Business plans research

 

Self portrait

 My self portrait is a short piece of writing looking at my views on my own writing, looking at what I wish to do with the worlds I have made. The text is underneath this, with a video version used as a test embed (It was a failed attempt and I ended up giving up on the idea.)

"Recently, I’ve been looking back at my past. Revisiting childhood world’s in a new lens. It’s something I’ve been doing for years, each important stage of my life. I'll revisit these places in my head and begin new adventures. Have old characters revisit their homelands, have them grow older and older. I still haven’t forgotten my childhood worlds though. 

Lands with green rolling hills, lush forests, great cities that were so technologically advanced they worked with nature. A land of elves, human knights, fairies and (of course) dragons. But as I grew older, I learnt that this world would be impossible... I changed things. Dragons were no longer the worlds biggest threat, but rather, the rulers of this land became the true enemy. 

The brave adventurers I created grew older. The noble knight growing wiser, The elven prince learning to open up to his friends, The princess, who learned to fight back, to rule with dignity and honor. And the pirate queen who learned to live a life without fear of betrayal. 

As they grew older, people around them began to die. And then I abandoned this world... But now? I wish to share this world, the tales of these adventurers... With other people. Letting them experience every twist and turn. This is my dream. "

In a rush here, the psycho holding me in this damned basement is on his way, I have about 2 minutes to tell our story. We were lured here with promises of a fantasy land. He said he could show us his plans for the future, a land without pain, a land so advanced that technology works with nature. When we accepted his proposal for a meeting, he gassed us. Threw us in this cellar in the middle of god knows where. There seems to be some kind of... Stone altar?? It started off just blank. but after what I assume was our first night. We woke up and suddenly the stones had gone. Each of us began getting taken upstairs, one by one. never coming back. I am the last left and now the Jutting stones of this altar lean against one another, forming a crude doorway. A light emanating from this swirling portal—the deep purple of a bruise—beckoning me forward despite its sinister aura. I can smell cinammon... It's oddly pleasing. I want to step through- DCODE- caesar shift- 15 backwards

backwards, roman emperor (49 BC to 44 BC), 15- Hexadecimal.

A Witches hex is the key.

https://joshmainwood2004.wixsite.com/secretsandlies

 

work experience search

 work experience:

There's not much to say here, I'm finding it very difficult to find writing related work experience places, the same as acting. I have sent email to st george's theatre and will have booked an appointment with the future's team soon. I shall update this entry soon.

Progression

 I feel like i'm going to go to uni, or at the very least try.

We've all been using Unifrog lately, a very helpful tool that has helped me by choosing a range of jobs I may be interested in based off of a few quizzes (including a personality test) The main ones that caught my eye include 'Art director (tv and film) which is a person that helps the production team and directors in bringing their creative visions to life. There is also the job of 'Author' a career that I was already interested in pursuing anyway. There was also roles such as actor, director and producer. All things that I am interested in.

To start off with, I decided to look at the cv of an actor, since that is the main role I have taken in the making of our short film, this CV appears to be full of pictures, and some fairly basic descriptions of the different roles landed (in film, tv, and theatre) It has a very nice layout and is pleasing to look at.

the second creative CV that I managed to find was that of a creative writer, this is a lot less colourful and full of pictures than the last, and is very neatly laid out, with sections for skills, the actual experience, education and an overall summary of the person. Personally, I think it is a very bland looking document.

After this, I decided to create my own creative cv. First I found a website called livecareer that helped me create my cv.

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Professional headshots

 Professional headshots:

Another fairly important part of a creative's journey is getting a headshot taken, this will always get put on a portfolio and be used wherever else it may need to be used.

It would appear as though headshots often have a few main things in common, the first is that the subject's head is in clear view of the cameraa, and the most prominent part of the shot. The second is that it would appear as though many people choose a basic backdrop and make sure they stand up as straight as possible, often times smiling into the camera (sometimes not)

a few examples include:

This first image is of a gentleman smartly dressed with his body facing to the side, head looking at the camera and features a black background. The black background is a very heavy background, and gives a sort of "in charge" feeling.

the second image is of another gentleman with a basic shirt on leaning on some sort of table. Another black background.

For my headshot I wanted something that screamed me while also being fairly professional, so we shot a couple of photos outside, I ended up choosing a photo of me standing with my arms crossed with a slight smile, I then cropped it so that it was just my face. This is the end result:

creative portfolio research

 Creative portfolio research:

starting off, it seems as though creative portfolios are rather important to progress within the creative sector as a whole, the most commonly used method of this for authors (currently the main thing I wish to focus on) appears to be use of a website. I have been researching authors I enjoy reading and looking at their websites to get a feel of what they look like. The first of these is an author known as 'Brandon Sanderson' 

Already, the moment you click in the website you are greeted with a blue background and a slideshow full of upcoming projects of his, some links to other parts of his website and progress bars for his upcoming writing projects. Brandon's website is by far my favourite website out of all the ones I have researched because of just how interactive it is and how much content is packed in the website. beneath all of that previously mentioned stuff is his blog, which is another interesting feature that lets fans of his work see what he's working on with updates fairly frequently. In the bar at the top of the screen is the links that will take you to the other parts of his website, including the collection of all his works, a blog section and multiple other bits and pieces.

https://www.brandonsanderson.com (Link)

The second author I have chosen to study their creative portfolio is 'George R.R. Martin' who yet again, has a website that the public can view, he is the author of the popular fantasy book series known as 'A Song Of Ice And Fire' his website has a lot of the same stuff as Sanderson's, including a blog style page (Known as 'Not A Blog') a Mini slideshow and numerous other links including one to his merchandise. The biggest difference between the two appear to be the background image, which in Martin's site is a snowy-white sort of background, fitting with the theme of his most popular setting of Westeros (which is full of snowy areas due to 'Winter' fast approaching in the song of ice and fire books) another major difference is that Martin's site just looks a bit more complex, with way more sub categories in each major dropdown menu in the top bar.

https://georgerrmartin.com (second link)

Moving (mostly) away from fantasy authors now, Stephen King is another author who I wished to examine a creative portfolio on. Once again, he has a website, like the previous two authors, the background is very simple with a number of categories showcasing a range of things from his works (old and upcoming) an FAQ and a news section. His is probably the most basic of the 3 sites, with the most basic layout and a simple list for all his books (rather than a more comprehensive list split into series and featuring images like Sanderson)

My favourite of these sites has to be Brandon Sanderson's, it has the most user-friendly interface and is just much more pleasing to look at. all of the links to other parts of the website are just big enough to not get in the way when you are browsing and there is a large plethora of content that is free for fans to read and get a taste of his work. My least favourite would unfortunately be King's, because his site is just very bland overall and not that interesting to look at.

 

Test Post

 simple rambling/ writing example:

The wind drifted slowly across the mostly evacuated streets of London, only a few stragglers were left in their homes, huddled into corners, hiding and waiting for their only hope to finally arrive and save them. There were countless helicopters hovering above the city, patrolling the streets, one at a time landing, unloading heavily armed soldiers and then flying off. These soldiers were the remaining survivors only chance at living until sunrise... Or so everyone thought.

Elsewhere in the city, two men lay still, both on buildings and both supposedly dead. A man with jet black hair and emerald green eyes was the first to awaken, coughing as he jolted upright and gasped for breath. He let out a small chuckle "so... the fun began without me I see" the man looked at the second figure on the ground, white hair with bright red eyes and smirked slightly "He's not dead... but still, being incapacitated is gunna give me a bit more time to continue with my plans" he mumbled, jumping off of the 3 storey building that the two were on, landing on the ground with a thud, cracking the road beneath but coming out of it completely unharmed...

Possibly to be continued??

Have a video of my failed attempt at my self portrait