sticking to a brief include building your portfolio, gaining contacts, self development, experience and more.

What is social action and community media? 

Social Action Media

Social action media is media that's produced in a creative way to both raise awareness to a cause and educate the viewer in an attempt to invoke social action. Its goal is to analyse social issues and problems whilst getting the public to focus their attention on it and take action.

Community media 

A community is a group of people with a shared interest, similar characteristics or who live in the same area.

The goal of community media is to provide an alternative to the corporate media which focuses on profits. They are driven by social objectives which can empower the community by providing local knowledge. It's common to find community media focusing on topics such as social justice, human rights and environmental issues where they provide a voice for causes and people who otherwise wouldn't necessarily have them.

The Cannibal Warlords of Liberia - Vice
The 53 minute documentary by the magazine company Vice is about life in Liberia after the civil war in the 90s. The journalist visits a small handful of ex generals/warlords and asks them about their role in the civil war and also how they spend their life now. The purpose of the video is to raise awareness to the situation in Liberia as like most cases once the initial fighting is over the media forgets what happened and moves on to more current things. 
Shock tactics are used throughout the video to keep the viewers attention. An example of this would be where it shows old footage of a child soldier holding up a bloody, dirty human heart shouting to the reporter and those around him that he intends on eat the heart. Another scene shortly after shows the torture of the then leader of Liberia by rebel forces where he can be seen covered in blood and screaming "enough!". Footage like this is used to set the tone for the rest of the video, so throughout the documentary you can't forget how barbaric some of these people were/are.



'An Evil Scheme': Milonov Attacks Homosexuality - Channel 4

Jon Snow interviewed prolific Russian Homophobe Vitaly Milonov for channel 4. The intent of this video was to demonstrate how homophobic Vitaly is and raise awareness about the national issue which was Russia's anti-gay laws. An example of this was getting him to admit that he believed homosexuality and pedophilia go hand in hand. He asked closed, blunt questions to get precise answers from Vitaly without him having an opportunity to preach hate to the audience watching. Jon didn't ask developmental questions to make Vitaly feel at ease because of the nature of the interview. If Jon appeared to be soft on Vitaly there would be a chance that there would be a large amount of backlash from the interview including complaints to Ofcom. Jon tried to antagonise Vitaly by wearing a rainbow striped tie as rainbows are associated with the LGBT flag and LGBT pride/support. This made it obvious from the beginning of the video that he had no intentions of forming a rapport with Vitaly.

Food for Thought - Covent Garden

An example of local community action media would be the documentary "food for thought" which focuses on a lady called Vanessa Garrett who owns a vegetarian restaurant in Covent Garden. the purpose of the documentary is to "focus on one small story of London in the 21st century to tell a bigger, more threatening one". Throughout the documentary Vanessa discusses the heyday of her business and how its now closing due to the gentrification of her local area making the rent for her business unaffordable. The use of slow melodramatic music helps set the tone of the video and make the viewer feel sympathetic for the people effected. The purpose of the video is to raise awareness of gentrification.

I'm a creative young man who is familiar with youth culture and therefore able to know what the younger generation wants. Having grown up using computers I am more than familiar with how to use them, being competent with most softwares commonly found on laptops or computers. Although I am not capable of building my own website I would be able to quickly develop the skills required to do so and my creativity skills would be a benefit once I am capable of building a website.

Petitions about mental health and CAMHS

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/114608

http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1705&ea.campaign.id=38752&ea.tracking.id=q8gicnu4

https://www.change.org/p/stop-cuts-children-mental-health-services