UNIT 1-Part D

Throughout the course I met many different people in the filming industry, that shared us their story on how they got to where they are and what they do in their job. I met Debbie Howard who was the Directing Mentor and she shared with us how to direct and the responsibilities that it came with while on set and sorting out a film. This made me realise how difficult being a director is and the responsibilities it comes with. I met Becky Mark-Lawson who was the Scrip Mentor, she told us about her past job which was a producer and what you had to do in production, she then shared with us how to write scripts and how they work on set. I met Daren Eagles who was the Cinematography mentor, who told us about cameras and had a workshop for us to go play around on the cameras and checking out all the different types and how you would use them. This interested me the most as it was fun using different cameras and seeing the really professional ones up close. We then did workshop in the Hallam University with Vanessa Wells who was our edit mentor who showed us how to do simple editing on Adobe Premiere and short cuts for when our editors come to edit the film. This help me with adobe premiere as I already use it for my media course for editing vlogs, some of the tips that I learnt off Vanessa have been really beneficial for my editing for my vlogs in college. Andy Beecroft came in to talk to us about DocFest which was really interesting as I didn't know anything about Docfest and this is something that I will consider going to in the future.

Here, I have been researching what courses that Hallam offer, if I choose to go into Filming after college. However I am still considering between filming and photography but they will be a camera involved!

This part of the course made me have a wider picture of what I could do after college and made me realise that there is more opportunities out there then I thought. Going to events such as DocFest is something interesting that would be great to go too. Meeting all these people that are doing what they enjoy and work hard at it, shows you can do anything if you put your heart into it.

Further research


Before coming to the BFI, I've always been interested in photography, so this would be a path that I also want to consider or maybe do both at University. By doing BFI, this has gave me more of a inside to the filming industry and what it has to offer. I like working with cameras and wanting the perfect shot.

I searched media universities and this league table appeared of the best Universities in the UK, as I want to go one of the best universities, to get the best grades.

I then went into further research of the University of Warick and went on there website. I then found out that they don't do photography also.

I then went into further research to find Universities that do Photography. I came across University of Roehampton which I then went onto searching the website..

I went onto the website, that I then found out that the University does film as well as photography which would be ideal for me to make my career choice.

 I then clicked on both of the courses to see what they had to offer and found out that there courses seem ideal to me. This is a place that I will consider when choosing my University, next year.