Mayank Kumar Blog v2

The media industries I’m interested to work in are film, television, radio and animation. In all of these I want to be related to the creative sector, where I could be a director, an editor, or a producer. My research will be focused on the movie and television industry. In the UK the biggest companies that operate in this sector are BBC and ITV. The BBC is a public service broadcaster headquartered in London and it has the largest number of employees between all the world broadcasters, with over 22,000 staff members. They never produced big budget blockbusters, but they always gave a chance to unknown writers and directors to produce an indie movie, but with a big distribution. ITV is a free-to-air television network and it is the biggest competitor of BBC and they always hosted beloved tv shows like The Voice UK, The Chase, or Love Island. In the united states, Hollywood controls big studios like Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, or The Walt Disney Company. All these three are pl...

  SECTION 1: OBTAINING WORK AS A SCREENWRITER – COMMISIONING To commission is the act of giving authorisation to put something in place. In the case of media production could be the approval of a particular plot/storyline or the permission for a production in general with a particular budget. In case of screenwriting, most of the time it is the consent to write after a success in the acceptance of a pitched idea. In the area of commissioning, there are many job roles involved as many people need to agree on giving the approval on the project, and these might be: Producers: A media producer is a person who oversees the media production, who can be employed buy a company or could work independently, they plan and coordinate the aspects of the production like selecting the script and coordinating its writing, keeping an eye on the directing, editing, and arranging financing. Producers can be often involved in the marketing and distribution process. Another role of producers is to ...