It’s terrifying to start to think about work attachments – it signifies, for me personally, the start of the serious end of this course. The first semester has been an introduction, but now its time to batten down the hatches and get ready for full on classes, assignments and responsibility. Getting semantics out of the way, we were advised that work attachments are not internships or work experience, though somewhat similar. I’m not entirely sure where I want to do an attachment, but perhaps somewhere where I’m more than a glorified coffee maker and actually have creative agency, so that I can (hopefully) create something I can show future employers, or at least have some input. On the side, it would be even better if I got paid, though I’m not all that hopeful that this will actually happen; the media industry (or any creative industry for that matter) is teeming with up and coming people, all fighting to gain a foothold, and most will do the world for nothing to the point where it is now expected that you volunteer, or get paid a pittance to earn your place. I’m quite happy to work hard to prove my worth, learn as much as I can, gain experience and wisdom from those more well versed in the industry than I. I acknowledge that I’m not overly knowledgable or skilled in comparison to others, and while this is a weakness, hard work should help me to overcome that, as well as being open to feedback. The most talented film maker will make awful films if they don’t try, while an average film maker could make an award winning film if they really apply themselves. This same principle of working as hard as I can can be applied to all facets of this course and the work attachment, whether making a film or otherwise.
I’m overly ambitious when it comes to work attachments, in that I see myself doing it somewhere that I consider to be ‘fun’. I have a short attention span, and while I understand no industry is without ‘boring’ office work, I don’t think I would thrive or like to do it in a place that isn’t interesting, engaging and at least a little different every day. I don’t see myself doing a work attachment at ABC as, while I respect them as an institution, I don’t find their content interesting and don’t personally like what they create. Perhaps SBS would be better, or even an online show production would be a great place to do an attachment. My wishful thinking makes me want to do an overseas attachment, but I’m unsure if funds would allow it. Maybe if by some miracle I get the intel internship I could use it as part of my attachment.
We shall see.
