Getting creative

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If you’ve ever watched the credits at the end of a film you’ll know that making great movies and television is not just about actors, directors and writers.
People working in makeup, costume, special effects, editing and set construction are all there too, among many others.
And beyond film there are careers in such hugely successful areas as video gaming, music, fashion and advertising to name just a few.
Many of these mean going to college or Uni - so we’ve been shining a spotlight on a few of the exciting career opportunities you might not even have thought of.
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It's such a fast-paced environment, there's a real buzz, you just feel a part of a team.
What struck me is actually getting on a set and seeing how many jobs there are.
Lighting, sound, stage management and then set building, rigging.
I really get the sense that I'll leave here knowing
what to expect on a professional level show.
Pretty much the moment I discovered photography I knew I wanted to do fashion photography.
Essentially what happened is I accidentally pitched myself to a brand.
That led to putting together a photo shoot, sending it to them and they loved it.
Being creative in business is really important, especially when it comes to the marketing
kind of side of it, that's where I've always liked about like business studies.
So I've come away from a business degree really strong on events and marketing
and that's where I found like a passion.
I always enjoy like creative subjects.
Once you do the course you can go into lots of different avenues
like styling, what I'm buying.
I think it's quite a broad range of careers you can get from it.
There are so many transferable skills.
You're working individually but then as part of a group,
you're self-disciplined, you're doing your own time management, you're really focused.
Composition I've done, sound design I've done, recording I've done,
mixing I've done, mastering I've done.
Pretty much every aspect of the industry at the moment was pretty much covered.
They're trying to teach us how to go into an industry that is always changing.
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