It’s 12.25 on a Tuesday, and rather than spending my uni lunch break, you know, actually having lunch, I’m sitting here writing this blog post up on level four of building 57. Today, The Assenders, the RMITV show that I’m a producer (and also an actor, and a sound operator, and a first assistant director . . .) is filming its final shoot. Hurrah! My role is a producer is not yet over, as post-production still has a ways to go, but it’s a momentous occasion nonetheless.

There’s not really a way for me to link this to music video, but I feel like this show has given me a lot of experience and training for my career in the media industry more generally so I wanted to mark the occasion. I’ve really enjoyed producing on The Assenders; I like the combination of creativity with my natural tendency to be organised and, well, boss people around. I’ve also really enjoyed meeting new people – I’m working with a great bunch of people on the production team who I now, after dinners, nights out and asking them to be sneaky references on an application, regard as friends.

I’ve been fortunate enough to both crew and be a producer on this show, and I feel like I’ve learnt a lot of new skills. I’ve had a chance to do some scripting, something I never thought I’d get to do but have always dreamt of, and I’m even due to appear on screen today. In all honesty, I think RMITV has been much more relevant to my career training than anything I’ve done in class. While it’s valuable to be able to analyse media products, my practical training at RMITV in equipment, software and production procedures is something I can put on my resume to distinguish myself from other graduates and make myself valuable to an employer. Certainly, the skills that I use in my job at the moment (editing of internal educational videos) all come from RMITV. Just the other day, my manager asked me to make up some production administration documents based on the stuff we’ve been using at RMITV.

In short, I’ve loved it. So I’ll definitely be signing up for another RMITV show (probably with some of the people I’m working with now). But for the time being, The Assenders is still going strong. Here we are in action: