So off I go, applying for jobs... anyone got any tips on writing covering letters? I hate it, I can never get it to sound good, I always think I sound like a tit!
On another note, please check out the keyboard playing/composing of my friend Clare (whom I am making videos of her falconry for her!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AM_LA73dks&feature=related
Cheers!
Jules xx
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Thursday, 5 August 2010
Argh, London!!
Job is going ok. Really quite repetetive, replacing titles, credits and clips.
Very frustrating software issues too. Feel like hitting the damn Mac with a hammer.
London is shit. Way too busy, way too hot, and this youth hostel is full of noisy oiks and there's a sodding opera next door.
Tomorrow is my last day then on Saturday morning I get out of here - WHOOHOO!!!!
Today was made slightly better by seeing the cutest fuzziest littlest moorhen chick EVER here at the hostel, and by getting the new Pendulum album. Hopefully going to see them on tour in December!!
Yeah this job has been great experience/CV wise but I can't wait to get out of London and not come back! Applying for other cities!!
Jules xx
Very frustrating software issues too. Feel like hitting the damn Mac with a hammer.
London is shit. Way too busy, way too hot, and this youth hostel is full of noisy oiks and there's a sodding opera next door.
Tomorrow is my last day then on Saturday morning I get out of here - WHOOHOO!!!!
Today was made slightly better by seeing the cutest fuzziest littlest moorhen chick EVER here at the hostel, and by getting the new Pendulum album. Hopefully going to see them on tour in December!!
Yeah this job has been great experience/CV wise but I can't wait to get out of London and not come back! Applying for other cities!!
Jules xx
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Of Photo Scanning, Reversioning and Dyscalculic Attacks
Hmmm so today started well - got some better quality behind the scenes footage so edited that down. Nice. Then I had to scan a LOT of pictures in and crop them resize for HD etc. Really boring repetetive work but this is the reality of TV work as a junior, people!!
Anyway, finally in late afternoon I got started on reversioning Peppa Pig. Without going into detail, there is a series of things I have to do on each episode. At first I kept forgetting one thing, I know it's because I am getting used to it but then I realised I was saving the exports in the wrong damn folders. I also told my boss editor a clip was wrong, but it was me mixing the clip numbers up - F**KING DYSCALCULIA. Grrrrrrrrrr!! So after a lot of false starts I hope I can remember exactly what to do and do it fast and well.
Finished the day off by getting all the way down a busy Regent Street while wanting to flatten the stupid amount of humanity that were milling around me, then getting a text saying I'd left my phone charger in the office. Wargh!! Go back, get it, jump on bus home as tube is packed out again. Bah.
F**king hate Regent Street and London in summer. Too hot; too full of people and no cheap food for normal people like me that aren't high-flying rich yuppie city earners. Bah!! I need a Tesco.
Today I was the statue, tomorrow I'm gonna be the pigeon!!! And I still want to work in TV - I promise :D :D :D :D
Jules xx
Anyway, finally in late afternoon I got started on reversioning Peppa Pig. Without going into detail, there is a series of things I have to do on each episode. At first I kept forgetting one thing, I know it's because I am getting used to it but then I realised I was saving the exports in the wrong damn folders. I also told my boss editor a clip was wrong, but it was me mixing the clip numbers up - F**KING DYSCALCULIA. Grrrrrrrrrr!! So after a lot of false starts I hope I can remember exactly what to do and do it fast and well.
Finished the day off by getting all the way down a busy Regent Street while wanting to flatten the stupid amount of humanity that were milling around me, then getting a text saying I'd left my phone charger in the office. Wargh!! Go back, get it, jump on bus home as tube is packed out again. Bah.
F**king hate Regent Street and London in summer. Too hot; too full of people and no cheap food for normal people like me that aren't high-flying rich yuppie city earners. Bah!! I need a Tesco.
Today I was the statue, tomorrow I'm gonna be the pigeon!!! And I still want to work in TV - I promise :D :D :D :D
Jules xx
Monday, 2 August 2010
First day as an assistant editor!
I wasn't actually working on Peppa Pig etc - I was digitising and cutting a 'behind the scenes' DVD extra for an old animation called The Big Knights. All fairly easy, slightly time-consuming, digitising is dull it has to be admitted but great work. The people I work with are cool and the place is chilled. Is all awesome!! Can't wait for more!!
Jules xx
Jules xx
Sunday, 1 August 2010
Waaaaargh!!
Less than 24 hours to the assistant editor job.... sooooo nervous and looking forward to it soooo much!! Will keep you updated on how it goes.
I'm not in the best state tbh, my food is going through me like an F1 car, I'm permanently too hot, very very tired, bit ill, so a good night's sleep tonight in preparation for tomorrow!!
While we're here I'm going to reccomend my friend's blog she's just started, Life: Answers Not Included She's a very talented writer and I have worked with her for a couple of years now. Enjoy!!
Oh, and I saw a squirrel running off with a donut in Holland Park today! Gotta love London!
Jules xx
I'm not in the best state tbh, my food is going through me like an F1 car, I'm permanently too hot, very very tired, bit ill, so a good night's sleep tonight in preparation for tomorrow!!
While we're here I'm going to reccomend my friend's blog she's just started, Life: Answers Not Included She's a very talented writer and I have worked with her for a couple of years now. Enjoy!!
Oh, and I saw a squirrel running off with a donut in Holland Park today! Gotta love London!
Jules xx
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