On Wednesday 18th Febuary me and four others (Mike, Tara, Tim and Alex). Went to Channel four studios/Head quarters in London.
When i eventually got to the headquarters, i was first faced with the Channel four indent / logo outside the building, which was made out of metal scafolding type material, and straight away just from the look of the building i could tell that it was very moden and profesional, and i could not then wait to get inside, and start chatting to people etc.
When i did get into the building we were given day passes and some information booklets about the industry (channel four). Within the booklet was a comments sheet that we were told to fill in later on in the day, just to let them know that we are intrested in applying for the week long course with them.
After we had been given all the leaflets and also the comment sheet were where the directed towards the Channel four cinema. When we arrived there we were shown a short collection of films and we had a short 10-20 minute talk from one of the workers at Channel Four.
After the short films and the talk we then had the chance to talk with a few of the industry profesionals, about what they do, how they got their jobs, and basicaly was also a chance for us to show case are skills and let them know about are futures and what are plans are for the future ahead.
There were 9 - 10 seperate tables which each had different sections from the industry, some of which were *Script wriiting, Production, Advertising and many many more!* After talking with all the industry pro's i managed to hand out all my business cards which were greatly apreciated and also in return i did gain a few business cards back aswell.
Overall the Open Day at Channel Four was really good, it showed me that there is a lot to the industry but with confidence and a strong portfolio it should be simple to get a place within the industry, some of the comments that were said to me were very good indeed, comments such as: "Nice too see someone with such great attitude towards their future, and have a stong belief in themselfs and their work!" and one guy even went as far as saying "You should be the person sitting in my seat telling the younger people about the industry and media, cos' u seem to know how it goes, i dont have to tell you anything i see!"
So i was extreamly pleased with their comments as it was very uplifting to hear such positive comments from people of such status within the industry, i hope that i now can get onto the week course in march-april. (Fingers crossed!)
Shown below are a few pictures from Channel four.
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