Hello all,
Careers In Media is a very resourceful book; it provides a extensive breakdown of mass media careers and fields, an appendix with a bunch of excellent websites for job postings (one of which, that being Mandy.com, actually landed me my internship with Inside Amy Schumer), and a practical, first hand account, knowledge base on how professionals got their media career started and their daily functions in that position. Analyzing the trends in mass media, the book offers insight into the growing industry of “new media” and provides an optimistic outlook for those with graduation anxiety – as the field begins to further converge and break down into these niche markets and adapting to new media, more and more opportunities arise for the college graduate. The book addresses something I felt very close to me considering my mindset circa 2013 as a college sophomore – the naivety of college students and their vague ambitions of becoming a “producer . . . director . . . (or working) with a record label”. I believe this situation is all too common on college campuses, students learning the theoretical skills and not having the actual experience that most employers look for and prefer. The situation can be defeating upon realizing this, but nothing comes easy; this is why I enjoyed Careers In Media, it provides the practical knowledge that you can actually apply to your goals.
What I plan on doing after I graduate to land a job seems ambitious; I’m still exploring the industry of motion picture productions and I’m still finding my place (should I be a screenwriter, a production designer, an editor?). It’s an exciting time in my life as I meet all these wonderful professionals that are helping me with my goals. Via my internship with Inside Amy Schumer, I’ve already landed a job for after I graduate – an entry-level position as a production assistant on a live action Cartoon Network show titled, Neon Joe. As Michael P. Savoie and Frank Barnas explain in chapter 6, this is a great way into the field if you aspire to be a director or other common career paths of students seeking jobs in the motion picture and video industry. Most of the people I worked with on the Comedy Central shoot started out as either interns or production assistants; learning of this and conversing with people that started out “at the bottom” and worked their way up is truly humbling and shows that perseverance and positive thinking pays off. Networking is key for furthering your career objectives – I mean that’s how I landed the post-grad job! My next step though, is to build a e-resume via linkedin.com and my portfolio for post-production objectives; I’ve recently been more inclined to pursue these jobs as I find them to be my forte in the industry. I find these careers to be most attractive in what I seek as the perfect career in the field, applying “balance and design” to your work ethic, where you must not only be creative but apply technical skills as well. I will refer to websites listed in Appendix B such as Mandy.com (since I am most familiar with that) and new websites such as entertainmentcareers.net. Explained in chapter 6, seeking a career in post-production, you must obtain an entry-level position – like a production assistant is to production, an editor assistant is to post-production. I’ve already updated my resume and started reaching out to new employers for editor assistant positions that I’ve made on my internship. So keep your heads up fellow interns, as I will as well, for you must work hard and be aware of the changing environment of mass media as pointed out in the book. Good luck to all!
- Joe Dunham.
Careers In Media is a very resourceful book; it provides a extensive breakdown of mass media careers and fields, an appendix with a bunch of excellent websites for job postings (one of which, that being Mandy.com, actually landed me my internship with Inside Amy Schumer), and a practical, first hand account, knowledge base on how professionals got their media career started and their daily functions in that position. Analyzing the trends in mass media, the book offers insight into the growing industry of “new media” and provides an optimistic outlook for those with graduation anxiety – as the field begins to further converge and break down into these niche markets and adapting to new media, more and more opportunities arise for the college graduate. The book addresses something I felt very close to me considering my mindset circa 2013 as a college sophomore – the naivety of college students and their vague ambitions of becoming a “producer . . . director . . . (or working) with a record label”. I believe this situation is all too common on college campuses, students learning the theoretical skills and not having the actual experience that most employers look for and prefer. The situation can be defeating upon realizing this, but nothing comes easy; this is why I enjoyed Careers In Media, it provides the practical knowledge that you can actually apply to your goals.
What I plan on doing after I graduate to land a job seems ambitious; I’m still exploring the industry of motion picture productions and I’m still finding my place (should I be a screenwriter, a production designer, an editor?). It’s an exciting time in my life as I meet all these wonderful professionals that are helping me with my goals. Via my internship with Inside Amy Schumer, I’ve already landed a job for after I graduate – an entry-level position as a production assistant on a live action Cartoon Network show titled, Neon Joe. As Michael P. Savoie and Frank Barnas explain in chapter 6, this is a great way into the field if you aspire to be a director or other common career paths of students seeking jobs in the motion picture and video industry. Most of the people I worked with on the Comedy Central shoot started out as either interns or production assistants; learning of this and conversing with people that started out “at the bottom” and worked their way up is truly humbling and shows that perseverance and positive thinking pays off. Networking is key for furthering your career objectives – I mean that’s how I landed the post-grad job! My next step though, is to build a e-resume via linkedin.com and my portfolio for post-production objectives; I’ve recently been more inclined to pursue these jobs as I find them to be my forte in the industry. I find these careers to be most attractive in what I seek as the perfect career in the field, applying “balance and design” to your work ethic, where you must not only be creative but apply technical skills as well. I will refer to websites listed in Appendix B such as Mandy.com (since I am most familiar with that) and new websites such as entertainmentcareers.net. Explained in chapter 6, seeking a career in post-production, you must obtain an entry-level position – like a production assistant is to production, an editor assistant is to post-production. I’ve already updated my resume and started reaching out to new employers for editor assistant positions that I’ve made on my internship. So keep your heads up fellow interns, as I will as well, for you must work hard and be aware of the changing environment of mass media as pointed out in the book. Good luck to all!
- Joe Dunham.
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