What have you learned about potential progression routes into film and connected creative industries? 

I have learnt that there is many different ways to get into the film Industry. One way is through apprenticeships, in this you study and learn about the film industry, while actually visiting sets and working on them to gain knowledge and experience.

Entry-level jobs are usually part time jobs, in which the person will learn about the norms and values about the film industry, this is typically aimed at people without experience.

Studying at university is a huge benefit, as you gain access to to all the equipment, as well as doing assignments for the film industry, you also get the will to use the equipment to make you’re own films. Therefore you can promote your films to gain access to supportive viewers, while also emailing your films to producers, writers and more.

There are also online opportunities, one major opportunity you can find online is that you can get a short film entered into a film festival. This is an amazing opportunity as when networking, you get to share your film with important people in the industry and exchange contacts to gain more work. Also there are many residential opportunities ( for example with the BFI) where you get to gain more experience in a specific role in the film industry, for example in script writing or producing. Finally there are also short film competitions, in which you can enter your plot to your film to gain a budget if yours is successful.