The Mill Work Experience

From the 4th January to the 7th I did work experience at The-Mill, I got given a really cool top I got to keep !

On my first day I was put in the TV and Film studio which was an interesting day but not exactly what I had in mind, so on my 2nd day I asked to be put in Great Marlborough street main building, which was much more interesting. I got to speak to loads of people one being a guy called Richard who worked in a Flame Studio who works on edits, he gave me so much advice, he has been working for The-Mill for 10 years and he too started as a runner. I have learnt you must start as a Runner which is not as interesting as it sounds, it is really hard work but the great thing is you get to specialise in what specific job you want to do and you can get promoted at any time so its just like working from the bottom up sucks! lol I also spoke to a guy called Daniel who worked in The Final Cut Studio, who puts all the storyboards together and had a really interesting talk, he was saying he gets to go on shoots which is what I d love to do I expressed I do not want to always been computer based and he showed me a piece of work he's done, which was for a computer game and it was amazing on how real it looks and how he made it look and he explained he sends it back to another department and then they send it back and its amazing the process it goes through to get it to the way you would see it on a television screen! I also got to sit down for an hour with 2 people from scheduling who explained that they fit in all the clients and organise everything which is where you would get promoted to after being a runner and then so on, so you have to work your way up but its amazing all the people are soo friendly and you can just knock on anyones door and see what there doing and they explain. The only bad side is when you study to be promoted you have to do it after hours of work so it means long days and travelling! While I was at the film I Had opportunities to give out some business cards I made which I think will show a real determination some people I gave them to were really impressed!

Hand-in Practitioner's Essay & Feel Film

Today I went in to meet only half of the group really so not good but we got everything together and burnt it on a disc and gave it in so HAPPY! lol