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My chosen role is lighting designer/ lx op and sound mixer

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The industry role I have chosen as my role is: lighting and sound.

key responsibilities within this role are: designing lights, programming and cueing lights, operating light, sound designing, sound mixing, abilities to quickly fix technical difficulties.

Salary can range from 36k-48k.

Day in the life of a lighting designer:

creating/using a show file to design the lights for the entire gig. programming and fixing during tech to fit the show and adjust what is needed to happen. cueing the lights once you've perfected them and operate them.

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EXPLAINING THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THE PEFORMING ARTS INDUSTRY

The roles of my chosen industry (lighting/sound design) can involve different responsibilities dependant on your job. I currently work as a lighting and stage technician at new Wimbledon theatre where I am on contract and get paid hourly salaries. however jobs such as a technician on a touring company, you can be paid an hourly or annual salary and then you also will need to work on your own invoice for your expenses that come with working such as meals, travel and accommodation. And then with a freelance technician, you will charge them your own invoice involving an agreed paid rate which can be hourly, for the whole gig, included equipment hire and accommodation/travel. as a technician these are some of the possibilities I will experience as I grow and gain more experience in different jobs within my chosen role.

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DIVERSITY OF THE PEFORMING ARTS WORKFORCE

As a technician, when you are hired, you are hired based on your experience, availability and abilities. these creates a diverse work atmosphere and leads to working with all different kinds of people whether their ethnicity, gender, disability or sexuality. however in other areas of the performing arts industry such as a dance, it is unfortunate not as diverse and there are still big issues with racism and body positivity. a lot of dance companies avoid hiring ballerinas that aren't white with unrealistic body weight. therefor not being solely based on talent like in the technical theatre field.

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INVESTIGATING HOW TO MARKET A CAREER AS A PEFORMING ARTS PROFESSIONAL.

To learn how to market my career I opened an Instagram page dedicated to my work where I can share projects I have been working on and my progress.

marketing strategies:

-advertisement

- flyers for projects

- posting content

- using hashtags

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AI in the creative industries

definition of AI: artificial intelligence is a technology that has the capability to produce human intelligence and problem solving skills, it is able to generate images and writing tools.

AI is available to everyone including artists, production specialists and sound technicians. in some ways AI can enhance and add to music making it better.

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Notes:

AI began in the early 1900s and has developed massively in todays time.

the concept of AI goes as far back to ancient times, ancient inventors made automatons which was human like mechanicals that mimicked the human perception.

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Artificial intelligence has a long history that dates back as far as the 20th century despite coming along way in todays time. The term was founded in 1956 with early research methods that based around problem solving.

a big early AI success was the 1997 chess worlds championships where the AI machine showed beyond human intelligence in decision making by winning the game against Gary Kasparov who was the world champion.

In the 1990s specialists were also able to create AI auto tutor systems which allowed AI to provide personalized learning experiences.

In 2011 AI showed high ability in understanding and processing language and won the quiz show jeopardy.

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The evolution from 1956-2024 has remarkable progress in the development from the first achievement's of the technology winning a chess game in 1997, to now having self driving cars.

The evolution of this is greatly shown in film. from the quality, colour (black and white), sound, costuming and props.

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Defeated by AI program "deep blue".

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garry kasparov chess game with deep blue

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AI is involved in many aspects of todays life. such as virtual assistants and self driving cars.

The field is expanding everyday as experts are continuing to widen the technology.

Everyday things that we use involve AI such such as the streaming service Netflix and can even play roles in health care diagnoses processes and develop personalized treatment plans.

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AI is evolving everyday and is changing parts of the industry with smart AI powered tools that are capable of enhancing workers such as sound engineers.

Some of the biggest music producers are already using AI to advance their work. Artists such as David Guetta who used AI to recreate a vocal track.

However at the moment artists aren't using AI to replace them but to better their creations and allows them to experiment with new sounds.

Some of the most well known AI tools being used in the music industry is Amper, AIVA and LANDR.

Music is just one of the sectors AI is already used in others include, lighting and digital art work.

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Notes:

The metropolis was made surrounding the idealism of life in the future such as flying cars, and that our todays AI, robot assistants made to help humans.

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Notes:

Health- when the 1920s film was produced the health conditions were a lot worse than todays time.

They had longer working hours less breaks and dangerous set productions such as fire whereas in todays industry the fire/explosion would be a generated technology, or a production cold spark which looks like fire but is actually cold and safe to touch.

Safety- Safety is now a non-negotiable standard in theatre and TV we see this through healthy and safety rules and contracts. Things that happened on set in the 1920s such as smoking and being under the influence.

Well-being: Even things in theatre such as the sound and light desk in theatres, some appear on a higher deck, which the crew on the show need a license to go up there, this stops unauthorised people going on the higher up desk that has the potential to fall off and get hurt.

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Costuming- The actress in the film Metropolis had to wear a painful costume that she could hardly move in and was poorly made.

In 2024 the costume would have been made exactly to the actors measurements with different materials that are more suited to work in.

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THE COSTUME THAT WAS MAJORLY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THE ACTRESS TO WEAR AND PEFORM IN

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EXPLORING ADVANCES IN THE INDUSTRY FROM 1888 

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EXPLORING ADVANCES IN THE INDUSTRY FROM 1888 

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black and white/grainy footage

no sound

looped

unfocused and bad quality

different costumes and fashion

not many details

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HOW HAVE THE ROLES IN THE INDUSTRY CHANGED BETWEN  "METROPOLIS" 1927, "EDWARD SCISSOR HANDS" 1990 AND "AVATAR" 2022

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HOW HAVE THE ROLES IN THE INDUSTRY CHANGED BETWEN  "METROPOLIS" 1927, "EDWARD SCISSOR HANDS" 1990 AND "AVATAR" 2022

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The film metropolis is pictured in black and white in lower quality and their is no speech heard, only an instrumental sound track.

Although a very impressive film from the time period with fantastic effects and large sets, it doesn't compare to the large use of technology seen in todays films.

In Edward scissor hands we can see the advance of colour and speech in the film, there is still a lower quality that we don't see in more recent films but we can still see an improvement of sets and effects such as the scene with the ice figures as well as Edwards costuming and make up.

Avatar 2 screened in 2022 is the most advanced film made today, made up with near entire CGI, with major visual special effects by VFX artists.

we can also clearly see the HD quality with picture, colour, effects and sounds.

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INVESTIGATING THE RANGE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT RELATE TO MY SPECIALIST AREA.

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INVESTIGATING THE RANGE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT RELATE TO MY SPECIALIST AREA.

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Jobs involving lighting design and operating-

theatrical productions

live events

film advert and tv

cruise ships

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-Lighting and Sound Technician

Gary Bee stone Limited t/a GBA

-The Paddington Bear Experience - Deputy Show Technician

Sella door Worldwide

-Senior Technician - Lighting

Liverpool Empire

Events and Venues Technician

The Royal Academy of Music

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statistics from the national theatre:

The National Theatre is a place where artists can make their best work. We believe these artists should be a reflection of the diversity of this country.

To achieve this, we’ve set the following targets to increase diversity on our stages:

50% of living writers for our stages will be female

50% of directors working on our stages will be female

There will be 50:50 gender balance on stage.

20% of writers for our stages will be from the global majority

20% of directors working on our stages will be from the global majority

At least 25% of performers will be from the global majority

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ANAYLASIS OF DIVERSITY IN PERFORMING ARTS

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ANAYLASIS OF DIVERSITY IN PERFORMING ARTS

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although the industry is a generally well accepting of differences sector, there is issues of racism such as black ballerinas having to wear ballet tights and shoes made for a white skin tone, type casting and in my job I find sexism to be an issue. my job of a theatre technician involves heavy lifting when building set and sexism can be seen here. however the industry is constantly advancing and we are seeing it less and less.

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In the industry different contracts are given that are dependant on different roles and venues.

contracts that are for freelances will have to do their own invoices, where as employment contracts will do this for you, and normally at a set hourly rate.

an example of an invoice:

SBLX

52 Ormande avenue

Epsom KT199EP

07385845923

INVOICE

Invoice # 001

Date: 15/011/2024

To:

HR/FINANCE DEPARTMENT

National theatre

South bank

London SE19PX

Phone: 02039895455

Comments or special instructions:

RECIEPTS AND BANK STATEMENTS ATTATCHED- AVAILBLE VIA EMAIL UPON REQUEST

QUANTITY

DESCRIPTION

UNIT PRICE

TOTAL

5

HIRED FLIGHT CASES OF LIGHTING EQUIPMENT

£1000

£1000

18

18 HOURS OF SERVICE X £16P/H RATE

£288

£288

4

HOURS OF TRAVEL- £12X4

£48

£48

2

2 LUNCH EXPENSES

£20

£20

15

LX ASSISTANT X £12P/H X 15

£180

£180

1

VAN HIRE- £175

£175

£175

SUBTOTAL

£1711

SALES TAX

N/A

SHIPPING & HANDLING

inc

TOTAL due

£1711

Make all checks payable to Shawnee Bourne via youth theatre

If you have any questions concerning this invoice Shawnee Bourne at 07385845923 or shawneebourne04@hotmail.com

I can confirm I am self employed for tax and national insurance purposes my UTR is 18695000436

Make all cheques payable to Shawnee Bourne within 7 days

Account number- 40715060

Sort code 30-80-33

Name- Shawnee bourne

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UNIT 1 - ASSIGNMENT BRIEF - TASK 1 - PODCAST RESEARCH

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-The roles of a set designer

In our podcast, Lucas and I will be discussing his experience in set designing and rigging.

I will be asking him questions on projects he has worked on already, future projects and aspirations, what skills you need for this role, advantages and disadvantages and how the role can effect or mental and physical well being.

We aim to research different employment opportunities with our real life experiences on the projects we have already worked on.

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PODCAST RESEARCH- DEFINITION OF HEALTH/WELL-BEING IN THE INDUSTRY

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PODCAST RESEARCH- DEFINITION OF HEALTH/WELL-BEING IN THE INDUSTRY

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In today's industry many protocols are put in place to ensure safety of everyone in the venue, such as mandatory health and safety inspections, checklists, hardhats and many more.

Even in certain theatres the lighting and sound desk is placed in a higher upper deck in which you need a license to even go up there.

However even with these protocols there is a major disadvantage involving heavy lifting and very long hours within these roles.

Despite these disadvantages the safety preparation is much greater than it has been in the last 100 years. for example. These healthy and safety checks and regulations were on a much smaller scale to now and in some cases was not used at all.

Even productions that used things such as fire would use real fire which is not safe and would not be seen today, today we have much more efficient ways of creating things like fire such as CGI used with AI technology or even just a cold spark that appears hot but would have no effect to touch.

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DISCUSSION AND EVIDENCE OF THE RISKS OF SUSTAINING A HEALTHY MIND AND BODY IN THE INDUSTRY.

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DISCUSSION AND EVIDENCE OF THE RISKS OF SUSTAINING A HEALTHY MIND AND BODY IN THE INDUSTRY.

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Example- wizard of oz

In the wizard of oz, effective health and safety, which we are so strict on today, was so poor that many accidents.

Actress Margaret Hamilton inflicted serious burns on set, this put her out of the job for 6 weeks which would cause a unhealthy mind as well as the physical injury.

The same actress had toxic make up applied to her which would not be allowed to be used today.

Another actress Betty Danko was sent to hospital after a pipe fitted to look like a broomstick exploded, where she was hospitalised for 11 days.

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Evidence of risks in the industry are electrical work, and it is a common occurrence in theatre to become electrocuted from live exposed wires.

Even smaller scale injury's are common and happen such as pulling a muscle from heavy lifting.

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ANALYSIS OF HEALTH AND WELL BEING STRATEGIES WITHIN MY FIELD AND THE PROGRESSION FROM THE 1927 FILM METROPOLIS

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ANALYSIS OF HEALTH AND WELL BEING STRATEGIES WITHIN MY FIELD AND THE PROGRESSION FROM THE 1927 FILM METROPOLIS

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the health and well being strategies used in metropolis were poor and unsafe especially compared to todays industry regulations.

In todays Industry, scenes that could be shot in a few days took a few months when the film was being created, this extra work alone caused masses of work load of cast and crew.

An actor did even face burns from real fire used in the film, which clearly shows safety regulations were not put in place for the use of this fire on set.

An actor even fainted on set due to similar lack of safety procedures.

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questions i will be asking Lucas

how did you get into the industry

how long have you been in the industry

what are you favourite roles to do ie rigging

( i know he likes rigging so i will be focusing on the physical health disadvantages such as heavy lifting and long hours. And the protocols put in place to ensure safety such as hard hats and hi-vis jackets.

DEFINITION of health and well being in the context of behind the scenes for the ourselves and what we put in place for the performers too.

talk about the RISKS/ advantages and disadvantages regarding physical health and how it can impact your mental health

DEVELOP STRATEGIES to maintain the healthy life style

treatment from co workers in a stressful environment causes a mental health impact

because of the stressful environment talk about the AI and technology that have come about which ease some of the workload/makes the tasks easier to set up and preform.

ANALYSE our own health and well being strategies in our chosen field.

without these technologies the work day would be harder and longer

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we used our stimulus 'metropolis 1927' to create a vision for our film. we created a story board and had production communication meeting to discuss our ideas and key characters to put our story board to life. we did a prototype with Gav where I learned how to edit a short film with the software we was going to be using. in the industry we would need work permits to use certain areas to film.

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THE PROCESS OF EDITING SHORT FILM "SCREENSLAVER"

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THE PROCESS OF EDITING SHORT FILM "SCREENSLAVER"

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I started off by uploading the footage from the SD card given to me by film crew. I watched the footage and organised it so I could assemble to make a rough cut so I could frame it into the correct timeline. I cut out takes and made sure to include the best shots. once I was happy I made a copy of the time line and got ready to refine.

To begin making my rough cut cohesive I adjusted the sound making sure the dialogue is audible. I also had to adjust the colour to resemble a consistent saturation throughout the entire film.

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USING AI IN OUR FILM SCREENING 'SCREENSLAVER'

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USING AI IN OUR FILM SCREENING 'SCREENSLAVER'

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some of the edits seen in the film were used by creating AI generated ideas and pictures. the software worked so I could type input what i wanted to see and it would AI generate pictures i could copy and add into the film edit. this makes the job of an editor much easier however gives them less work to do and could create a scene where directors could do this themselves without the need hire an editor.

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ANALYSE OF MY OWN HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN MY SPECIALIST AREA- VIDEO EDITOR 

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ANALYSE OF MY OWN HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN MY SPECIALIST AREA- VIDEO EDITOR 

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To maintain a healthy mindset I was sure to give myself enough time to edit so that I could have good time management which we allow me to use my time effectively and without stress. This also enabled me to take plenty of breaks ensuring I had eaten and was well rested which defiantly improved my mental and physical well-being.

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EVALUATION OF SHORT FILM "SCREEN-SLAVER"

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EVALUATION OF SHORT FILM "SCREEN-SLAVER"

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the film went well however things could have been improved. communication for one. there was also not enough time to edit the whole film as time management was lacked by team and the editor was left with a short amount of time, communication was also lost in regards to finalising the SD card and giving it to the editor. its also to be noted in the Q&A professionalism could have been elevated.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THE LANDSCAPE OF MY INDUSTRY

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THE LANDSCAPE OF MY INDUSTRY

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personal skills and professional skills

personal skills: professional skills:

confidence communication

enthusiastic adaptability

hard working leadership

4 skills id like to work on-

knowledge

multitasking

marketing

research

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BRANCHING OUT TO THEATRES FOR WORK EXPERIENCE.

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BRANCHING OUT TO THEATRES FOR WORK EXPERIENCE.

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today i called epsom playhouse to enquire about work experience. the feedback i got from my peers was that i spoke clear and confidently and that i could have added more details about myself and my experience.

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Production Lighting Technician

Royal Ballet and Opera

Job Requirements

Experience in theatrical lighting in a large-scale theatre environment, live entertainment and events.

Understandment of legislation and best practice in relation to the role.

A broad range of technical skills and understanding of the requirements of other technical teams and departments within a live performance environment.

Strong communication skills, a collaborative approach to working, and ability to show initiative in dealing with day-to-day problems.

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STRATEGIES I WILL USE TO MAINTAIN AND ENSURE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.

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STRATEGIES I WILL USE TO MAINTAIN AND ENSURE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.

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To maintain a healthy lifestyle I will keep fit from the gym to keep a good physique to heavy lift and rig without risk of injury.

Exercise also helps to keep your mind healthy and improve mental health.

To further protect myself physically I will wear hard hats, hi vis jackets, and steel cap shoes at all times necessary.

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MY ABILITIES OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LX AT THE ROYAL BALLET

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MY ABILITIES OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LX AT THE ROYAL BALLET

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I have experience in large scale theatre environment and theatrical lighting.

I would need to improve on my knowledge of legalisation in relation to this specific role.

I have a broad range of technical scenes and I understand the requirements of other technical teams and departments.

I have strong communication skills but I believe my collaborative work could be improved.

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at fuse box a venue in Kingston the actors created an immersive piece where the audience followed the actors around the venue to watch various scenes of their piece. for this project i had the role of lighting designer and operator which was more challenging as i had to think outside the box and create various scenes with lighting pars and fixed lights instead of using a lighting board connected to stage lights, i had to use multi tasking skills to do production communication whilst setting up my lights and helping with set and props at the same time i created many blocks of lights for different moods such as a strobe red light for the intense war scene, a pink lighting mood for the party and a purple light for eerie scenes. we used production communication across the months that led up to the project, this used our time management skills as we had to get certain things done in order to progress to the technical side of things ,using ideas for the scenes so i could get an idea of lighting different moods. we also included dress rehearsals where i could really test and improve the lighting effects in all the scenes. this worked as we applied our collaboration skills. During the dress rehearsal this tested my resilience skills as i had to wait for actors to block certain scenes in order for me to do my work and i had to change some things/readjust

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EMOTINAL RESILIENCE

discussion of my thoughts surrounding my personal emotional resilience.

I believe the things that build our resilience give space to change these experiences into hard work and determination, especially in the creative industry in some words it gives you "thicker skin" and can keep you thinking more creatively. challenges that we overcome enables us to working harder and thinking outside the box to navigate challenges.

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WHY IS EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE IMPORTANT IN THE INDUSTRY?

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WHY IS EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE IMPORTANT IN THE INDUSTRY?

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emotional resilience is important in the industry because as a creatives, ideas are constantly being challenged as artists and directors want the best for the project, which can end up being told no and or negative feedback. overcoming these experiences build resilience which will have less of a negative impact on you in the future which will lead to an easier dedication to get it right and keep working.

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MY WEEKLY SKILLS REFLECTION - UNIT 2- L01

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MY WEEKLY SKILLS REFLECTION - UNIT 2- L01

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Scenario at my work place:

my first time follow spotting at new Wimbledon theatre the lx1 complained about me to my boss. my boss defended me and wasnt cross with me as it was my first time and i was learning however i still had to carry on with shows the rest of the week.

how i overcame this scenario:

i stayed calm as i knew i just needed more practice and i thanked the lx1 for his patience and informed him i was new at follow spotting and still learning.

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SCENERIO 1

Scarlett should have taken the feedback and applied it to her work which would improve it, she would be able to use this feedback to build resilience and in the future she would not be effected mentally and be able to apply to her creative work again therefor constantly improving

SCENERIO 2

Kyle should have come up with a solution before bringing the problem to the director. this would build the resilience of making mistakes and being patient and be able to handle situations in the future more calm.