Smithills Workshop

The other week we all went to Smithills School to do a filming workshop. this included working with a director from the TV program, The Bill. Also a professional camera man who helped shoot the scenes, and an actor named Sebastian, who gave us some advice.
Pupils from both Smithills and Cannon Slade joined us there, learning different techniques and aspects of the media industry.
Sebastian helped motivate us, preparing us for the day ahead. We were all included into confidence boosting activities, where we worked on projecting our voices, while mingling with the others that we didn't know. I found this useful as it helped me interact with the pupils, and develop social skills.
Everybody was split into groups having been given the same scripts to work on, helping build our film and media skills. We interacted well as a team, by sorting roles to each person, for example directors and camera people. We looked at using different shots and movement when filming, our acting skills also improved as we got over the nervous introductions.
At the end of the day, we were given an opportunity to ask any question we had about their lives and how they entered the business.
Overall, this gave me a better understanding of what it is like in the media industry and the jobs available. However we as the diploma group found it difficult and awkward around the rest of the pupils in Smithills.