On Thursday it was finally time for the BBC Get In event, which was my excuse for coming to the UK and Cardiff, and something I was very excited about. I'd read a bit about the previous session in Salford, so I knew more or less what to expect: some info on the Journalism and Production Trainee Schemes and how to apply for them, a talk with some of the current or past trainees and an opportunity to ask questions, and then a creative exercise about generating ideas for television.
The first thing that struck me is how nice everyone at the BBC is. Everyone who spoke at the event was really friendly, encouraging and often hilarious too. It made for a really relaxed atmosphere, which made it easy to ask questions and to come up with ideas. The people there were all really fab. I thought the workshop at the end, during which we were divided into groups and asked to develop an idea for a television programme in several steps, was the best part - it was really inspiring, and a great way to get started with pitching ideas, even if you don't have any experience. I'll write a more detailed post of what we did later this week.
The greatest thing about the event for me, was that it showed me what I want to do. Up until now I was looking for work experience across different sectors - admittedly, I was shopping around - but BBC Get In made me realise what I really want.
I think a good TV programme needs to tell a great story in an entertaining way, engage with its audience, and be relevant to the social, cultural and political environment in which it functions. Developing a programme like that is challenging and requires great team effort, a lot of motivation and loads of creativity. That just sounds like the perfect job description to me. Coming up with an idea on your own is great, but being able to share it with others, to continually develop it and make it better, and to share the result of your efforts with an audience is a completely different thing, and probably infinitely more rewarding. And that's what I want.
I guess that kind of changes the point of this blog, and the point of the rest of my year, really. It means I'm no longer searching for what I want, but instead I'll be searching for how to get there. I can't wait to get started. Bring it on.
PS. Many thanks to everyone at the event for being so inspirational and generally brilliant!
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Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Thursday, 16 January 2014
After the rain
Eh. Did I say last time that I was gonna post more regularly? No? Good. Because I didn't. Yeah. Sorry.
I really need to set deadlines for myself, or start making lists, or something! I'll make that my late new year's resolution.
In my defense, it's been a really busy week. I took on a five-day temp job to earn some money. I will spare you the details (it involved a scanner and loads of invoices. Yeah.), but when I spend the whole day behind a computer, I just don't feel like turning mine on when I come home to write a blog post. (Also, with a job like that, there's really nowhere to get inspiration from, so maybe we should all be happy about that.)
Then in the weekend I went out, and my bag got stolen, yay. Then I went to the police station, they retrieved my wallet with most of my stuff but no debit/credit cards or keys, really yay. Then I had to go to the dentist. Very un-yay.
BUT there's good news too: I'm going to the UK on Monday! Yay yay yay! I managed to get myself a ticket to the BBC GetIn event in Cardiff, which is basically a big info session about the BBC Trainee Schemes and the Talent Pool. I'm very excited about that indeed! And since it seemed a bit stupid to travel all the way there (by BUS, because the Eurostar is damn expensive) to stay only one day, I'm spending the rest of the week in London. YAAAAAY! Compensates for the crappy weekend!
I'll try to do blog updates from London/Cardiff, but it's gonna be from my phone, so apologies in advance for crappy layouts and all that. If you want to follow my travelling adventures, in this case Instagram might be the best place. Find me here:
(or by the name of Mayasounds, of course).
In the meantime: still trying to finish my Work Experience application for the BBC too. It's so hard. Ugh.
I really need to set deadlines for myself, or start making lists, or something! I'll make that my late new year's resolution.
In my defense, it's been a really busy week. I took on a five-day temp job to earn some money. I will spare you the details (it involved a scanner and loads of invoices. Yeah.), but when I spend the whole day behind a computer, I just don't feel like turning mine on when I come home to write a blog post. (Also, with a job like that, there's really nowhere to get inspiration from, so maybe we should all be happy about that.)
Then in the weekend I went out, and my bag got stolen, yay. Then I went to the police station, they retrieved my wallet with most of my stuff but no debit/credit cards or keys, really yay. Then I had to go to the dentist. Very un-yay.
BUT there's good news too: I'm going to the UK on Monday! Yay yay yay! I managed to get myself a ticket to the BBC GetIn event in Cardiff, which is basically a big info session about the BBC Trainee Schemes and the Talent Pool. I'm very excited about that indeed! And since it seemed a bit stupid to travel all the way there (by BUS, because the Eurostar is damn expensive) to stay only one day, I'm spending the rest of the week in London. YAAAAAY! Compensates for the crappy weekend!
I'll try to do blog updates from London/Cardiff, but it's gonna be from my phone, so apologies in advance for crappy layouts and all that. If you want to follow my travelling adventures, in this case Instagram might be the best place. Find me here:
(or by the name of Mayasounds, of course).In the meantime: still trying to finish my Work Experience application for the BBC too. It's so hard. Ugh.
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