Elli's log week 2

Elli's log week 2: we were given the chance to give 3 suggestions that we had researched previously on our time off of lesson and as well as that to expand on our work
After researching my 3 placement suggestions the week before I had come
up with Yafta, Yorkshire Television and acting up north.


Initially I chose these on impulse, Yorkshire television for possible behind the scenes film and tv activities,helping on set, camera work, editing, lighting, props, etc.


Acting up north I thought I could do some kind of organised contemporary sessions, and YAFTA I honestly didn't have much information, my biggest weakness here was a lack of research and an error in tie management, at the time I was stressed and admittedly at a loss.

I later admitted to Elli, I felt anxious and didn't really have a clue about what I wanted to do for my placement, in retrospective this was the best decision I could have made, I've learned that sometimes reaching out to tell others that you need a helping hand can be the best decision you could make, its essentially using the resources and privilege you have as a student and seeking guidance, I've since learned that after university it is a lot harder to find this information so using the tools around me, is the best action I could have taken at this point.

 after words we
were put into a long line based off what theatre or studio we thought
would have roughly the biggest audience which we thought would have
the smallest audience spanning from lab to disney and universal studios.
we were also given one to one tutorials where I admitted to Elli that
I was nervous about this module and wasn't sure what to do,Elli suggested
to research slunglow as well as a few other companies and I felt much
more secure.


I believe this was important to put into spectrum the big picture of potential collaborators and massive organisations, from a local theatre group, to a company as big as Disney, this helped me to know what was more accessible and what was very much a big branded company that would take years of work to get into, which in process of elimination and in hindsight really helped me to narrow down the placements near me and what I wanted, it also helped me to understand what was practical and what frankly was unrealistic


After this we were told to write down a list of our best traits and
tell them to each other in opposing lines, I put that I was punctual,
passionate, optomistic and creative, we then were told to do the same
but with our biggest flaws, I once again said that I was impatient,
disorganised,anxious, and stressed easy, afterwards we were then told
to research our placements more and to bring in more thorough suggestions
next time


My overall learning from this and outcome I would take from this would be to take the most efficient, organised, professional, and mentally best version of myself to placement, its like they say, the first step to working on your problems is to acknowledge them, I believe this activity helped me become self aware of my flaws, as well as this this it helped me to plan ahead to overcome my weaknesses in my learning experience and personality, so that in the future I would have the best most organised placement experience.