This unit introduces students to various roles and career opportunities in the creative media production industry. Students will research options and plan their own career development. The unit focuses on understanding industry progression, necessary skills, and professional practices. Assessment involves career planning assignments and a production journal reflecting on skills and development over the year. Students will evaluate their work, time management, skills, collaboration, and complete an action plan to focus on for the next year.

1. Unit 3: Introduction to
Professional Practice
Job Roles and
Working in the Creative MediaProduction Industry

2. Introduction to
Professional Practice
• Unit 3 is designed to introduce the variety of roles,
responsibilities, employment and progression opportunities
available in this sector, Media Production.
• As such you will be investigating your own options, methods of
work and planning for the future.
• Assessmentin this unit is from set assignments and the
cumulative production journal at the end of the year.
• It is therefore important that you not only track the process of
how you have worked in each project, but also how you have
developed over the year

3. Assessment criteria/Task List
1. Understand progression
opportunities within the
creative media sector.
1.1 Locate, access and use
information to support
own development.
- Illustrated sector guide
- Practitioner research file
- Five Year Plan
2. Understand the skills
needed to pursuea career
in the creative media
sector.
2.1 Critically evaluate a range
of working practices and
methods.
- Music Video Process Log
- End of Year Review
2.2 Apply knowledgeof
working practices to
supportown
development.
- Music Video Process Log
- End of Year Review
3. Be able to carry outroles
and responsibilities
consistentwith
professionalpractice.
3.1 Organiseself and work
to meet deadlines and
targets.
- End of Year 1 review
3.2 Demonstrate
consideration and
professionalismin working
with others.
- End of Year 1 review

4. Task 1: Illustrated Sector Guide [1.1]
Research a sector of the industry that you are interested in working in [e.g. film
production,TV, radio,graphic design, etc]. Use the information you find to produce an
illustratedguide to that sector. Include facts about employment, skills needed,
workforce information, etc.
Task 2: Practitioner ResearchFile [1.1]
Within your chosen sector identify someone who is a notablepractitionerand produce
a fact file about them. Research their journey to where they are now; look at
education,experience, skillset and look for insightful quotesabout them and by them
to builda picture of who they are and how they work.
Task 3: Five Year Plan [1.1]
Produce a plan taking into account where you are now, what you will need to do next
and how to go about that in the next 5 years. Outline educationalrequirements
[college, University, courses, etc], experience you will need/would like to gain and
personal developmentthat will be necessary to you in your future plans.

5. Task 4: Music Video ProcessLog [2.1, 2.2]
Complete the Music Video Process Log to evidence how you worked technicallyduring
the Music Video productionphase. Screenshot and explainhow you managed to get
your productionfinalised.
Task 5: End of Year Review [2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2]
Produce an end of year review lookingat how you have worked across the year,
considering each stage of production,which productionshaveworked/not worked,
how you have managed your time, what skills you have developed,how you have
worked with others and how you organisedyour time, resources and equipment
throughout the year. You should then produce an action plan for Year 2 selecting 5 key
areas you wish to focus on to develop further.

6. Illustrated Sector Guide

7. Task 1: Illustrated Sector Guide [1.1]
Research a sector of the industry that you are interested in working in [e.g.
film production,TV, radio,graphic design, etc]. Use the information you find to
produce an illustratedguide to that sector. Include facts about employment,
skillsneeded, workforce information, etc.

8. What we want from you is research in to the part of the media industry that you are
most interested in. That could be films, magazines, video games, television,
journalism…whatever you are interestedin.
Find out about that industry. What jobs roles are available?What skills do people
need to work in that industry? What level of educationis needed? How diverse, or
not, is the industry?
We want some good facts and figures that you can take and then use in your
illustratedguide.
Write down the information that you find, and keep a record of where you found it.
It’s best to get lots of research, and then pick the most useful informationfrom that.

9. When making your illustratedguide, think carefully about all the elements
involved.
A good guide will have:
• Concise information
• Consistent image style
• Clear, consistenttypography
• A coherent colour scheme
All of these elements need to work together to create your guide.

10. (put your industry guide here)

11. Practitioner Research

12. Task 2: Practitioner ResearchFile [1.1]
Within your chosen sector identify someone who is a notablepractitionerand produce
a fact file about them. Research their journey to where they are now; look at
education,experience, skillset and look for insightful quotesabout them and by them
to builda picture of who they are and how they work.

13. What we want from you is research a specific person that works in the part of the industry
you made your illustratedguide for. Focus on those involvedin the production of media,
rather than people who just appearin it.
Find out as much as you can about them, to help you produce your fact file.
We want to know what their educationwas like, what experience they haveand what skills
they have. Find quotes about them. Read about them. Get a good picture of who they are
and how they got to where they are.
Write down the information that you find, and keep a record of where you found it. It’s best
to get lots of research, and then pick the most useful information from that.

14. When making a fact file, think carefullyabout all the elements involved.
A good fact file will have:
• Concise and relevantinformation
• Quotes about the practitioner
• Information on their work and achievements
• Background on how they got in to the industry
• What insight you have taken from this that can help you in your
development?
This informationcan be presented with graphics, typographyand a colour
scheme.

15. Edgar Wright
EdgarWright is a British filmmaker, writer, and producer. He has gained high esteemover his carrer, currently with six fearture films under
his belt.
He has been nominated for three BAFTA's, two of which were for his show 'Spaced' where he met Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who he went
onto work with in three very successful feature films collectivley known as the 'Cornetto trilogy' (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The Worlds
End). Pegg also collabrated on the script writing with Wright. How did he become so successful and highly acclaimed with critics and fellow
filmmakers in the industry?
Education
Wright wasn't born into a rich family or one that has ties to Hollywood, he had to work his way up. Wright attened Arts University
Bournemouth however, he didn't take the film course. Reason being, he was denied- twice! He studied a National Diploma in Audio-Visual
Design. At Bournemouth he learned important skills of editing, even cutting togther his version of Sam Rami's 'Evil Dead'. The reason why
Wright was rejected by the film course is that he was too young. He was egar to get started and land as a director, which is something I can
idenifiy with. Wright explaining the process: "The second time they told me to go away, work in the industry for five years then come back.
Back then, you had to go onto the course under a specific skill. So I was applying to be a director, at the age of 18. They’d always say you’re
too young."
Once he left Bournemouth, he went onto to make his first feature filmin the summer of his departure. The film is called 'A Fist Full of
Fingers' with a budget of 10 grand from a local businessman and the help of his friends Wright got the film to be shown at the Prince Charles
cinema in London, where he still supports now. The film was met with a few reviews, mostly bad, but not so bad that people didn't see it.
Starting up his Career
To edit his first feature film, Wright moved to London where it all changed for him. He got friendly with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, who
were on the stand-up scene at the time. Walliams was friends with Simon Pegg, so naturally Wright got friendly with Pegg as well,
discovering they both had the same senese of humour. All of this was excellent timing as when Wrights film premired Walliams and Lucas
went to see it and recommended Wright to direct their first TV Show which was on the Paramount TV channel. Wright was only 21 at this
point. The next TV Show he did on the same channel had Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes in it, and that eventually led to 'Spaced'. Wright says
in an interview "It was all about timing and luck, tenacity and talent as well, I guess."
Spaced was a big hit earning Wright two BAFTA nominations. Once 'Spaced' had finished airing Wright and Pegg got to work on 'Shaun of the
Dead'.

16. Insight Taken
From researching EdgarWright a world famouscritically aclaimeddirector, who grew up
on the south coast of England it's helped me understandthat I can't jump into the
industry as a direcor. I've got to be patient.Everything happensfor a reason so if I get
rejected that doesn't mean I can't achievewhat Wright has achieved.Another thing is to
meet people, if Wright didn't meet Walliamsand Lucas, he may never have gotten that TV
gig, then never met Pegg who he's made 3 incredibleysuccessful films with.

17. 5 Year Plan.

18. What are you currently doing to pursue a careerin yourchosen field?
I am studying creative media production at level 3 at York College. It is a 2-year course. Within
those 2-years I hope to achieve a high level in my course and submit a short film into film
festivals, to hopefully get accepted into some. This will gain me more attention and will look
good on my CV when applying to universities.

19. What do you plan to do next in the pursuit of yourchosen field?

20. Select at least three potential University courses that would help you furtheryourcareer 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) Salford University – Film Production (Undergraduate)entry requirements: English language and maths grade
C/level4 or higher. BTEC Extended diploma DMM – DDM. Salford university is located in media city where the
BBC is based and many otherTV and Film companies. This will help me establish contacts and a possible job
after uni.
The course itself sounds excellent, just what I'm looking for. It will help me cement the skills I need to go into
the industry.
2) New York Academy (LA Campus) - Filmmaking. Since this is an American schoolone challenge is to naviagte
the website to find out the entry requirement equivilet to UK likewise with the course type. This is one of the
best film universities in the world and the LA campus is the best. With access to Warner bros and Universal back
lots. It is in the heart of the American film industry (Hollywood) which could land me a job and gain
valuable contacts.
3) University of Leeds– Film, Photographyand Media (Undergraduate) entry requiments: GCSE standard, BTEC:
DDD. The course has a great balance of photogrphy and film work. Having a good working knowledge of
phtotgrphy is very valubale with transferable skills forcompsison and framing. Leeds university is ranked as one
fo the best in the world.

21. What type of work experience do you think you would need to help you in yourfuture 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?
A film set, the easiest way to get work experience on a film set is a runner which is something I hope to get the
opportunity to do. I will understand how a set works which is extramley important, see how the talent in front
and behind the camera work as well. I can make contacts,which will prove useful.

22. 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 would like to bulid upon my skill of cinematography in particularlighting. Composing a dynamic imag eis
something I strive for. Where to put the light, what colour, why? How bright? Which othercolour to make it
more interesting? And when to move the camera- should movemt be motivated by the story?Scene?
Atmosphere? Style? This skill must be concise and refined to when I turn up on set, the process is smooth, but I
welcome changes to my plan.
A personalskills, ratherthan techniqualwould be patsience. I'm so egarto get filming, I forget to plan out time
to spend with the actors discussing characterand story, so we're on the same page. This will also help me block
the scene with them. I need to plan formore time. The cost is time. It will influence how good the film is.

23. In 5 years time I will…
Hopfully be finishing my studies at maybe newyork film academy in LA or at Salford university – idealiy.
Through that, I could stay living in that area and get some work, gain expereince and contacts, maybe fora year
or so. Then go onto do a masters at NFTS.

24. Music Video Process Log

25. Task 4: Music Video ProcessLog [2.1, 2.2]
Complete the Music Video Process Log to evidence how you worked technically
during the Music Video production phase. Screenshot and explainhow you managed
to get your productionfinalised.
There is a specific pro forma that you will use for this as part of your music video
production.Ensure that is completedwith your Music Video project, to complete this
task.

26. End of Year Review

27. Task 5: End of Year Review [2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2]
Produce an end of year review lookingat how you have worked across the year,
considering each stage of production,which productionshaveworked/not worked,
how you have managed your time, what skills you have developed,how you have
worked with others and how you organisedyour time, resources and equipment
throughout the year. You should then produce an action plan for Year 2 selecting 5
key areas you wish to focus on to developfurther.
Complete the following slides to review your year. You can add images if you want to.
You can get screenshots from any part of yourpreviousprojects to support your work
on this.

28. Which productionshave worked/not worked?

29. How you havemanaged yourtime?

30. What skillsyou have developed?

31. How you haveworked with others?

32. How you organisedyour time, resources and equipment
throughout the year?

33. Produce an action planfor Year 2 selecting 5 key areasyou wish
to focus on to developfurther.
Area to work on Actions to take