P5. Preparing for a university application

Applying for the course:
Once I had done research on university courses, to apply to the ones I considered attending I firstly set up an account on UCAS.

For the application process, I had to do the following:
- Select up to 5 courses to apply to
- Fill in personal details about myself
- Fill in details about my past qualifications, and the current subjects I am enrolled onto
- Write a personal statement
- Write about past work experience or jobs
- Get references from teachers and my progress coach
- Send it off






















For the interview:
For my interview, I brought both a print portfolio, a digital portfolio, and a memory stick with all of the work on (for back up). I also brought a DVD including individual short films and my showreel in case they wished to play it back on a DVD player.

Print Portfolio including:
- Art
- Photography
- Scripts
- Storyboards
- Essays
- Production paperwork (shooting schedule, shot list, call sheets)

Digital Portfolio:
- Website (hannahgautrey.com)
- Showreel (link on website)

Memory stick
- Everything (photographs of art, and PDFs of scripts etc...)

Confirming my choices:
Once I heard back from all of the universities, I had to reply to my offers. I chose Film Production at Arts University as my firm choice, Film at the University of Westminster as my insurance choice, and declined the rest.

P6. Personal Website & Showreel

Personal Website:
hannahgautrey.com

Directing and Cinematography Showreel:
hannahgautrey.com/showreel

For the directing showreel, the first short film The Last Birthday was produced on the BFI Film Academy run by the National Film and Television School. The second and last films The Wooden House and Loot were produced for a Media Level 3 Diploma assignment/unit, and the third The Apartment was produced in my spare time. For my cinematography showreel, all of the work was produced outside of college by collaborating with friends (apart from Loot and The Wooden House) and some I also produced, directed and edited such as the second animation and the last film Capturing a Moment.

P5. Letter to a Potential Employer

Practise letter to a potential employer:

Past email for a work experience opportunity: 

P4. Career and Study Options Flow Diagram

After Long Road, I plan to study Film Production at Arts University Bournemouth. While I'm enrolled onto the course I plan to do activities outside of university which will work towards my career plan - such as borrowing equipment from AUB and collaborating with friends on the course to make films in our spare time (also submitting them into film festivals). I also will be applying for more work experience opportunities on set and also for nearby film studios/production companies. Two of the people I will be moving in with are filmmakers (an editor and a cinematographer) so therefore we can collaborate in our free time and they will have equipment/software too.

After university I will apply for funding (crowd funding, BFI Film Fund etc…) and continue to collaborate and make short films. If I feel like I need to improve my specialist role even more, I will apply for a MA course in directing. Either way - if my application for an MA is unsuccessful (if applying for places such as the NFTS) I will continue to make short films and apply again in the future. While I am producing short films I plan to have a part time job which is linked to television or film, and hopefully go on to making a feature film if I acquire enough funding.

Contingency Plan
If I struggle to get into an MA course, or struggle with contacts or funding for short films, I will continue to look through websites such as theunitlist.com and Shooting People for jobs such as production assistant or first assistant director. Also I can try and get work through contacts in the industry (which I will/have made from Long Road Sixth Form, the BFI Regional Academy, the NFTS BFI Film Academy, Arts University Bournemouth, and possibly an MA course in directing). I will also look for a part time job to fund and produce my own films if the above fails.

P3. Personal Resource Audit

P5 & P6. About.me Blog

http://about.me/hannahgautrey

P1. Understanding Employment and Education Opportunities in the Media Sector

Links to opportunities:

Directing:
http://guru.bafta.org/david-fincher-a-life-in-pictures

Cinematography:
http://guru.bafta.org/sean-bobbitt-cinematography-masterclass

Art Directing/Production Design:
http://guru.bafta.org/bafta-film-craft-sessions-costume-extended-cut
http://guru.bafta.org/christine-cant-make-hair-masterclass