I’m George Wilshaw, a media production student at Bournemouth University. This is the first of my short series of 4 blog posts for the Work in Media Industries Unit. Each blog will feature a short serious segment, to display my understanding of the Work in Media Industries Unit.
In this first blog post I will be discussing the importance of creating your media brand. As any media creator will know, it is important to leave a digital presence and a brand trail for the media to find you. Making yourself shine professionally in the limelight is key when looking for an ideal career path. It’s the opening perspective of any media employer and the best way they can see if you are a good fit for them, so it needs to be good. That concludes this week’s serious segment!
Being an avid media consumer and creator it is strange for me to write a blog because personally I think that it is a dying medium and it’s ironic that our seminar leader gave up on writing their own blog, yet they still implore that we should write one! The most popular form of consuming media is visual. However, as a Media Production Student I do understand that it is useful to have a range of media tools in your arsenal to reach all audiences because perhaps they’re people who enjoy the intimacy of a blog but personally I find reading to be a bit more invasive than watching. Creators when vlogging will play a character that is a representation of who they actually are for entertainment purposes. I think that once I have made more of a digital imprint then a blog will be more appealing to me due to its personal nature.
Well that concludes the first blog, I think I’m off to a strong start. Now go back to watching your web series. Cheers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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