Creative Digital Media Advanced Apprenticeships

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Links to blogs by advanced Creative and Digital Media apprentices. This is the Skillset Advanced Apprenticeship programme offerred by partners in the Wiltshire and Gloucestershire Skillset Media Academy.

 



Hannah Dodd

Company: P design Media

Blog URL: http://hannadodd-cdmedia.blogspot.com/

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Matthew Hobbs

Company:Aerian Studios

Blog URL:http://MattHobbsDesign.wordpress.com

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Sam Rizzo

Company: White Circle

Blog URL: http://samwhitecircle.wordpress.com/

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Unit 4: 2.5 – Explain the Importance of Storing Work, Using Version Control and Observing File-Naming Conventions

Storing work is important. If you lose work it’s a nightmare. Keeping yourself from deleting the wrong thing or accidentally losing data is something which has to be learnt, and maybe even experienced to fully understand the extent of the importance of files and data. When you have completed a document and are saving it, it [...]

Unit 4: 3.1 – Explain What is Meant by ‘Continuous Professional Development’

              Continuous professional development is the name given to the development of someone who is powering through a certain industry whilst maintaining professional attitude and behaviour. An apprentice is a great example, as he/she starts at a company (let’s say in the film industry) and knows little about how to liaise [...]

Unit 4: 2.4 – Explain the Use of a Contingency Plan

A contingency plan is very important when you own a business/organisation. They are a necessity to certain industry businesses and to governments. Also knows as the “worst-case-scenario” plan, it’s a table or chart that depicts what risks are what and how to control that risk. Below is an example table taken from a documents which [...]

Unit 4: 2.1 – Describe Effective Time-Management Skills Needed to Plan Workload

One of the most important things to have in the working world is time-management. To be where you’re supposed to be at a certain time is key to making people believe you are passionate and dedicated about whatever it is that you’re doing. Being late to work makes people lose faith and patience in you, [...]

Unit 4: 1.4 – Explain the Impact of Different Behaviours and Conduct in the Workplace

This unit is linked directly to “Unit 4: 1.2 – Describe Examples of Challenging Behaviours…”. I am incorporating this assignment into that. This unit covers the consequences of not following rules and conduct within a workplace but also the impact of different behaviours and rules in different workplaces. Okay, so we’ve covered what not to [...]

Unit 7: 1.2 – Identify Cross-Industry Ownership in the Creative Media Sector

The days of big businesses being successful because of just one business are gone. Today, big companies are creating more and more sister companies and a subsidiaries. This cross-industry business is a very beneficial way to become successful. Here are a few examples of companies that indulge in the cross-industry ownership world. BBC  The BBC used to [...]

Unit 4: 1.3 – Explain the Role of the Key People to Inform in Relation to these Examples

Unit 4: 1.3 – Explain the Role of the Key People to Inform in Relation to these Examples  In regards to Unit 4: 1.2, if these issues to become a problem in the workplace, there are certain people that can help you and you can tell to avoid it becoming a bigger problem that it [...]

Unit 4: 1.2 – Describe Examples of Challenging Behaviours and Issues in the Workplace

Unit 4: 1.2 – Describe Examples of Challenging Behaviours and Issues in the Workplace   We all face challenging issues from time to time in life, but they’re different in the work place, as they need to be approached with professionalism and with regard to others. Here are a few examples of behaviour and issues [...]

Unit 4: 1.1 – Describe and Compare the Cultures of Different Creative Media Workplaces

Below is a link to download assignment 1.1 in Unit 4. Unit 4 – 1.1 – Describe and compare the different cultures of the Media Sector.   Filed under: Unit 4: Professional Behaviour in the Creative Media Sector

A Very Very Very Busy Week – In Detail

Well, firstly let me lay out the timetable for last week. Monday - Left the office at 2pm to get to Harrogate, Yorkshire for 7pm. Picking up a stomach bug from a friend, the night consisted of being sick all night and not being able to eat for 3 days. Tuesday - 6:30am start. We filmed for [...]

 


 

Laura Johnson

Company: White Circle

Blog URL: http://www.laurawhitecircle.blogspot.com

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Nathan Webb

Company: East Street Media

Blog URL: http://nathanwebb3.wordpress.com

 

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Meeting

Today I took part in a strategy meeting, This was to discuss what we would like to achieve in the future and how we would go about acheiving these goals that we have set ourselves. I found this meeting to be a very good way to express what needs to be done and also just to give

No escape from spreadsheets!

This week as well as last I will be working on spraedsheets. I have been recieving help from an accountant who has been teaching me the most efficient ways to oraginse stock onto a spreadsheet, also I have learnt how to use some formulas that I did not know how to use before. The reason for having the best

Friday 6th january 2012

Today I have been researching for my english coursework. I have chosen to look at the history of animation. Its amazing to see how much the animation industry has developed over the years from just a small idea to a multi million pound buisness. I am researching this so i can summarise what I have learnt and then make a leaflet

Good News!

I have been working on a website for a shoe shop called Doris and Daisy based in Wimborne, We are trying to generate as much attention on our website as we can, This in affect will generate more sales and therefore get people talking about the website. We have come up with a number of

Back to work

I had a few well needed relaxing days off with the family over the Christmas period, the weather was very wet and windy and unfortunately there was no snow. I also had a brilliant New Year which I spent with some friends, now it’s time to get back to work and get the thinking cap

Wednesday 23rd November 2011

Today i have been resizing images but using a different software as the software that i was using before did not let me change the DPI (dots per image) of images therefore i am using a different software. you can see how i have been dong this by looking at the image below

Monday 21st November 2011

Today i have been resizing the dimensions of pictures to allow them to be put on a website, this is important because if they are not resized correctly they will not be able to be veiwed by the public and will have no affect or purpose on the website. You can see how i have

Friday 18th November 2011

Today i have been creating a newletter to inform customers of a local event happening on the 25th November, I have been using an existing flyer/leaflet to encorporate in this newsletter as you can see below

Monday 14th November 2011

Today i have been adding products on a clients website which involves resizing images to the correct size, organising the products in a way so that the website is easy to use and easy to look at. You can see the website and the work i have done  at www.dorisanddaisyshoes.co.uk

 


 

Mike Duggan

Company: Suited and Booted Studios

Blog URL: http://www.mikeduggan.co.uk/wcblog/

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