At the beginning of tutorial this week we held the discussion of internships and different types of areas people within the class are interested in. It was actually very interesting to hear this as we are ultimately all doing this course to find our place!

Some of the areas that were discussed included:

• Video production
• Radio
• Music journalism
• Radio
• Film and TV
• Creative agency
• Online magazines

I am extremely keen to complete an internship in the film and television area as that it what I am most interested in and it’s where I can definitely see myself working in the future. I don’t exactly know what just now, but I know it’s a good start.

Once we had each thought about our specific areas, we had to generate ideas as to how we would find internships. Louise stated that the most important thing to do before anything is research. If I am interested in film and TV, I need to ook speicifcally at production companies at the end of each film or show I watch, and get in contact with them. BUT before this, I need to research. I need to find out everything about this specific production company (or whatever company it ends up being) so show that I am knowledgeable, and most of all I genuinely want an internship there and I am super keen (to simply put it).

I completely agree with this 1005. There would be nothing worse (I can imagine) than not knowing anything, or even just knowing the basics, of a specific place, company or whatever it may be that you are interested to work in/ have any connection to.  It could come across as not very enthusiastic and quite challenging for the people hiring (e.g.).

So… RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH !!!