Presentation of ProgressBy Neal Chauhan

Creative Platforms

Television and Film Production

I am currently in my 3rd year studying Television and Film Production.

Over my time at the university, i have learnt a lot of skills, and new equipment that are industry standard, as you can see from the videos i have created since college, the profession of the videos have been improved.

Once i have finished my time at university i will be looking for experience, and trying to get into the role that has great interest in me the most, Sound and Camera.

Industry I wish to work in:

After finishing 3 successful years at Portsmouth University. I will be heading towards Film and TV.

Hearing from other freelancers that are experienced, they aim to tell us to get experience as much as possible.

I aim to become a freelance Sound Recordist specialising in TV and Film.

Job Profile

Although, my aim is to get into freelance Sound Recordist, but i would also look into getting a secured career job.

When studying Television and Film Production, there are many job roles you can work as and it has taken me, and I'm sure everyone else aswell what job title to choose.

Job ExamplesThis is a job advertisement taken from BBC.

The role is for Sound Assistant (freelance), this is one of the roles i would love to go for when i finish my time at university.

Sound Assistants have to have technical knowledge for the operation and the maintenance of sound equipment

Have excellent hearing so that, so you know the levels of the sound when recording

They usually work in the production and post production, where they will be working under the supervision of sound supervisor.

Action Plan

Before i started University i had a lot of skills in Media Production as i had just finished a college course in Media Production TV and Film. So i have gained experience from being a all the roles in the technical side to a Producer.

My goal during my time at Portsmouth University is to complete the years of the course to my best of my ability and get the right job that i have aimed for using the experience and qualifications that i have gained during my time at Portsmouth Uni.

I will be able to attain my goal by showing how that particular task is done, how i have achieved to make the movie by showing any evidence on how i have done it. As evidence i can show the main footage, all the post and pre production work.

Career Plan - FutureIn this section I will be talking about the my future career plan. Once I finish my degree, with all the experiences and knowledge I have gained over the 3 years, I would like start of by working at some small companies, to see how it is really like working for a company. Once I get used to working conditions, then I start moving upwards and work for big companies such as BBC, ITV, Channel 4 etc.

I would also love to work in concerts doing camera work, live shows, music, sound engineer, photography etc. Every time I go to a concert I always tend to have a look at what equipment they use for each show, what kind of set up is it?

Also alongside with the job, I would like to do some freelance work, in my free time when I am not at work, just to improve the experience I have.  

Future ImprovementsUpdating your website is always important because, you let people know what you are up to and what new experiences you have. Keeping up with the latest projects and the recent projects you have created. 

In the future, at my time in University I would like to try out new products, and gain more experience in the professional industry, for future when i graduate. When I say new products, I mean visual AV mixers, new cameras, and any other equipment for filming. At the moment I am in the process of trying out a Yamaha AV visual mixer (20/02/2013). The iPad can be synced with the visual mixer and controlling the sound levels. This mixer can be used for live performances and recording music, its a 32 channel mixer.

Tumblr

Tumblr is a social networking website, where you showcase all of your work to anyone in the world (if you choose to).

Not just showcasing you can who the process of how you created the video, which is what i have done, where i have posted screenshots of me editing videos, and developing business cards. This way, if anyone is having trouble in making something similar to what i am doing, then they can have a look at my blog and it will show them how to develop it.

Tumblr is basically a diary, posting regular updates.

http://nealchauhancreativeplat.tumblr.com

LogoI had created the logo myself, using Photoshop.

On the Tumblr page i documented each step of the process in creating the logo.

This is only the first draft of the logo, there will be changes being made,which i will be posting in the blog.

Website

WebsiteMy initial design of my website was a black background with the necessary tabs to be displayed to promote myself. The proposed tabs i had in my first draft were Home, About Me, CV, Action Plan, Career Plan - Future, Career Plan - Now, Portfolio, Photography and Contact. This tabs were all for last years topic ePortfolio, where we had to create a website, with the above tabs included

Now that i am creating the website purely for the industry, will be be changes and getting rid of most of the tabs, that are needed, as people who are looking at my website would get bored.

PortfolioI believe, this is the most important page on my website, as this will promote me.

This is where most of the viewers will go to, and have a look at the videos i have been on.

The work on my Portfolio page, is all my work i have created in my final year College, and all three years in University, so viewers can see the development of the videos as the years go on.

StrengthsGood experience in Photography, Videography, Sound.

Get as much experience as possible to get noticed by employers

Time Management, always be on time, there is always time to improve your time management

I believe i have enough experience working as a team and individually

The course i am studying at the moment has given me a real though on how the real life filming making is. This is from talks we have been getting from people who are experienced and work on film sets.

Weaknesses

At this moment in time, there comes a time when you are so busy with work and you don't have time at all to keep updating your Tumblr page. This is where i need to start improving this as, and the way i am going to do this is by, keeping reminders on my phone, until i start getting used to the routine.

I always lack on research, i believe i don't do enough research, for when i am doing developments. Researching would benefit you, developing ur chosen idea, and looking into it even further.

I should try and avoid taking on more tasks i can handle. If i take on more tasks, then the quality of of the work wont be that great. If i concentrate on the tasks i can handle then the quality of the work will be there. I can spend more time on the tasks set.

OpportunitiesWell, there is a lot of opportunities available in the real world, but the positions are getting filed quite quickly, and it is quite hard to get a job that is in your area, because of the competition with everyone else that is applying for the job.

To get the a job, you need to have as much experience as possible.

Its good to have contacts in the industry. I have quite a few contacts in the industry like BBC and Sky. At the moment i am trying to get some work experience for Sky doing anything in sound.

ThreatsAfter university, i wont be able to use the equipment and resources like, camera, sound equipment, Avid, FCP. I would have to invest in getting the necessary equipment and resources to keep practising and work freelance

Whilst at university there is only much you can take on. Whilst trying to get experience, i always make sure i see how much work i get done or have left. If i know i have a lot of work to do then i wouldn't try and look for experience.

ShowreelAt the moment i haven't yet created my showreel, as i wanted to to finish all of my uni projects that will in included in the showreel.

For now i have been researching on how i can make this showreel attract potential employers that will hire me.

I want to make my showreel different, as i am going to pursue my career in sound, i should experiment different types of sound in the showreel

Showreels and Portfolios

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRBu8mrrzTo - this is someone who is in the industry, who is a Sound Recordist and Boom Operator

http://www.dianehope.com - this is an example of a Sound Recordist Portfolio, where she has displayed her pass involvement with the industry.

Business CardI have been researching different types of business cards, posted in my blog

I wanted to go for the simplest design, and make it more attractive.

This is only the first draft of my business before submitting from Tutor for any comments or changes to be made

I wanted to keep as minimal as possible as it would bore the potential customers

CV Research

My CV

My CVI want to try and get my CV to be as best as possible.

This is the first draft that i had sent to my tutor, making any comments or any changes i needed to make

At the moment my CV is 2 and a half pages long. For the industry standard or any job you are applying for CV’s are meant to be only 2 pages long

The feedback i got from was to change the layout slightly, adding my logo, changing some of the positions of the sections.

Once the corrections have been made i will be sending it back to my tutor, to have another look.

Future WorkTo complete this unit, i have to complete the following:

Finish off my website, making sure it is neat and presentable

Make my showreel, once all the university projects have been completed.

Touch up on CV, making sure it is up to date

Order business cards, once they have been finalised with my tutor

Have everything completed on the Tumblr page.