Today's lesson of Freelance

Today we have been set the task in our freelance class to produce a research log for a specialist job we discussing about in the previous lesson. Last lesson I chose I wanted my specialist job to be a Independent Camera Operator so I'll be researching things about the job like:
What the job entails, type of work that is undertaken within the specialism, resources needed, types of contracts a camera operator would get, tax and legal obligations, and health and safety considerations relating to camera operators.

Skills I have for a Independent Filmmaker

When working freelance in the media industry I would like to be an independent filmmaker the skills that I think would apply to this job role would be:

• Good Time Management
• Professionalism with the client
• Good creative skills
• Reliable
• Good at last minute decisions
• Self motivated
• Good at leading a team
• Experienced in different sections of the media industry
• Good communication skills
• Good at meeting deadlines
• Good Practical skills
• Can edit on different editing software

Freelance Job poster

The other day in class we created a poster for a selected freelance job where we discovered what a camera operator/cinematographer does for a job and how they promote themselves.