Editor

Afua Adom

What is their job?

Editor

Who do they work for?

Pride magazine

What skills and qualifications did they need?

You will need good writing skills, organization skills, be able to meet deadlines, be a people person and have a degree in journalism.

How are they contracted?

They work on shift work.

What courses(college and university) are available to get the required skills for the job?

You can do a BTEC Level 1, 2, 3 in media. You can also do a degree in magazine journalism or journalism studies.

what transferable skills are required?

You will be able to meet deadlines, writing your own material, communications skills and good listening skills.

How were they recruited for their current role?

They got to their current job by networking mainly.

Animator

Angus McLane

What is their job?

Animator.

Who do they work for?

He works for Pixar

What skills and qualifications did they need?

You need an animation related degree, creativity, imagination, communication, presentation and knowledge of full motion film.

How are they contracted?

Angus started out as a freelance animator but is now working full-time.

What courses(college and university) are available to get the required skills for the job?

You will need an interactive media BTEC and you can also attend The National Center for Computer animation in Bournemouth.

What transferable skills are required?

You will gain communication skills as well as working with in a team. Organization skills and working to deadlines are also some transferable skills that you will gain from this job.

How were they recruited for their current role?

He was recruited through universities, colleges and through getting yourself know by sending out show reels. Perseverance was also a big way in getting recruited to their current role.

Freelance Photographer

Paul Harries

What is their job?

They are a freelance photographer.

Who do they work for?

They work for a range of different companies, one if which is Kerrang! magazine.

What skills and qualifications did they need?

to be a successful freelancer you must be multi-skilled and very pro-active. Being a freelancer is like being a small business and as such you must be able to manage your own finances, undertaking your own research, marketing and administrations. As well as actually doing the job.

How are they contracted?

They are a freelance photographer, so they are self-employed and take contracts for different employers.

What courses(college and university) are available to get the required skills for the job?

you can do a Level 1, 2, 3 or 4HND in media at college. You can also attend a photography university, one of which is Falmouth University.

what transferable skills are required?

Communication skills and understanding of cameras and camera equipment.

How were they recruited for their current role?

They were recruited through networking and by getting their work noticed in magazines or online.

What kind of jobs are available?

Professional working services are rules and guidelines that employees and companies need to follow in order for them not to offend, harm or mislead members of the public in any way. They could be offended a number of different ways including racially or religiously.

Here are three examples of professional working services that the BBC have to abide by:

Nudity before the watershed is not allowed unless it is portrayed accurately and must be justified by the context. Nudity can offend people when it is showed pre-watershed if it is used in a promotional way but has no reason being used.

Drugs and substance abuse can not be shown in programmes made specifically for children, unless it is justified by and editor. This rule goes the same for alcohol and smoking.

Swearing before the watershed depends on the speaker, the words and the context. You can offend a large range of different people by using different words, including racial abuse and a range of swear words.

Technical jobs are all to do with setting up and operating the equipment, making sure all stages of production are carried out to the quality level required.

Lighting Technician – The lighting technician is in charge or the lights and making sure that they are all set up correctly and are working ready for use. The contract for this job is usually always freelance, the pay will depend on the job, however the average is around £30,000 a year. An example of a lighting technician is Jolien Lugrin, who has worked on Thunderbirds.

Camera Operator – The camera operator is in charge of making sure that they set up the camera properly and use the right lenses/angles for the shooting. They are also responsible for the movement of the cameras. Camera operators usually work on a freelance contract making around £60,000 a year. An example of a camera operator is Jimmy Elliot, who has worked for Thunderbirds.

Sound Technician – The sound technician is responsible for making sure the equipment is all set up ready for the production and making sure that the sound is being recorded properly, and that it’s clear. They will work on a full-time contract most of the time, with a pay of around £30,000 a year. An example of a sound technician is Timothy Patrick Salmon who has worked on Scary Movie.

Creative jobs are about thinking of initial ideas, researching them in order to find out if they work, getting additional information and writing complete scripts or articles.

Model Maker –  People who work in this job must be able to work with a few different types of equipment and materials. They will be told by the person who has asked them to produce the product  exactly what they want and work with them try to create the model as best as they can and as close to what they had visualized  They work by a freelance contract and earn around £30,000 a year. An example of a model maker is John Brown who has worked for Thunderbirds.

Associate Art Director – Associate art directors are responsible for making sure that the sets, wardrobe and location are all setup and ready for shooting. Their contract is usually freelance, however sometimes id they work for a huge company it can be full-time. They earn around £50,000 a year. An example of an associate art director is Skip Morgan who has worked on Duck Tales.

Editorial jobs include choosing between ideas, commissioning the most promising ones and rejecting others, doing pre-production work including research and planning.

Script Editor – The script editor has to make sure the script is ready to be sent out to whoever needs one for the production. If they need some help deciding on a decision they will get some more writers in to help them make the decision. They’re usually freelance and earn around £70,000 a year. An example of a script editor is Alan Patillo who has worked on Thunderbirds.

Story Editor – The story editor will check over the story, working close with the writers to make sure that the continuity is right and they are usually full-time contracts. They get paid around £40,000 a year. An example of a story editor is Tedd Anasti who has worked on Duck Tales.

Managerial jobs entail leading teams of people in order to get the best out o them and try to produce the best media products for their audiences.

Director Of Photography – This job entails making sure that the camera and lights are set up right, with the right lenses and filters(if they’re being used). The director will tell them what to do and they will have to try to make what they have been told to do, happen. They work a full-time contract and their pay will depend on the production, but on average it will be between £40,000 – £80,000. AN example of a director of photography is Francis Kenny who worked on Scary Movie.

Production manager – The production manager will have to keep an eye on all departments to make sure everything is running smoothly and as it should be. They make sure that everyone meets their deadlines, stays on budget and they work very closely with the heads of all the departments to do this. They are usually on a freelance contract, and get paid around £40,000 – £80,000 a year. An example of a production manager is Barry Waldman, who has worked on the film Domino.

Financial – Financial jobs are all about keeping records and accounts, making sure that people and suppliers are paid and collecting income earned from sales and advertising.

How the Creative Media Sector Is Structured

The BBC is structured into several different sections, these sections include:

• Trust Unit
• Content
• Professional Services
• Fiance
• Commercial Groups

The Trust Unit

The trust unit is the department that runs all of the BBC it makes everything go smoothly and make sure things happen when things are supposed to happen. The main office for the trust unit is in central London in Greats Portland Street. However they have small teams around the country, in places such as:

• Birmingham(Mailbox)
• Belfast(Broadcasting House)
• Glasgow(Pacific Quay)
• Cardiff(Broadcasting House)

The Trust Unit is made up of the director who is Nicholas Kroll and five teams. This Unit is separated from the rest of the BBC to protect their independence, if you work for the Trust Unit then you report to the Chairman and Trustees and not a BBC Executive.

Content

This sector is all about what goes into their different companies or products eg, TV shows(BBC 1, BBC 2, BBC HD etc), radio shows(BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio Northampton etc), news(BBC News), iPlayer. The different parts of this sector are:

• Journalism(including national and international news and sport) BBC news.
• Vision(incorporates all TV production) BBC 1.
• audio and Music(incorporates all radio production, music, commissioning and BBC Radio Resources) BBC Radio 1.
• Future Media and Technology(incorporates new media, information and archives) BBC iPlayer.

Professional Services

Professional services is all about strategy(formerly Strategy and Distribution but is merged with policy and Legal) Marketing, Communications and Audiences. This part of the BBC also deals with the Finance: buying and selling, and renting out equipment to other companies so that they can use them. Human Resources and Communications is about the employees and their own welfare, like helping them with personal things. BBC Training and Development is the training and developing on the staff and helping them do their work better to improve.

Public service broadcasting is TV and Radio that is funded by an official, and has no adverts that advertise products that aren’t owned by them because it is not funded by them, unlike Commercial Broadcasting.

Commercial broadcasting is TV funded by the adverts on the channels, and contains adverts on the radio and TV.

Some public service broadcasting channels would be: BBC, Channel 4 and BBC HD,

Some commercial broadcasting channels would be: Comedy Central, MTV and FOX.

The TV industry is funded in a few different ways, one being the money the commercial broadcasting channels get from the advertisement and another from the License fee which is a certain amount of money, £145.50 yearly or £11-£12 monthly and the government collects all of the license fee money, which comes to roughly £3.65 billion,  and gives the BBC a lump sum of that money. Some program-mes can be sold across the world such as The Meekest Link and X-Factor, channels can also be sold worldwide for example, BBC Worldwide. Merchandise can also be sold to anywhere, some examples are The Weakest Link board game and Top Gear magazine. One way that the TV industry can make a lot of money is by competitions, in which they show the audience an expensive prize and then ask them an extremely easy question so that they can win the prize. The way the TV industry benefit from this is by using a premium rate number which would cost the participant £1 and over and because the question is very easy more people will text/call in to try to win the prize and this way the TV industry can make a very large profit. This concept also works with reality TV shows such as, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! and Big Brother.

Outline Of Six Media Sectors

WEB

Facebook, founded in 2003 by Mark Zuckerberg – Instagram.

Microsoft, founded by Bill Gates, Paul Allen in 1945, – Xbox, Hotmail, Msn, Bing founded by Steve Ballmer in 2009.

Yahoo!,founded in 1994 by Jerry Yang and Dand Filo – Yahoo! mail, Yahoo! finance, Yahoo! news, Yahoo! directory, Yahoo! answers.

Twitter, founded by Jack Dorsey in 2006.

Tumblr, founded in 2007 by David Karp.

Google, founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1996 – AOL, Chrome

YouTube, owned by Google, created by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jared Karim in 2005.

PayPal, created by Max Levchin and Peter Thiel in 1989, runs with eBay, created by Pierre Omidyar in 1995

FILM

Warner Bros – Dirty Harry, The Matrix, Gremlins, Yogi Bear.

Columbiapictures – Men In Black, Bad Boys, Spider Man, Michael Jackson, this is it.

Disney – Lion King, Aladdin, Mary Poppins, Tron. – Disney also now own Lucas Arts – star wars.

New Live Cinema – The Mask, Se7en, Rush Hour, Blade.

Universal films – The Mummy, Jaws, Jurassic Park, E.T.

Dreamworks SKG – Catch Me If You Can.

Dreamworks Animarion – Shrek, Madagascar.

20th Century Fox – Die Hard, Predator, Aliens, X-Men

Paramount – The Godfather Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Forrest Gump.

RADIO

Virgin, founded in 2001, owned by virgin which was created by Richard Branson.

UBC – founded in 1989 by Simon Cole

Disney Radio, owned by Walt Disney, founded in 1996. This station is more popular in America than in great Britain.

Bauer Radio – founded in 2005, the biggest radio company, and a very big print company too.

BBC Radio, founded in 1927 and is a worldwide station.

Milestone, founded in 1988

In Media, founded in 2005 owned by Kingston.

TV

ITV – Launched in 22nd September 1955, chairman is Aechie Nerman Ceo is Adam Crozier. ITV , ITV 2, ITV 4, ITV news, ITV sport, ITV weather, ITV HD, CITV

Channel Four Television Corporation – Film 4, E4, 4 Music, “+1 channels”, Channel 4, 4Seven.

Viacom International Media Networks – VIVA, Comedy Central, MTV.

SKY – Sky1, Sky2, Sky News, Sky Sports, Sky Plus HD,

BBC – BBC News, BBC Parliament, BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4. – founded 18 October 1922 by John Reith and George Villers, Chris Pattern is the chairman, Tim Davie is the Active Director.

PRINT

Bauer Media Group, founded in 1875. – Zoo, FHM, Rail, Heat Magazine, Empire, Garden News.

Conde Nast UK, founded in 1909 by Chats Townsend. – Vogue, GQ, Love, Brides, Easy Living, Wired, House and Garden.

News International , founded in 1981 owned by Rupert Murdock.  John Withrow, working editor since 1994.

National Magazine Company, founded in 1910. – Bazaar, Elle, House Beautiful, All About you Now, Best, Country Living, Net Doctor, All About Soap, Digital Spy, Revil.

MUSIC

EMI Records, founded in 1972 owned by Universal Music Group.

Virgin Records, founded in 1972 by Richards Branson, Simon Draper and Nick Powell. Owned by Universal Music Group

Spotify

Smart Sound

Universal Music Operations

Soundcloud

Ministry of Sound, founded in 1991 by Lewis Hutchin, James Pollumbo is the chairman.

Vevo