Creative Media Year 2 (2021-2022)

  The video below is an example of an existing Showreel.                                               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNvJy0zoXOY&ab_channel=DamienWalters This Showreel video titled 'Damien Walter's 2010 Showreel' is a short, under 3 minute video compilation that contains clips of Damien Walters. Damien Walters is a British professional gymnast, stuntman and parkour practitioner. This video's purpose is to display many clips of his skilled athleticism and has garnered over 23 million views in 11 years. It is also worthy to mention that Damien is a coach and runs his own gym 'Derby City Gymnastics Club' in Derby, England, meaning that this showreel advertises his coaching services and his gym. This video is an effective showreel because it shows Damien's athletic stunts, not only in cliche places such as his gym but also in an assortment ...

My Website:  https://aaronlaw316.wixsite.com/my-site When I was creating my website, the software that I used was Wix, a free to use website editor. To begin I was given the option of choosing what kind of website to create, to which I responded Portfolio. After this, I was given the option to choose a template for my site. The template that I chose was graphic designer because I believe that this template was the best suited to that of a video editor. After choosing this template, I began to customise different aspects of the website to my own liking. I moved the 'Horizontal Menu' to the top of the screen, oppose to the bottom as well as changing all of the default 'Sasha Blake' pieces of text to Aaron Law. I also chose to change the background colour of the website's 'Home Page' by selecting 'Change Page Background' and then going to the 'Colour' section. I wanted to make this website my own, so in order to do this, I clicked the 'Media...

Mock Interviews: A Mock Interview is a practice interview/a simulation of a real interview. Mock Interviews are very important as they act as experience and help you to develop the skills that you require for real interviews. With the more practice you have, the more confidence you will have in real interview settings in the future.   Channel 4:  The client for my mock interview is Channel 4, therefore it was necessary for me to conduct research into this company in order to gain a better understanding of it. Channel 4 ,  founded November 2nd 1982, i s a British free-to-air public service television network.  Its headquarters are in London, with a National HQ in Leeds and creative hubs in Glasgow and Bristol.  Channel 4's target demographic are those between ages 16 and 34, appealing to all genders and ethnic backgrounds. The company priorities equality and diversity, aiming to appeal to people regardless of their  culture, nationality, religious ...

A Digital Profile is your first impression as it establishes your online reputation. It contains a brief run down of someone's characteristics and may even be considered more important than a CV. When constructing a Digital Profile for yourself, you need to be sure that it portrays you in a light that you would wish to be seen by the likes of potential future employers, clients ect. This is an example of an effective Digital Profile. As you can see, the profile features the owner's name at the top of the profile under a professional looking, high quality photo of themselves. This is necessary to suggest that they offer top tier services. Their name is also positioned front and centre in the middle of the screen, making this one of the first parts of the profile that the viewer will see. The Profile also features her place of work "University of Michigan", which is a public research University based in Ann Arbor, Michigan and as well as the fact that she is also based...

  CV: A CV stands for Curriculum Vitae and is a short written summary of someone's qualifications, career and education. A CV is important because the better someone's CV is, the higher chance of success they'll have with employment. It is very necessary to have good practice in CV writing because this will mean you are more likely to produce an acceptable CV and therefore, significantly increase your chances of job opportunities in the future.   Researching into CVs: Before creating my CV I researched into existing CVs, particularly those from existing practitioners within the Media Industry. Here is an example of one: The first thing that I noticed about this CV which I believe makes it effective is the layout. This CV features a neatly condensed layout in an easy to read format. It is clearly segmented under 3 separate headings which consist of 'Professional Profile', 'Core Skills' and 'Career Summary'. It is also worthy to mention that the top of...