Between 25th and 27th October we hosted a three day event for second and third year students to identify their goals after graduation and enhance their skills for employability.
Presentations were provided by both our Creative Enterprise and Careers & Employability team on Personal Branding, Seven Steps To Starting Your Own Business, Copyright Law, Career Planning, Team Working and Networking for Digital Artists. A big thanks to Stephen Davies, Alison Branagan and Fiona Brooking Thomas for their exciting workshops.
On Thursday we were priviledged to have an inspirational talk from Dean Humphreys. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0401981/ Dean started working in the film industry in 1975 starting as a trainee/runner at Twickenham Film Studios. After 4 years he went into the mixing studio as a trainee and left after 3 years to work in Soho on TV documentaries and commercials. He has worked in over 20 countries on more than 250 movies, 100 documentaries and TV dramas. He has received 2 BAFTA nominations and received the César for Best Sound for 'The Pianist'. More recently he has worked on Taken 2 & 3. He says “There have been many technological changes in the past 40 years but the fundamental need to be able to tell a story remains constant. I hope to cover some of the prerequisites that you will need in order to make yourself employable - CV's, appearance, attitude, reliability, team-spiritedness etc.” He gave an inspirational talk pitched just right with a great blend of humour and seriousness and a real wake up call to the students regarding the importance of conducting themselves professionally. We appreciated the advice regarding ‘smile and suck it up’ as regards creative challenges and the importance of turning up on time (and even before time) along with the marvellous anecdotal stories about great names that Dean has worked alongside.
We also had a presentation from Allan Arthurs, Managing Director of Media Techniche Ltd, a local Farnham company specialising in aerial imaging. His interesting and informative talk was a great blend of personal journey, technical information and explanation of the regulatory and legal framework for working with aerial photography and video using the drone. He also underpinned what we inform all students regarding legal matters to be considered in film preproduction… particularly regarding risk assessment. He finished with a practical demonstration up on the cricket pitch in Farnham Park and this was a real treat for those that climbed the hill.
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