KATHERINE ALLENCreative blog and progress.

Creative Industry

• I am currently in my third, and final year of

Television and Film Production at the University

of Portsmouth

• Once I have graduated I hope to go into the

television industry. Although I am still interested

in film, television interests me more.

• In the television industry I would like to be

either a producer or floor manager.

Producer

One of the roles I am interested in, is the role of

the producer.

This role entails such things as overseeing the

production of a show or programme.

Overseeing a production includes lots of

paperwork, such as budgets and call sheets, so it

is important to be well organised for such a role.

Floor Manager

My other role I would like to be in the television

industry is a floor manager.

Being a floor manager you are in charge of all the

crew on set, making sure everyone knows what

they are doing, that everything is working and

running to time.

To be a floor manager you need certain skills

such as confidence to lead a group and an

understanding of the equipment that is being

used on set.

Tumblr Bloghttp://katherineeallen.tumblr.com/

Tumblr

I use my tumblr blog to promote my videos and

repost articles and pictures for example from the

library. I have chosen to create 2 blogs, one for

the industry and one for personal use. I decided to

do this so I would not create the wrong impression

towards possible employee’s.

For the layout of my tumblr blog I have kept it

simplistic and clean. I have done this so it is easy

to navigate around and the background, for

example is not too distracting.

Website

To accompany my tumblr I have created a website solely devoted to my work. I have

done this so it is all in one place for people to view and also a chance to show my work

off to potential employers. I am also in the process of purchasing a domain name for my

website.

http://katherine558.wix.com/showcase

Business Cards and Logos

For my business card I have

teamed up with Oliver Tubb,

who is currently in his third year

studying illustration at the

University of Portsmouth also.

The main image that I would like

to incorporate in my logo and

business cards is the caricature

of my profile. I have decided to

try and use this as it is

something you don’t see

everyday, and I hope to grab

people’s attention with it. To the

left is an example of this image.

Business Cards

This year I am Head of

Entertainment at UPSU TV, this

means I already have a business

card, although I am going to make

my own personal ones for when I

graduate. To the left, is the card I

currently have and on the next

slide are a few ideas of what I want

when I graduate.

From the card I already have it

gives me ideas what needs to be

on my next one, such as a QR

code straight to my work, my social

network links and most importantly,

several ways of getting in touch

with me,

Business card ideas

Logo

To go with my business card

I am also in the process, with

the help of Oliver of creating

a logo to appear on my

business cards, website,

social medias and more.

Here are a couple of ideas

that we have so far come up

with. At the moment they are

created from online

resources until I have

opportunity to create my own

from scratch.

Show Reel

To truly show off my skills that I have gained in the past 3 years I

am currently in the process of putting together a show reel which

I can upload to my blog, linkedIn and website. Due to other

commitments I am still in the planning stage of my show reel, so

here are some of the notes and storyboards of what I plan to do.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

• With the use of my tumble

blog, website, business card

designs and show reel I

have given myself a good

chance of promoting myself

positively for starting work in

the industry.

• The research and website /

blog building have given me

new skills which I can also

mention.

Weaknesses

• I do not have my showreel

ready to send out.

• My business cards are still

in the development stage.

• I have been busy with

other work and have not

been keeping my blog up

to date, as I had planned

ot do at the start of the

year.

To do:

• Confirm business card design and have them

made.

• Make showreel

• Keep blog and website up to date.