Professional Practice: Placement: Final Evaluation
Where do I start? The past two weeks have been absolutely amazing working with Twenty Twenty! It has given me a real insight to how the TV industry works and just how many people it takes to create a TV Programme.
From meeting everyone in the office and being treated no differently to another employee, to working as a stand in on a pilot programme, every day has provided something new for me to learn. I feel I have overcome many challenges whilst on my placement, the biggest being working in London everyday. Just getting to the location itself was a big challenge for me as I am not the most confident in train travel or walking alone in a place as busy as London is. This was a real achievement for me and I am happy to say I'm proud of myself for going through with it. Not only that but the challenges of meeting new people with the pressure to make a good impression was tough as well. This was eased by everyone who worked with me as they were all so lovely and nothing seemed to be too much trouble for them, which meant I was able to learn so much from everyone I met.
The main part of my placement involved being a researcher. I have developed many new skills in how to effectively research and this has paid off because the hotel that I researched into was the one that ended up being chosen for their TV show. This was a huge deal for me as I feel like I can successfully say I made the most out of the tools given to me to be a researcher and that putting all of my effort into it was definitely worth while. I developed my communication skills a lot throughout my placement as I was able to liaise with people who I didn't know very well and be abel to get everything I needed to be able to do my job effectively. I found it challenging learning how to research a subject in depth, purely because I didn't initially know where to start looking or whether what I was looking at was the right thing. After some practice and help from professional researchers I managed to learn that using key words in the search bar such as "small, romantic, intimate hotels in said country" really helped to refine my searches and get me closer to what I needed to be looking for. This is definitely something I will take forward into the rest of University and also my future career.
Getting to go on the set of a pilot TV show was amazing and rewarding because I got to experience how a live set works. Although I have already been on the set of Catchphrase and also our own show that we made for our previous unit, every live show is different and this one was even better as I got to be a stand in with other industry professionals and learn how they got into the industry. One got into TV through an internship that Channel 4 provides and this is something I am going to look into further.
When I helped an Edit Assistant on my 3rd Day, I learnt so much about a new software that it has rekindled my passion for editing. Learning how to organise sound files so they can link up easily with visuals was so valuable to learn as I can take that through to other projects I am enlisted on. Not only this but learning new terminology such as B-Roll and Consolidate all helps me to improve my employability for the future.
Being able to create a trailer for Waterloo Road's Youtube channel was equally as rewarding because I got to learn new things about how to edit specifically for Youtube. This wasn't something I realised that was different to editing anything else. Creating a script for a trailer when you have no idea where to really start was also challenging but with Grace's guidance and advice I feel I could create better and stronger trailers now to what I could before.
When I created my pitch to the Ideas Development team I think was my most nervous time on my placement. Without the support of Kirsty I don't think I would have been able to gain the courage to email my pitch to Leon. Once I had, I was really pleased that I did because his feedback was brilliant. I was able to learn so much from what he had said about creating a good pitch that now this unit has ended I can research more into my idea and prepare a document to send across, formally pitching my idea. Even if the pitch comes to nothing, I will still gain a lot from the experience and learn constantly how to improve.
Overall, I can't sum up enough how amazing this experience has been and I'm so grateful to everyone I have worked with at Twenty Twenty for helping me to learn so much about how TV is created and for giving me the opportunity to go back with them for First Dates Hotel 2 in the autumn. I believe I have come a long way in my confidence since doing this two week placement and I believe in myself and my abilities more than I did before. I hope to keep this up throughout the course of my last year at Uni and carry it through into my career and hopefully it will all pay off!
Here is my feedback from Twenty Twenty:
From meeting everyone in the office and being treated no differently to another employee, to working as a stand in on a pilot programme, every day has provided something new for me to learn. I feel I have overcome many challenges whilst on my placement, the biggest being working in London everyday. Just getting to the location itself was a big challenge for me as I am not the most confident in train travel or walking alone in a place as busy as London is. This was a real achievement for me and I am happy to say I'm proud of myself for going through with it. Not only that but the challenges of meeting new people with the pressure to make a good impression was tough as well. This was eased by everyone who worked with me as they were all so lovely and nothing seemed to be too much trouble for them, which meant I was able to learn so much from everyone I met.
The main part of my placement involved being a researcher. I have developed many new skills in how to effectively research and this has paid off because the hotel that I researched into was the one that ended up being chosen for their TV show. This was a huge deal for me as I feel like I can successfully say I made the most out of the tools given to me to be a researcher and that putting all of my effort into it was definitely worth while. I developed my communication skills a lot throughout my placement as I was able to liaise with people who I didn't know very well and be abel to get everything I needed to be able to do my job effectively. I found it challenging learning how to research a subject in depth, purely because I didn't initially know where to start looking or whether what I was looking at was the right thing. After some practice and help from professional researchers I managed to learn that using key words in the search bar such as "small, romantic, intimate hotels in said country" really helped to refine my searches and get me closer to what I needed to be looking for. This is definitely something I will take forward into the rest of University and also my future career.
Getting to go on the set of a pilot TV show was amazing and rewarding because I got to experience how a live set works. Although I have already been on the set of Catchphrase and also our own show that we made for our previous unit, every live show is different and this one was even better as I got to be a stand in with other industry professionals and learn how they got into the industry. One got into TV through an internship that Channel 4 provides and this is something I am going to look into further.
When I helped an Edit Assistant on my 3rd Day, I learnt so much about a new software that it has rekindled my passion for editing. Learning how to organise sound files so they can link up easily with visuals was so valuable to learn as I can take that through to other projects I am enlisted on. Not only this but learning new terminology such as B-Roll and Consolidate all helps me to improve my employability for the future.
Being able to create a trailer for Waterloo Road's Youtube channel was equally as rewarding because I got to learn new things about how to edit specifically for Youtube. This wasn't something I realised that was different to editing anything else. Creating a script for a trailer when you have no idea where to really start was also challenging but with Grace's guidance and advice I feel I could create better and stronger trailers now to what I could before.
When I created my pitch to the Ideas Development team I think was my most nervous time on my placement. Without the support of Kirsty I don't think I would have been able to gain the courage to email my pitch to Leon. Once I had, I was really pleased that I did because his feedback was brilliant. I was able to learn so much from what he had said about creating a good pitch that now this unit has ended I can research more into my idea and prepare a document to send across, formally pitching my idea. Even if the pitch comes to nothing, I will still gain a lot from the experience and learn constantly how to improve.
Overall, I can't sum up enough how amazing this experience has been and I'm so grateful to everyone I have worked with at Twenty Twenty for helping me to learn so much about how TV is created and for giving me the opportunity to go back with them for First Dates Hotel 2 in the autumn. I believe I have come a long way in my confidence since doing this two week placement and I believe in myself and my abilities more than I did before. I hope to keep this up throughout the course of my last year at Uni and carry it through into my career and hopefully it will all pay off!
Here is my feedback from Twenty Twenty:
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