The type of media sector that I would like to work for is film, and the type of jobs that I am interested in are an editor and cameraman. The type of film companies that would do these jobs are Pinewood studios, 21st Century Fox etc.


There is a job happening in Berkhamsted, and the job that they are offering is a video editor and cameraman and they pay the worker £200-£400 a day. They offer you a contract will. The experience that they are looking for are 2 years of video editing, 2 years of camera operator, 2 years video production, 2 years of videography. The job is a full time job as it is a contract and they say they work from 08:00am-18:00am.


Responsibilities:

• The responsibilities that they expect you to do are delivering a basic camera using tutorials, within a media simulation, to complete novices from various large companies from around the world.
• Would be able to effectively troubleshoot any issues across a wide variety of prosumer cameras.
• Able to working in the business individuals on a simulation days to help create and develop at speed, basic edits that have storyboarded, and will use within a final presentation.
• Able to effectively troubleshoot any issues with adobe premiere pro.

Skills, experience and grades:

• They will expect a qualified degree and are proven to be experience in the film and TV industry.
• To have an experienced in using a wide variety of cameras from consumer to a professional level.
• Experienced with adobe premiere either CC or CS6.
• Comfortable working in an high paced environment.
• Effective communicator and patience when working with large groups.
• They want to have some knowledge of after effects in CC and CS6.

They expect these skills and experience is because they are very strict about there job and want to have the best people to work in the company for them, and they expect for the work to be done perfectly and properly and they expect that they can trust the people on what they are doing and trusting them that they can work independently all the time.

In Pinewood studios they offer many different variety of jobs in the UK. The types of jobs that they offer are:

• marketing manager
• Communications manager
• Group grounds operative
• Assistant stages and facilities manager
• Stages and facilities coordinator
• TV CO ordinator
•  Front of house receptionist
• Accountant assistant

At the moment none of these jobs are available yet as they have enough workers and don't need any more employers.


Job opportunities in the film industry
Cameraman
Cameraman job is to record footages and images for films, television, commercials and music videos. what they also do is to set up equipment, plan shits and they sort out technical and lightning issues. The camera people need to have a good practical skills and can visualise shots and need to have a keen interest in moving images and photography.


These are the sort of jobs that cameramen do:

• Set up and position camera equipment
• Choose the most suitable lenses and camera angles
• Plan and rehearse shots
• Follow a camera script and take cues from the director, or floor manager if in a TV studio
• Solve any practical or technical problems that pop up
• Work closely with other technical departments such as lightning and sound

As a cameraman the work hours depend as the Film and TV industry inspect you to have flexible hours. They will always expect you to work over hours and also to work at different locations and to work overseas, working at night shifts. If you were to become a news cameraman then sometimes they might ask you to work in dangerous environment such as in a war zone.


The income you could get depends on how much work you do and depends where you travel to and what sort of footages of images you've collected on the camera.


The entry requirements they expect to see you have gain are:

• Level 2 diploma in creative media production and technology
• Level 3 certificate/diploma in media techniques
• level 3/4 diploma in creative media production
• degrees in media production, media technology or photography

The qualifications you could gain are:

• Level 2 (NVQ) diploma in professional competence for crane technicians
• Level 3 (NVQ) diploma in professional competence for advanced grips

These re the skills and the qualities that you will need to become a cameraman:

• Good practical skills and knowledge of camera equipment
• An interest in photography, film and digital video
• Good communication and people skills
• The ability to carry out instructions accurately and with attention to detail
• Good colour vision
• Calmness under pressure
• The ability to work as part of a team
•  Patience and concentration
• good levels of stamina, for holding and moving camera equipment and working long hours.

Editor
As an video editor you need to bring together pictures and to sound to produce a piece for film or television that is ready to be shown on the screen.

The work activities that you'll be doing as an editor will be:

• Agreeing a finished look for the final footage with the director
• Transferring film or video's footage to the computer
• Checking the footage and deciding which shots to keep and which to cut out
• Cutting and joining shots using editing software for example adobe premiere
• Keeping a clear idea of the storyline, even though you may be editing scenes out of sequence
• Creating a rough cut from the chosen material
• Digitally improving picture quality
• Using computer software to add titles, graphics, sound and any visual effects
• Putting all the elements together, in order, for the final version
• creating dvd's or formatting footage for streaming online

To become an editor you will need to work between to 30-40 hours a week and you may need to work over time which could be up to 50-60 hours a week. There could even be days where the editor will need to work overnight and have the room booked to do some editing work.

The income you could be earning up to is £18,000 a year, but with more experience you could be earning up to £20,000 to £35,000, but you could become an senior editor which work on a large scale of film projects they could earn up to £37,000.

The entry requirements you need to have are:

• Level 1 award in using mixed media techniques
• Level 3
•  certificate/diploma in creative media production
• Level 4 HNC diploma in creative media production

Director
What a director does is being responsible for translating the film script into actual images and sound onto the big screen. When directors are directing during production they make decisions such as picking the cast members, choosing the locations, picking the right equipment for the production. They also direct the rehearsal such as telling the actors on how to act and how they should dress up and the directors are also in charge of the set on how the set is going to be set up and how they want the background to look like and where they want to go and take some footages of the actors.

Directors are also in charge of the lightning of the set, the camera position and angles, sound and special effects for the film etc.

This is the stuff that they want to see from a director:

• Have exceptional artistic vision and creative skills
• Have unerring commitment
• They need to have passion for filmmaking
• They need to be strong and confident leader
• Making decisions
• Delegate and collaborate with others
• Have excellent communications and interpersonal skills
• Inspire and motivate the team so they feel happy about doing the work properly for the director
• They need to have an extensive understanding of the entire filmmaking process, from both technical and creative points of view
• Able to work long hours
• Need to pay attention to the detail
• Need to keep calm at all times and need to thin clearly under pressure
• Need to have a great self-belief
• Need to be determined to get the the work done and be able to succeed

To become a director you will need these qualifications to become a director. The qualifications are:

• Need to have a lot of of experience working for the TV industry and the film industry
• Able to understand a depth understanding of the production process
• Had experience of being an assistant director or a floor manager

They would also like the director to have learnt or went to schools such as:

• Film schools
• Regional screen agencies
• Specialist private training companies
• Directors guild of Great Britain

The income depends on how much you have done or whether you're film was successful on the big screen and got money from the film that the directors have made. The directors job will be full-time so it depends how much you work. So it could 30-40 hours a week, or maybe even more as the director will need to work over time to make the film a success.