Unit 4.1

In Unit 4.1 the learning outcome is to understand the appropriate conduct for a particular Creative Media Workplace.

The Creative media industries are a lot more diverse than the outside observer might conclude, lets for the sake of this blogpost talk about the difference in culture in that of a film set and a talent agency.

           
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Film Set: A film set is a very hectic (but fun) place to be, it is all about the budget, its your life force for creating a feature and is the thing at the forefront of the filmmakers mind in terms of planning how to execute their movie, especially as your usually on borrowed (and heavily paid for) time, you are constantly changing locations to get your coverage, in some instances say your shooting a city scene you are trying to keep a main road closed for shooting and running to a very specific timeline, another example; rented a warehouse and haven't finished getting all your shots on time? Enjoy finding another warehouse to rent out and shell out more of your budget on, your working with rented equipment and preparing scenes by building sets for the tight shooting times. Your constantly battling with accommodating actors and as like the equipment their time is also money. The pre-planning and execution has to be seamless otherwise you risk your whole production falling behind which will inevitably eat your budget even more leaving your running back to your non too pleased financiers.




Talent Agency: Taking place at an entirely different time in the production of a film, around the concept stage a talent agency works to arrange the deals and terms of the actors who will star in a feature, as well as representing the actor for securing their work and planning the days and times of when and how they will get to work on the feature. They liase closely with the actors reading materials with them and seeing how they can work together to drive an actors career forward. They send footage of the actors to casting agents and breakdown scripts and roles for discussion with the actors to see if they are up for the role. It is a much more office based experience (unless you are meeting a client).