Creative Platforms

Presentation of Progress
By Charlie OConnor (UP654530)
3rd Year Entertainment Technology Student

Industry
Ideal Industry: Television (although open to working in other
industries)
Role: Creative Producer
Nature of Work: Creating various media for platforms such as Linear,
Non-Linear and Social Media
Job Profile Examples: Please see screenshots on slides 3-5
Skillset Required: Video Editing (Avid, Adobe Premiere, FCP),
Communication, Microsoft Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel), Project
Management, Interpersonal, Graphic Design (Photoshop and After
Effects) and Camera skills (Not specified)

Industry (Job Profile #1-Disney Channels)

Industry (Job Profile #2-Discovery)

Industry (Job Profile #3-Channel 5)

CV-Production
Timeline:
Oct 15-Submitted old CV to Claire
Oct 15-Received old CV feedback from Claire
Oct 15-Initially started work on new CV using Word
Oct 15-Redesigned CV using InDesign due to
advanced design capabilities
Oct 15-Completed 1st draft of CV
Feb 16-Received CV feedback from industry

Business Card-Production
Timeline:

Oct 15-Started work on BC using InDesign

Nov 15-Recived BC feedback from Claire
Nov 15-Completed 1st draft of BC
Feb 16-Received BC feedback from industry

Showreel-Production
Timeline:
Nov 15-Set up Vimeo account for Showreel
Feb 16-Started storyboarding Showreel

CV, Business Card and Showreel ProductionFurther Details

You can find further details about
the production process in my blog,
Including creative justifications and
WIPs of CV, Business Card and
Showreel, as well as other media
Tumblr is a great platform on which
to document your work activities
I try post at least once a week in order
to keep people in the loop about what
Im working on
Tumblr Link-http://charlieoconnorcreativeplatforms.tumblr.com/

Work-Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Disney promos are deemed to be industry standard Graphics need a lot of work-could benefit from
Broad range of work demonstrates that Im multiadditional graphic design lessons
skilled
Well composed photos
I believe my videos have been edited to a high
standard

Research-Primary (CV, Business Card and

Showreel)
Last week, I received feedback from three Creative Producers who work in
the television industry. These are my key findings:
Business card feels too corporate
CV design is fine
Skills required: Software (Premiere, Avid, Final Cut, After Effects,
Photoshop), communication, organisational and time management skills
The showreel I was planning on using as inspiration wasnt received wellmusic too distracting and too many examples of video work (although
length was fine)
I need to include around 10 examples of work in my showreel
Potential employers expect to see a broad range of work in a showreel (e.g.
videos, graphics, photos, animations)

Research-Secondary (CVs)
CV Examples:
Kiki Larson
http://kikilarson.com/about/
Mark Grassia
http://www.markgrassia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/mgrassia2013-resume.pdf
Richard Gay
http://www.richardgay.com/cv.htm
Viktor Pesenti
http://www.viktorpesenti.com/resume/

Research-Secondary (Business Cards)

I took a lot of inspiration
from these business cards
I especially like how clean
the business cards are
If you go back to slide 7,
you can see Ive gone for a
clean look on my business
card

Research-Secondary (Showreels)
Showreel Examples:
Steve Skinner
https://vimeo.com/71038591
Liam Hopper
https://vimeo.com/127824448
Mike Buonaiuto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGq_0blqYvM
Chris Bennett
https://vimeo.com/87385535

Planning
Task No.

Task

Notes

Date

CV

Highlight buzz/important
words and amend About
Me section

18/03/2016

Business Card

Make business card feel

less corporate

01/03/2016

Showreel

Edit showreel using

Adobe Premiere

15/04/2016

Portfolio Website

Re-design portfolio
website using Format.com

15/04/2016