Broadcast Dreams

At long last, I am very excited to discuss a fairly major milestone in my placement year. Since my last post, I have been extremely busy working on my first project as TotallyMedia with the basketball development programme, Ball Up Sports, and on the whole, it was a great success. I first came across Ball Up Sports right back in January through a family connection (further proving the statement that it's not what you know, but who you know). I was asked if I'd be interested in filming one of their training sessions as, at the time, they were looking for a video specialist. While I was excited at the prospect of filming basketball session (for those that don't know, I am a basketball enthusiast), I remember not really knowing what I was getting myself into and being knee-deep in university work. However, I didn't want to miss this opportunity to practice filming and apply what I'd been learning on my course. Therefore, I travelled to Surrey the following day wi...

Back at the start of the year, I was busy searching for potential work placements with various broadcasting companies. Any student will tell you that it can be quite a challenging task. Thankfully, the Royal Television Society sought to make life easier for broadcast enthusiasts across the country by hosting their very own careers fair. Here are my thoughts... I came across the RTS Futures Careers Fair online and became very interested when an advertisement stated that the BBC would be at the event (along with other big names in television). The fair took place from 10-7pm and hosted a range of companies and organisations. For example, I met representatives from BBC, ITV, Sky, Channel 4, Warner Bros., Lime Pictures, Blast Films, ENVY and Viacom just to name a few. The aim of the event was to allow those interested in a career in television the chance to meet with industry professionals and gain an insight into what it takes to get a job. This included a specialist CV clinic,...

Hello there and welcome to 'Broadcast Dreams,' a blog which aims to document my journey as a university student with a desire to work in the broadcasting industry to (hopefully) a career in either television or radio. As we move into the summer of 2017, I have finished my second year at university studying Television and Broadcasting, a very challenging yet incredibly exciting experience to say the least. Thanks to my course and enthusiastic lecturers, I got the opportunity to build upon my existing knowledge from my first year, as well as develop my skills in script writing, video editing, sound recording and floor managing. However, alongside all of my university and personal projects, I have also been preparing for my next big challenge - a work placement year. The production crew behind one of this years' live shows on CCI TV - PortsWOOF Like other universities, my course offers the chance to undertake a year-long placement between the second and third y...