Careers in Communication - Comm 203

I have recently researched a possible future career in “Careers in Communications” by Shonan Noronha. I chose to focus on the filming industry. Although it seems impractical, I chose to study positions the film industry as a possible “dream job”.
Film contains lots of different positions that form a bureaucracy of how the film is created. Similar to any job, one is expected to work from the bottom up. These lower jobs often entail taking orders or doing boring and repetitive tasks. The higher jobs such as the director, editor, and producer are never entry level jobs. These positions take years of hard work to achieve. Nevertheless, these high positions all have an organization of who tells who what to do.
My position of interest was an editor. However, the editor also has lower entry-level jobs such as the dubbing editor, assistant editor, and the editing room assistant. Although these positions are considered uninteresting and tedious, they are the basic skills of editing that an aspiring editor must learn.
After reading about the film industry, I have realized that I may not want to work for these large companies. Most jobs in film are in various locations that are far away from my hometown. Also, the job market is very tight in these markets.
Therefore, I believe that it would be more beneficial to work independently. At the moment, I am already working independently on smaller jobs such as weddings and personal videos. However, I hope to expand in the future and start to shoot commercials for local business or make documentaries for local television stations. Hopefully in the future, there will be many new markets to allow me expand my interest in the film industry.

Introduction to My Blog -Comm 203

Hello and welcome to my Blog. My name is Joey Stevenson and I hope to share my communication skills with the public. I am currently enrolled in Shepherd University as a Mass Communications major with a concentration in Digital Filmmaking. Also, I minor in Photography. Throughout my college career I hope to share my school projects with the blogging community. Furthermore, I hope to share some of my more professional projects as well.
I currently own and manage a small event videography business by myself. My business produces short films that I plan on sharing in addition to my school work.
I appreciate any comments and feedback on my blog and I hope you enjoy it.

Joey Stevenson