The document outlines a 5 year plan for pursuing a career in the creative media industry, specifically in photo and video editing. It discusses current efforts to develop skills through editing photos and videos as a hobby. It also outlines plans to continue developing skills, complete college courses, and enroll in a university program related to digital media production or content creation. The document proposes gaining work experience at editing studios or film studios to learn professional practices and exploring internships. It identifies needing to improve editing skills with various software and build self-confidence. The 5 year goal is to complete university and secure a job in the media industry involving film or photo editing.

1. 5 Year Plan.

2. What are you currently doing to pursue a career in your chosen field?
In the future I would love to do something in the creative media industry, hopefully editing photos and videos,
as this is what I love doing in my spare time and when at college, I love the course I am studying as it allows me
to learn new things about media and learn how I can improve m personal work outside of college.
I usually spend my spare time editing photos and thumbnails/cover photos for YouTube (examples below),
which I find relaxing as this is something I enjoy doing and would love to improve on in the future and make a
career out of it. I would love to be able to develop my skills further and become even better at editing as this is
my passion in life when I am out of college and work. I love to learn new things about editing photos and
expand my knowledge through watching YouTube tutorials and taking advice from others, when I show them
my work.

3. What do you plan to do next in the pursuit of your chosen field?
To do this I will need to continue to develop my editing skills and learn new things
as I progress in order to make my work come to the standard required to get a job
in the media editing industry. I will. Need to complete my course at college in
order to have the qualifications I need to get into university, I have the advantage
that I sat my A-levels last year, as the grades I achieved will help me get into
university.
I will need to look into university courses and develop my skills based on the
courses I think are most suited, as I will be able to prepare myself for uni and have
the skills there to help me. l will also need to ensure I try my hardest at my college
work, to ensure that I get the best grade I can possibly get, to help me progress
into uni.

4. Select at least three potential University courses that would help you further your career aims. You
should state what the course is, which university it is run by, the entry requirements and why you
think it would help you.
1. Editing & Post Production BA (Hons)-Ravensbourne University London, requires CC. I
feel this course will benefit me as it will allow me to develop my editing and media
production skills to be able to get the career in life I want to do.
2. Digital Media Production BA (Hons)- Sheffield Hallam University, requires 112 UCAS
points. I like the idea of this course as I will be able to gain skills and experience
working on live projects, which will help me develop and progress all areas of my
skills and ideas.
3. Digital Content Creation BA (Hons)- Staffordshire University, requires BBC. I feel this
course would benefit me as it would allow me to access all different areas of the
media industry and fin how my skills best fit in.

5. What type of work experience do you think you would need to help you in your future career?
How might you be able to find work experience placements? If you could pick anywhere to do
work experience, where would it be and why?
I would love to visit some sort of editing studio, to get an insight to how things work in
the professional side of the industry I want to work in, I would also like to visit a film
studio of some sort, as I feel this would really open my eyes into how things work
professionally.
I would quite like to visit a marketing company for some experience in that side of the
media, as I feel this would benefit me in many ways, as it will broaden my knowledge
to more sides of the media industry. In terms of marketing, Pick And Mix Marketing,
Poppleton often offer wok experience which I may be able to sort for myself during
half term and/or on weekends in-between my part time job.

6. What specific skills do you need to develop? There should be a mix of industry specific skills and
also personal development points. When you identify these, come up with suggestions as to how
you might make those improvements.
I will need to develop my editing of photo and film, as this plays a huge part in the
career that I am hoping to go into, to do this I will need to familiarize myself with a
range of different software that is involved in the media industry, and learn new
techniques that I can use to broaden my knowledge and skills to become better at
editing. The more I learn and practice at these things, the more I will understand
exactly how editing works and how to make the best product I can.
I also need to work on my self confidence, as this is something that holds me back a
lot of the time as I don’t ever feel anything I have done is good, and tend to put
myself down for it, despite what other people tell me. I will do this by learning more
about editing and making myself believe that my work is good.

7. In 5 years time I will…
In 5 years time, I will hopefully be at university or have just finished university,
depending on the length of my course. I will hopefully have a job in the media industry,
hopefully to do with film and photo editing. To be successful at this I will need to put my
full effort into my college work so I can get into university, and then try my hardest while
at university in order to come back with the best possible grade, and get a good job
within the media industry.
I hope to have a home, that is not still living with my parents, and to be focusing on my
career/ finding a job in the media industry if I haven’t done so already. To do this I will
need to make myself less dependant of my parents and start building up the confidence
to do things for myself independently. I will need to try my hardest to succeed in
education in order to get to this point.