Professional Issues in Creative Media Post 1 - What would I like to do...

I had my first official class for Professional Issues in Creative Media with Richard Price and in it we were told to think about what we wanted to do when we left college.

Ever since I was doing my Junior Cert, I always had a grand plan of what I wanted to do. It may have changed around a bit, but the general path was the same as I always expected. I would do Transition Year, finish my Leaving Cert, do a Level 5 PLC in Graphic Design to increase my art skill, do a Level 6 in Advanced Creative Media to enhance my knowledge of technology and creative arts, then finally move on to do a Level 8 in Communications in Creative Media.

But as I progressed through my 4 year college degree, I can't figure out exactly what I want to do after college. It always changes. For a while I wanted to be a Graphic Designer, but over the past year I realised that I absolutely hate Graphic Design as a job. Mainly because I don't like working on my own and dealing with clients myself. I have to search everywhere for a job opportunity, I work with unprofessional clients that never understand what it is that they want, they try to skip payment and I'm never happy with my product.

I love filming and I love editing. I always had this great feeling whenever I create a story that I am able to show someone. I also love working with a team that has a genuine interest in what they are doing. So at the moment, I would love to work in a film crew or in a post-production house. Or be the head/supervisor of any sort of project crew.

One thing I have noticed is that since my Level 6, I have falling in love with Media Studies. It's the one topic that I go into so much detail when talking to someone outside of college. Even the idea of being media savvy and knowing how to manipulate someone and not be manipulated by any form of media is quite fascinating. Although I probably wouldn't want to work in journalism. But ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to be a teacher. So that I could do better than the teacher before me.

I would love to be a lecturer because I enjoy presentations and most the students you are talking to have some sense about them.

It's a stretch but my dream is to create stories in either film or animation, then go for my masters degree when I earn enough money, then become a college lecturer teaching Media Studies.