Initial Ideas For Professional Development

Following on from the initial lectures and discussions about the unit I started to consider areas that would interest me and also benefit my professional development. The following are all areas I will pursue and look into, analyse and evaluate before embarking upon my final choices.

• Create creative corporate video content I could use to market myself.
• Research getting my documentary work screened at festivals. Latitude, Sheffield docfest etc.
• Develop a branding and marketing presence. Logo, website, and social media.
• Consider a marketing campaign to attract business. Linked to the above. Online, website, social media, speak to clients agencies etc.
• Possible teaching on the BA (Hons) in Digital Film Production with a look to picking up some paid work on this course of opportunities arise.
• Investigate arts funding and residencies opportunities.
• Work with established links at Age Suffolk to develop video content to promote them.
• Create links with clients to develop installation pieces to raise their's and my profiles and issues. Greenpeace possibly and direct activism (video) and campaigning through large scale video projections and mapping.
• Develop education and public art events to work with the general public. These would be of 
• Collaborate with local film festival (Aldeburgh docfest) to arrange screenings, speakers (Q&A), educational workshops etc.
• Create and curate own mini film festival 1-2 days of screenings and speakers through IFTT.

Many of these especially the educational areas are well within my comfort zone but others much less so. The teaching on the BA at UCS is of interest though as I am really interested in moving up to teach in HE rather than FE and this is partly what the MA is all about to allow me to do this. The area that possibly interests me the most initially is the creation of video content for clients initially for free or expenses to use to develop my own video production company. This would provide future revenue streams and definitely develop me professionally. Combined with developing a brand and online presence as well as marketing this would be a great kick start to developing myself in a commercial sense.