'How To Get A Job In The Media' Script

“How to get a job in the media industry” By Rylan Hollingworth

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SCENE 1 - THE DIFFERENT JOB ROLES/ PROFESSIONAL WORKING PRACTICES

THE PRESENTER IS SITTING IN FRONT OF A WHITE SCREEN.

PRESENTER 1 (RYLAN)

‘HELLO AND WELCOME TO ‘HOW TO GET A JOB IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY’. DURING THIS REPORT, WE WILL DISCUSS MANY SUBJECTS WHICH WILL GIVE YOU A BROADER IDEA OF JOBS IN THIS SECTOR AND CERTAIN TRAITS AND THINGS YOU WOULD NEED IN ORDER TO BE APPLICABLE FOR A JOB IN THE MEDIA.’

PRESENTER 1 (RYLAN)

‘THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT IS ‘THE DIFFERENT JOB ROLES IN MEDIA’ THERE ARE MANY FORMS OF JOB TYPES IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY, AS YOU CAN SEE (GRAPHIC ON SCREEN), THERE ARE NUMEROUS TYPES OF ROLES BASED AROUND MEDIA,FROM TECHNICAL AND EDITORIAL JOBS TO EVEN CREATIVE AND EVEN MANAGERIAL JOBS. WHEN LOOKING TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MEDIA TRADE, YOU ARE BEST DECIDING ON A CERTAIN SECTOR IN WHICH YOU ARE MOST INTERESTED IN. IT IS BEST IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A QUALIFICATION IN A SPECIFIC ROLE, GIVING YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHICH SECTOR TO PORTRAY YOURSELF IN.

PRESENTER 1 (RYLAN)

‘THE NEXT THING I AM GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT IN THIS REPORT OF ‘HOW TO GET A JOB IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY’IS ‘PROFFESIONAL JOB PRACTICES’. WHEN WORKING IN THE MEDIA TRADE, THERE ARE CERTAIN STANDARDS IN WHICH YOU MUST FOLLOW. THESE ARE CALLED THE ‘CODES OF PRACTICE’. THESE CODES HELP MEDIA EMPLOYEE’S TO KEEP WITHIN GUIDELINES OF TASTE, DECENCY AND TRUTHFULNESS. THESE GUIDELINES ARE IN PLACE BECAUSE IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY, YOU CANNOT SIMPLY SAY WHATEVER YOU LIKE OR DO WHATEVER YOU PLEASE. YOU MUST FOLLOW THESE RULES SET IN PLACE. THIS IS BECAUSE THERE ARE LEGAL RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE WHICH PREVENT YOU FROM BEING ALLOWED TO DO THESE THINGS. THERE ARE ALSO OTHER RESTRICTIONS IN WHICH YOU, AS A MEDIA PRACTITIONER WILL COME ACROSS IN YOUR TIME, IF YOU DECIDE TO CHOOSE THIS AS A CAREER OPTION, SUCH AS, COPYRIGHT AND CENSORSHIP. THEREFORE YOU MUST TAKE CARE AND ACT RESPECTFUL TO OTHER PEOPLE’S WORK AND FEELINGS.

PRESENTER 2 (LEE JOHNSON)

SCENE.2- MY POINTS THAT I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, WILL BE; SKILLS AND CONTRACTS

THE FIRST POINT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS CONTRACTS, THERE ARE MANY CONTRACTS THAT FIT INTO CERTAIN SPECIFICATIONS, LIKE THERE ARE ZERO HOUR CONTRACTS, FIXED LANCE CONTACTS AND STRINGER CONTRACTS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE VARIOUS CONTRACTS YOU MAY COME ACROSS IN YOUR FUTURE CAREERS DEPENDING ON WHAT JOB YOU CHOOSE.

ANOTHER SUBJECT I WANT TO MOVE ONTO IS HOW THESE CONTACTS WORK; SOME OF THE CONTACTS I TALKED ABOUT HAVE DIFFERENT SPECIFICATIONS LIKE A FIXED TERM CONTACT WHICH SPECIFIES.

    LAST FOR A CERTAIN LENGTH OF TIME

    ARE SET IN ADVANCE

   END WHEN A SPECIFIC TASK IS COMPLETED

     END WHEN A SPECIFIC EVENT TAKES PLACE

THEY HAVE AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT WITH A ORGANIZATION WHICH ACQUIRES WORK WHEN THE ORGANIZATION ASKS THEM TOO, IF THEY COMPLETE THE TASK THE ORGANIZATION WANTS TO DO THE COMPANY WILL END THE CONTACT OR NEGOTIATE A NEW ONE WITH THE PERSON.

ANOTHER CONTRACT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS ZERO HOUR CONTRACTS. A ZERO HOUR CONTRACT INCLUDES

THEY ARE ON CALL TO WORK WHEN YOU NEED THEM

YOU DON’T HAVE TO GIVE THEM WORK

THEY DON’T HAVE TO DO WORK WHEN ASKED

WE SEE ZERO HOUR CONTRACTS AS A DISLIKEABLE CONTRACT, THE REASON THEY ARE DISLIKEABLE ARE BECAUSE OF THE VERY LOW AMOUNT OF WORKING TIME YOU GET AND HOW THEY CALL YOU WHEN THEY NEED WORKERS, PEOPLE WHO ARE ON ZERO HOUR CONTRACTS ARE PEOPLE WHO MAYBE HAVE LOW GRADES OR STUDENTS DOING PART TIME.

THE LAST CONTRACT I WANT TO GO ON TO TALK ABOUT IS A FREELANCE CONTRACT, THIS

WHILST A CONTRACTOR WILL WORK FULL TIME FOR ONE CLIENT, OR 'EMPLOYER' ON CLIENT SITE, A FREELANCER USUALLY HAS THEIR OWN PREMISES (OR WORKS FROM HOME) AND HAS MULTIPLE CLIENTS. FREELANCERS WILL WORK ON A HOURLY BASIS AND COULD HAVE MANY DIFFERENT PIECES OF WORK ONGOING FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CLIENTS.

THE QUOTE ABOVE IS FROM “SJDA ACCOUNTANCY.CO.UK”.

FREELANCERS IS A POPULAR CONTRACT BECAUSE YOU CAN WORK FROM HOME AND DO ALL YOUR WORK FOR YOUR CUSTOMER AT HOME, SOME FREELANCERS MAYBE ASSIGNED TO A COMPANY FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS ON A CONTACT AND WHEN THEIR TASK IS COMPLETE THE CONTRACT MAYBE TERMINATED OR MAYBE RENEWED, THE REASON WHY IT’S POPULAR BECAUSE YOU’RE ALWAYS IN DEMAND AND SOMETIMES IT CAN BE REALLY QUICK AND EASY MONEY.

PRESENTER 3 (ASHLEY)

ONE OF THE MAIN PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES NEEDED FOR A ROLE IN TV IS CONFIDENCE. WITH CERTAIN ROLES INVOLVING YOU TO WORK IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA LIKE TV PRESENTER YOU WILL HAVE A CERTAIN REPUTATION THEREFORE YOU NEED CONFIDENCE TO GO OUT A PRODUCE A GOOD SHOW.

USING TV PRESENTER AS AN EXAMPLE. THIS ROLE IS PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME FROM DOING OTHER JOBS LIKE, BEING A JOURNALIST OR ANOTHER SECTOR OF THE MEDIA. NO FORMAL DEGREE IS NEEDED TO WORK IN THIS SECTOR BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO WORK EXPERIENCE FIRST BEFORE BECOMING A PRESENTER.  

A MORE DEMANDING JOB THAT IS INVOLVED IN A TV ENVIRONMENT IS BEING A CAMERA OPERATOR. USEFUL BACKGROUNDS INCLUDE MEDIA STUDIES, JOURNALISM AND MEDIA PRODUCTION. A THING THAT YOU WILL NEED TO BECOME A CAMERA OPERATOR/ CAMERAMAN IS EVIDENCE THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THE JOB, KNOW HOW TO WORK THE CAMERA AND YOU WILL NEED INTERPERSONAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS BECAUSE MORE LIKELY THAN NOT YOU WILL BE WORKING WITH MORE THAN ONE PERSON.

ONE OF MANY HIGHER UP ROLES IN TV IS TV PRODUCER. A KEY SKILL FOR THIS JOB YOU WILL HAVE TO BE A CREATIVE IN MANAGEMENT AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO COME UP WITH NEW CREATIVE IDEAS. ALSO YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE LEADERSHIP ABILITY THUS YOU WILL NEED EXPERIENCE IN ANOTHER RELATED ROLE IN MOVIE OR IN THE TV INDUSTRY.    

AN EASY WAS IN TO MOVE INTO A ROLE IN TV IN APPLY ONLINE ON JOB WEBSITES SUCH AS INDEED AND TV JOBS.COM. BEFORE THOUGH YOU DO THIS HOWEVER YOU WILL NEED TO CREATE A MEDIA CV, THIS WILL CONSISTED OF EVERY MEDIA GRADE WHICH WOULD MOST LIKELY TAKEN FROM COLLEGE AND UNI.

WAYS ON APPLYING FOR JOBS THE MORE DIRECT WAY IS TO GO ON TO THE TV CHANNELS WEBSITE E.G,

BBC

CHANNEL 4

ITV

AND APPLY THAT WAY BUT THIS IS HARDER THIS WAY TO BE FOUND BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE ARE DOING IT THIS WAY. BUT INTERN THIS MAY GET YOU WORK EXPERIENCE WHICH WILL BENEFIT YOU IN LATER LIFE WHEN YOU GO TO APPLY FOR TV JOB.