Director of Photography?

Ok, so how has my research for my “10 year career plan” been going?

Well, just before the festive season, I rented a book from the library entitled “Careers and Jobs in the Media” (Simon Kent (2005). Careers and Jobs in the Media. London: Kogan Page Ltd (UK). 1-128) to try and help me find a career I may be interested in, in the TV and film industries. It was – like so many other attempts to find a career I like in the TV and film industry – useless. But hey, I gave it a go.

So, I was sitting down one night, bored out of brain thinking about jobs I might be interested in, in the TV and film industry. Then I remember that one day during one of his infamous tangents that my tutor Steve had been talking about a Director of Photography he used in a past production. So I thought to myself… “What the fudge is a director of Photography?!”. Then it occurred to me. If I set Director of Photography as my career plan, I can also learn about the job role as well and expand my knowledge! As they say in the world of Xbox 360: “For the win.”

So, I did a bit of research on the ol’ internet and came up with an incredible website definition of a Director of Photography! (Director of Photography. Available: http://www.startintv.com/jobs/director-of-photography.php. Last accessed 17th January 2010.)

So I printed that off and gave it a good read. I decided that not only was this a career I wanted to research for my assignment, but also a career that I wanted to aim for myself.

Then I had to find a job advertisement for the position of Director of Photography. I eventually found a suitable advertisement, and I have pictured the advertisement below. I found this on 24th January 2010 for future references. (Click on the image to enlarge and read.)

Aren’t I great? So, I’m currently in the process of creating a successful presentation which discusses a hypothetical career plan for this job. Although it’s only hypothetical, I have a feeling I will use such as my actual career plan.

Peace out.

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