Doug at work!
Internships can be an extremely good place to start.
I am a producer creating promos, commercials, competitions and short form content for the kids’ channels Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Cartoonito.
Doug’s latest showreel:
All graduates are warmly invited to the School of Media degree show on Friday 27 May 2011, a day of celebration of our final year students’ work in film, radio, design, digital, screenwriting, photography and multi-camera work.
Trailer produced by George Precious, Rob Egan helped by Harry Corden – Logo Animation by Josh Sharp. MUSIC kindly supplied by Deep East Music Continue reading
Hannah Cook
LSM student Hannah Cook has just completed a six-week work placement in London with The Bureau Film Company working on “The Comedian”, a feature film debut by writer/director Tom Shkolnik starring Edward Hogg.
Paul Stainthorp has just notified this interesting post. Closing date is 23 May 2011.
Details.
George Horne
I know people who’ve swept floors, blown up balloons and bought everyone’s lunch at some studios, for no pay and little respect. Honestly, some internships are nothing short of slave labour and unpaid internships should be made illegal.
Tracey Marsh
How many people do you know who are being paid to do exactly what they studied at Uni? And who wants a repetitive, boring old 9 to 5 job anyway!?
Tom Ridgewell, AKA TomSka, is quoted on the BBC Newsbeat website as making between £3,500 and £7,000 a month on YouTube. Could he be our first alumnus donor next year? Check out the story and Tom’s top tips for success.
Click on the photo to see Dani in Runaway – Martina Cole’s new crime series on Sky. (Sorry about the ads). Dani is in episode 2 – “Cathy Fights Back,” repeated this Wednesday at 11 p.m.
Marcella spotted this web page which could be useful if you are trying to find film jobs in London.
“Fresh out of school/uni/a wildly different career? It’s hard getting onto the lower rungs of the film/TV ladder, and it can be difficult to know where to look for jobs. Well, worry no more, we have a near comprehensive list of jobsites, message boards and more.”
Serious study
Students across all levels from BA(Hons) Animation and BA (Hons) Media Production united last month to attend a 6 day tour visiting the US movie town of Los Angeles.
Check out the photos on the LSAD school blog.