Thursday last week saw an enthusiastic group of students enjoying a fascinating evening at Hammersmith's Lyric Theatre. The evening was one of the value add events that HA is running to brief potential students on opportunities and careers in the Media Industry.
We were joined by two leading speakers; Charlie Mawer from Red Bee Media and Mat Appleton from Envy Productions. They explained the differences between production companies who create the master media and post production who edit, add special effects, animations and graphics, as well as producing the trailers, ads and credits for TV programmes and films.
They both gave excellent presentations with video examples - Charlie being the man who thought up and created the 'Swimming Hippos' which were used to promote programmes on BBC TV.
Together, they explained the huge variety of career options. As well as people with technical skills, there are also vacancies for finance managers, project planners, customer service staff, hospitality and event managers, as well as sales and marketing personnel. The list is endless!
After a Q&A session with the main speakers, the HA's marketing adviser Peter Rees, MD of PR Strategic Marketing Ltd., introduced the City Dreams video competition. This is open to all under 18's and offers the chance to demonstrate your creativity and win one of a number of digital video cameras.
More details and entry information are available on the HA website at
The evening wound up with a prize draw for 3 lucky students to take away the latest Apple iPod.
Here's to the next time.
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