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Listed below are steps to help you get started on your work sample portfolio ifyou don't have one already:
Step 1: Find the Target
The first thing you must do before you begin creating you work sample is decidewhat kind of job you would like to have. For example, I will become ascreenwriter and Director, most employers and graduate school departments willask me for a screenplay script or a short film to view my developed skills.
Step 2: Write
Start creating that work! Make sure that your piece is original, appropriateand professional in regard to your career or graduate school. There are severalbooks that explain how to produce a work. check one out if you haven'tdeveloped you own process:
- How to Write a selling screenplay by Christopher Keane
- How to write a screenplay in 10 weeks by Maroiyn Horowitz
- How Not to Make a Short Film: Secrets from a Sundance Programmer by Roberta Marie Monroe
- Naked Filmmaking: How To Make A Feature-Length Film - Without A Crew - For $10,000 Or Less by Mike Caroll
- Homework: A Parent's Guide To Helping Out Without Freaking Out! by Neil McNerney
There is a book for pretty much everyprocess. Just decide what you want to create and find the correspondig book!
Step 3: Gather Advice and Critique
Once your piece is finished, do not be afraid to have your, friends, mentor,teacher or a relative professinal you trust to examine your new piece.Personally, I handed a work sample to one of my teachers and begged them tomake the pages "bleed".
Step 4: Make sure its YOU
After you have created you have found your target, created your piece and allowedit to be critiqued by several scholars, go over your work again. Make sure thatthe piece is something that you are proud of. Make sure that your work containsYOUR style, YOUR Message, and YOUR Voice. Your name will forever be attached tothat pice of work, so make sure its something you are proud of.
Step 3: Gather Advice and Critique
Once your piece is finished, do not be afraid to have your, friends, mentor,teacher or a relative professinal you trust to examine your new piece.Personally, I handed a work sample to one of my teachers and begged them tomake the pages "bleed".
Step 4: Make sure its YOU
After you have created you have found your target, created your piece and allowedit to be critiqued by several scholars, go over your work again. Make sure thatthe piece is something that you are proud of. Make sure that your work containsYOUR style, YOUR Message, and YOUR Voice. Your name will forever be attached tothat pice of work, so make sure its something you are proud of.
You also want to make sure that you are following the formats preferred in the field, so you look professional.
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Great tips!
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These are great guidelines for every writer.
ReplyDeleteThis is really good to get people on the right track for writing. Great tips and guidelines.
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