A new term a new post / Careers

So I've been back for about a week and a half now for my last term. I had a review which went well, putting me in the right direction for my next year, which I hope to be doing AV production as my pathway. So I'm happy.

I've not posted for a while (nice peaceful Easter break) but now its down to business. I thought I would post about a future career pathway in AV production.

So I started as I usually do: with the Internet. I looked around a few various sites seeing whats what, and what kind of jobs there are in the industry where I'm hoping to work.

One that caught my eye was that of an editor. Basically they work with the director of the film/documentary/tvshow etc in order to create a piece of work that flows with the narrative. I think wikipedia is probably better explaining it then me:

"Film editing is an art of storytelling practiced by connecting two or more shots together to form a sequence, and the subsequent connecting of sequences to form an entire movie. Film editing is the only art that is unique to cinema and which separates film making from all other art forms that preceded it (such as photography, theater, dance, writing, and directing). However there are close parallels to the editing process in other art forms such as poetry or novel writing. It is often referred to as the "invisible art," since when it is well-practiced, the viewer becomes so engaged that he or she is not even aware of the work of the editor.

Because almost every motion picture, television show, and TV commercial is shot with one camera per take, every single shot is separated from every other single shot by time and space. On its most fundamental level, film editing is the art, technique, and practice of assembling these shots into a coherent whole. However, the job of an editor isn’t merely to mechanically put pieces of a film together, nor is it to just cut off the film slates, nor is it merely to edit dialogue scenes. A film editor works with the layers of images, the story, the music, the rhythm, the pace, shapes the actors' performances, "re-directing" and often re-writing the film during the editing process, honing the infinite possibilities of the juxtaposition of small snippets of film into a creative, coherent, cohesive whole.

Film editing is an art that can be used in diverse ways. It can create sensually provocative montages. It can be a laboratory for experimental cinema. It can bring out the emotional truth in an actor's performance. It can create a point of view on otherwise obtuse events. It can guide the telling and pace of a story. It can create the illusion of danger where there is none, surprise when we least expect it, and a vital subconscious emotional connection to viewer..."

Looking further into this, I read that work experience as a runner is of great value. It shows you all aspects of av production. Although often only doing meaningless tasks for the production crew, you get a great insight into this type of work and it is seen as essential work experience for anyone wanting to get into AV. So looks like this is where il start ^_^.