Advertising

. £6.2 Billion a year

. 13,000 companies

. 250,000 employees

. Mainly based in London

. Relies on customer service

. Communication

. Long hours

. Creative thinking

. Analytical thinking

. Extremely competitive

. Video

Animation

. Over 4000 people in the UK work in animation

. Most are freelance

. Small sector growing in popularity

. Labour intensive and time consuming

. Good project management

. Good team skills

. Need to be highly skilled and specialised

Film

. Most people start off as runners

. Accounts, Art Department, Camera, Casting, Catering, Construction, Costume, Direction, Distribution,Editing & Post Production, Exhibition ･Hair and Make-Up, Health and Safety ･Lighting, Locations, Music, Performing, Post Production Sound, Production Sound, Production Office, Props, Publicity / Stills, Script, Transport

. Long hours

. Many people are freelance

. Creative

. Organised

. Video

Interactive Media

. Includes gaming, social networking, web design etc…

. Highly skilled

. Design elements

. Technical elements

. Hybrid skills

. Video

Radio

. Presenter

. Researcher

. Producer

. Engineer

. Marketing / sales

. Have to be very organised

. Disciplined

. Need to deal with new information quickly

. Accuracy and punctuality

. Video

TV

. Most people start off as runners

. Make contacts

. Long hours

. Communication skills

. Creative

. Organised

. Good leadership skills

. Management skills

. Flexible

. Video

Presentation TaskIn pairs, you are going to look at the roles within the television industry, from the list below:

-Camera Operator

-Runner

-Gaffer

-Researcher

-Boom Operator

-Art Director

. You must pay particular attention to the culture within that job role

. What is it like to work in your chosen role?

. You need to consider routes into the industry and also how to progress within the industry

. Your presentation should last no longer than 5 minutes

. Be prepared to answer any questions on your chosen role

. Starting point: www.skillset.org

Challenging Behaviours Task

. Each of you will be given a sheet of paper documenting 6 scenarios

. They all involve some sort of challenging behaviour

. Once you have read the scenarios, answer the questions on the ‘Challenging Behaviours: Answer Sheet’

. You will then make up your own scenario in which some challenging behaviour takes place

. You will swap your own scenario with someone else in the class and they will fill out the answer sheet for your own

personal scenario

. You will also receive a scenario - read through this and fill in the answer sheet for it

. Helpful link: www.coachingcity.co.uk

Who To Inform

. Superiors

. Supervisors

. Managers

. HR

. Unions

. Charities and activists

. Health & Safety Executive (HSE)

. Police