So You Want to Work in TV
Archive for September, 2011
So What does a Stills Photographer do in TV?
Angus Young is a freelance photographer who started his career in Australia and is now based in London. He specialises in taking film and television publicity still images. I stumbled upon him on Twitter – as you do – and having had a few requests about photography in television asked if would talk about what [...]
What will they ask at my interview for a TV job?
What sort of questions can you expect when you go for your first interview for a job in television? That was the question posed by Tayo via Twitter so I took it upon myself to answer! Now obviously every interviewer is different. It will depend on their background, what role you are applying for, what attributes [...]
How to write a CV to get that job in Television
The very first step in finding that job in television is getting your CV in shape and who better to offer advice on how to do that than experienced recruitment expert, Elsa Sharp. Elsa knows her subject so well she’s written the book on it – ‘How To Get a Job in Television’ which you [...]
My Life in Television Chapter 7: Launching a New TV Channel
So far my television career in South Africa had encompassed assistant producing, directing filmed inserts, presenting, floor managing and reading the news on national radio but now that I had returned home to the UK I pretty much had to start all over again. The problem with starting your media education in one country and [...]
How to find a television job in Scotland
A number of people based in Scotland have been asking for advice on who to approach and where to find work experience or running jobs in television. I confess I don’t personally know many television production companies in Scotland but we’ve done a bit of research and come up with the following useful tip: PACT [...]
ITV Runners
We mentioned the ITV site a while ago for runners and now I spot them on Twitter so well worth a follow if you are on the hunt for runner jobs in television: @running4itv The website is: http://www.runningforitv.com
Are you struggling to make a decision about your career?
Are you struggling to make a decision about what to do with your life? Go to uni and study media, or not? Get a job now or continue your education? Stay in the industry you started your working life in, or change course now to something you really want to do? Many people are juggling just [...]
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Sex, Lies and Production Teams
Mike Tindall, rugby-playing husband of Zara Phillips, the Queen’s granddaughter, has been in the tabloid press looking overly cosy with a female friend while on tour in New Zealand. On being challenged over his behaviour as a married man, he is alleged to have said ‘”what goes on tour, stays on tour”*. Now there’s a [...]