So you want to get into the 'Media'? Why I ask. I mean, these days anyone with a couple o' bucks rattling in their pocketses can go to the local Al Qaeda Recruitment Centre and get a subsidised mobile that shoots video. Upload that sucker onto YouTube and you're golden.
No bosses.
No one to tell you to 'dumb it down' or 'sex it up'.
Cut out the distributor, the middleman, the network.
Why would you want to do it any other way?
Well, to get paid for a start. Gots to make the rent. And maybe your ambitions call for a larger budget - that number of Male Nude Dancers doesn't come cheap woman.
So, until the 'User Generated Content' Net Bidness Model settles downs in the next few months and you begin to make money off your 'content' the 'Broadcast Media' maybe for you.
If so why not apply for Channel 4's IDEASFACTORY Masterclass taking place in Belfast this October? Should be chock o' full of info to help you get into the industry or help you realise it's just not for you.
Email [email protected] and let them know why you'd like to attend the classes - they also want a 300 word review of recent media that's inspired you, (just to make sure you can write and read - literacy, still important till Vidglyphics become commonplace in about, oh...2014).
For more information visit the IDEASFACTORY website at Channel 4 Dot Com:
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