cover letter

Dear, Mr/Mrs 

I am writing in response to your advert, requesting applicants for a Television Production Assistant on sports programmes. As a recent 2:1 Comparative Literary Studies and Film graduate with a strong desire to work in television production, and a good knowledge of sport and its media representation, I believe I am a good candidate for the position. 
You will see from my enclosed CV that I have gained a wide variety of both transferable and specific skills, which relate to working in the media industry. 

Oliver Friend 8 Mortimer Drive ž Biggin Hill ž TN16 3GH
+44 (0)7875 637710 ž olliefriend@gmail.com

D.o.b: 11^th March 1997

Personal Profile

A highly motivated and hardworking individual, who is studying sports and media at B-Tec level and has achieved 6 A-C grades at GCSE. Seeking a profession as a camera operator. A confident, hardworking individual with a professional attitude and lively personality who employs excellent communication skills to develop a positive rapport with colleagues and customers.

                                                                                             

Work Experience

June 2012      Piranha Photography 

·      Liaised with external stakeholders using excellent written communication and customer service skills carefully recording responses in an Excel document

·      Managed a section of the shop on behalf of the manager, and used customer services skills to help run the shop efficiently.

·      Used tact and a professional demeanour to deal with correspondents of the stockist of the shop

June 2013- August 2013                 The Little Photo Company

·      Completed a summer working for the little photo company firm; dealt with a variety of customers and tailored accurate and professional responses to their specifications.

Education & Qualifications

                             

                                                                      

June 2013                                          Ravens Wood School, Oakley Rd, Bromley BR2 8HP                                  GCSEs
9 GCSE's from A* to C 

A levels:
Media- A
Film- A
English- A 

University of Bournemouth: Ba Hon's in media and Film 

Current                                                              B-tec in Sport

(Completion July 2015)                                      B-tec in Media Studies

Clean Driving Licence (Passed July 2014)

interview questions

1.Tell me about yourself? 
I am a keen hard working individual who thrives on a challenge. work well in teams and i can step up to be a leader if thats whats required. I'm a vey sociable person and love meeting new people. I also have a vey addictive personality and once I start something I have to finish it 

2. What kind of environment do you like working in?

I like to work in a dynamic, hard working environment. where people get along have fun and get the work done.

3.Where do you see yourself being in 3-5 years from now?

well i see myself as a 'doer' and i strive for success and progress. i want to push through the ranks in the company. 

4.How would your friends and colleagues describe you?

My friends would say I have a very addictive personality, and that I'm very dedicated to what i want to achieve e. 

5. Why are you wanting leave your current job?

I have gained a lot of knowledge and experience but i feel like i need a new challenge to better myself as an individual in the work place.

6.Why should we hire you?

I believe that I have the skills, knowledge, competences and experience to help the company be successful.

7. What sort of salary are you looking for?

well my old salary was between £40,000 and £45,000 but money isn't my motivation for changing jobs.

8. How would you describe a typical day in your current job? 

I like a day that challenges me, I believe in waking up and smashing the next 24 hours. 

10. How do you evaluate success?

I don't think money is the only benchmark for success, i believe in personal success, if I complete a piece of work I feel successful. 

when filming our documentary, we made sure that the questions we asked our interviewees were relatable in terms of the subject matter so in this case bodybuilding. we also had to make sure that the questions were easy to understand and therefore the interviewees could answer them without thinking about them too much so that the flow of the interview was smoother. we also had to make sure that the questions didn't require too long an answer as this would have made the documentary too long and would have made the documentary boring to watch. 

16. Qualification and experience

Director:
The Met Film School offers a master degree in film making. This course  takes directors through the process of production, from script to screen, focusing on the core elements of visual language, narrative storytelling and performance. This course is for 12 months and consists of 3 phases. The key skills of a director is to have good leadership skills, a strong positive attitude and patience. 

The Met Film School also offers a masters degree in screen writing. On this course students will learn how to turn their stories and ideas into viable screenplays as the all-important template for film, television and online content. This course is also for 12 months and consists of 3 phases. 

Acting: 
Acting for film level 1- is a screen acting course who wish to develop their acting skills for films. This level 1 is taught by a professional actor and and professional film director this course lasts for 4 weeks and is full time. 

The Met  Film school also offers a young actors academy. This course is for 14 to 17 year olds who want to learn professional screen acting skills. This course is taught by an acting course and professional film director. The key skills of an actor is to be confident, versatile, positive minded and work well with others.  

Editing:  
One year practical film making course is an intensive and highly practical course aimed at those dedicated to pursuing a career in film. By the end of the course you will have written, produced, directed and edited; with the support of a professional Script Editor and Editor; three short films and numerous exercises, the last of which will be your graduation film made over a three-month period.

Masters in film making- The program is led by experienced filmmaking practitioners, including directors, writers, producers, editors, and post-production picture and sound specialists, and consists of a series of modules dedicated to each pathway. Each student on the program will complete a portfolio of filmmaking projects, plus a final Masters research or production project. The key skills of an editor is to be patient, strong minded and able to work well with others. 

Visual effects and Animation:
visual effects for film- The six-month Visual Effects for Film course which starts with a three-week introduction to Maya, Nuke and related software. The topics covered during this intensive period of study, are all based on standard production pipelines used within the industry. 

digital animation- The six-month Digital Animation course begins with a three-week introduction to Maya, Nuke and touches upon other related software that will be used during the course. The topics covered during this six-month intensive period of study are all based 
on the standard production pipelines used within the industry. The key skills of an animator much like an editor is to have patience, hard working and work well in a team. 

Cinematography 
This one year course is designed to provide intensive practical and theoretical training in cinematography for both film and television. You will work alongside industry professionals and with the latest technologies to develop your expertise and knowledge in this discipline.

Advanced cinematography- The Advanced Cinematography course provides a two-week, in- depth experience of current camera and industry practice. It allows you to familiarize yourself with the differences between shooting still and motion pictures. The key skills of a cinematographer is to have a good sense of visual composition, effective communication skills and work work in a team. 

15.methods of recruitment

National Press:
The National Press Club is a professional organization and private social club for journalists. It is well known for its gatherings with invited speakers from public life.organizing educational programs for journalists and issuing awards for accomplishment. The way to get a job using the national press is to go to an organisation and give your CV to the relevant companies. 

Trade Press:
A trade magazine, or trade rag, also called a professional magazine, is a magazine published with the intention of target marketing to a specific industry or type of trade. The collective term for this area of publishing is the trade press. Trade magazines typically contain advertising content centered on the industry in question with little if any general audience advertising. The way to get a job using trade press is to find a magazine with the relevant jobs your searching for and send your CV to them. 

Internet:

You can use the internet to search for a number of media jobs in a variety of places. The internet allows you to do thorough research and therefore allows you to find the best and most appropriate jobs for you. 

Word of Mouth:

Word of mouth means that you can get a job in the media industry via people telling you where there are jobs going or people that work in the media talking to their bosses to try and get you a job.

Internal promotion:

Advancement from within the company where a person works. usually given to those who work hard, have a good attitude and have a successful record of accomplishment. 

Networking (linkedin):

LinkedIn is a social networking website for people in professional occupations. LinkedIn reports more than 225 million acquired users in more than 200 countries. The way to get a job using linked in is to ask people from around the world if there are any jobs going and then you send them your CV. 

Trade Fairs:

A trade fair is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products, service, study activities of rivals and examine recent market trends and opportunities. At trade fairs you can talk to companies and organisations about getting a job. 

Recruitment Agency:

A recruitment agency acts as an intermediary between an organisation that is looking to employ someone and an individual who is looking for a job. A recruitment agent’s main function is to source the most suitable person for a job vacancy that they have been asked to fill. The way to get a job using a recruitment agent is to send the agent your CV an the agent will try and find you a job. 

14.developing technologies

3D Television:
A 3D television (3DTV) is a television set that employs techniques of 3D presentation, such as stereoscopic capture, multi-view capture, or 2D-plus-depth, and a 3D display – a special viewing device to project a television program into a realistic three-dimensional field.

There are several techniques to produce and display 3D moving pictures. The basic requirement is to display offset images that are filtered separately to the left and right eye. Two strategies have been used to accomplish this: have the viewer wear eyeglasses to filter the separately offset images to each eye, or have the light source split the images directionally into the viewer's eyes.

Pros:

• Better viewing experience 
• Looks like the images are actually coming out at you. 

Cons:

• Without glasses the image is all burry 
• After a while the glasses can start to strain your eyes.         

Satellite/ Cable Television:

Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an external set-top box or a satellite tuner module built into a TV set. Satellite TV tuners are also available as a card or a USB stick to be attached to a personal computer. In many areas of the world satellite television provides a wide range of channels and services, often to areas that are not serviced by terrestrial or cable providers. Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional broadcast television in which a television antenna is required. 

Pros:

• Loads of content available 
• Can get more channels for less money 

Cons:

• Need a satellite dish on the outside of your home which can look quite bad
• Bad weather could cause your dish to get damaged

High Definition Television: 

High-definition television (HDTV) is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems (standard-definition television). HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD. Early HDTV broadcasting used analog techniques, but today HDTV is digitally broadcast using video compression.

Pros:

• Better quality of image
• watching programs is more enjoyable 

Cons:

• It is very expensive 
• only a certain number of channels are high definition

Pay Per View

Pay-per-view (PPV) provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it (as opposed to video-on-demand systems, which allow viewers to see recorded broadcasts at any time). Events can be purchased using an on-screen guide, an automated telephone system, or through a live customer service representative.

Pros:

• You do not have to pay for the certain channel annually 
• you can watch the channel whenever you want 

Cons:

• It can be quite expensive for each time you want to watch it 

Digital T.V. 

Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digitally processed and multiplexed signal, in contrast to the totally analog and channel separated signals used by analog television.TV broadcast system that can transmit images with 720 to 1080 horizontal lines of resolution as compared with 480 lines of the ordinary television system.


Pros:

• Offers more channels
• can display high quality images from blu-ray 
• high quality sound 

Cons:

• Will not work with old analogue televisions unless a new set-top box is bought.

With so many channels to fill, the quality of the programs may be lower or they have endless repeats.

Analogue T.V.

Analog (or analogue) television is the analog transmission that involves the broadcasting of encoded analog audio and analog audio visual one in which the information to be transmitted, the brightness and colors of the points in the image and the sound waves of the audio signal are represented by continuos  variations of some aspect of the signal. 

Pros:

• its an accurate representation of sound
• people find analog sound nicer and easier to listen 

Cons:

• recordings can be bad
• copies of the original copy can be noisier 

Interactive T.V.

Digital television can also offer 'interactive' services where you, as the viewer, can control what you see or take part in surveys, quizzes and games.

Some interactive services need to have a telephone cable connected to the set top box so your instructions can be sent to the tv company over the phone line.

Pros:

• It allows for interactive gaming

On Demand 

Video on demand or audio and video on demand (AVOD) are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand.

Pros:

• simpler content delivery 
• it is more convenient because you can watch the shows you want whenever you want

Streaming Content:

Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end- user while being delivered by a provider. Streamed data can be any data that is delivered from a server to a host where the data represents information that must be delivered in real time. 

Pros:

• The file has been stored locally therefore you can use it offline
• You can use FTP or a web browser to download
• There are plenty of legitimate websites where you can download music, apps etc safely

Cons:

• FTP client can be awkward to use 
• use virus and malware scanners to make sure the file is safe to use
• You do need a reasonable connection speed in order to download

Smart T.V.'s:

A smart T.V. describes a trend of integration of the Internet and features into television sets and set-top boxes, as well as the technological convergence  between computers and television sets and set-top boxes.Smart TVs are also typically DLNA certified, enabling the sharing of movies, photos, music and similar multimedia content from other DLNA-compliant PCs, tablets, smart-phones and similar devices.

Pros:

• Smart T.V.'s are highly interactive 
• You can search the web 
• can talk to your friends through your T.V.

Cons:

• privacy and security concerns 

13.contracts table

10.media CV

Oliver Friend
8 Mortimer Drive ž Biggin Hill ž TN16 3GH
+44 (0)7875 637710 ž olliefriend@gmail.com

D.o.b: 11^th March 1997

Personal Profile

A highly motivated and hardworking individual, who is studying sports and media at B-Tec level and has achieved 6 A-C grades at GCSE. Seeking a profession as a camera operator. A confident, hardworking individual with a professional attitude and lively personality who employs excellent communication skills to develop a positive rapport with colleagues and customers.

                                                                                             

Work Experience

June 2012      Piranha Photography 

·      Liaised with external stakeholders using excellent written communication and customer service skills carefully recording responses in an Excel document

·      Managed a section of the shop on behalf of the manager, and used customer services skills to help run the shop efficiently.

·      Used tact and a professional demeanour to deal with correspondents of the stockist of the shop

June 2013- August 2013                 The Little Photo Company

·      Completed a summer working for the little photo company firm; dealt with a variety of customers and tailored accurate and professional responses to their specifications.

Education & Qualifications

                             

                                                                      

June 2013                                          Ravens Wood School, Oakley Rd, Bromley BR2 8HP                                  GCSEs
9 GCSE's from A* to C 

A levels:
Media- A
Film- A
English- A 

University of Bournemouth: Ba Hon's in media and Film 

Current                                                              B-tec in Sport

(Completion July 2015)                                      B-tec in Media Studies

Clean Driving Licence (Passed July 2014)