Interview Questions and Answers

1. Tell me about yourself...
My name is Olivia Griffiths, I am 25years old, I currently work for MUA ltd. I would say I am a very easy going person and easy to get on with. I have been working at MUA for 5years and have exceeded in growing my skills.

2.What are your key skills/strengths?
I would say that my key skills would be that i am good at not only the make up to set the mood but also recently trained to do FX make up which has gone pretty well.

3. What would you say your weaknesses are?
I would say that my weaknesses would be that i like to make sure everything is perfect before it goes out onto set so sometimes I would take a bit longer but would make sure the client is on set for the right time.

4. Why did you leave your last job?
I have left MUA because I feel that I would like to travel a lot with my job and be able to see more of the world and i feel that your company would be the best place for me and I think that the experience will develop my skills even more.

5. Why did you choose to apply for this job?
I chose to apply for this job because i feel that i would be able to develop my talent and knowledge of a make up artist and by working for your company develop my skills.

6. Tell me about a difficult scenario at work and how you dealt with it?
In my first year at MUA I was in a situation with a client where I was doing her make up and she decided at the end that she wanted it done differently and started screaming and shouted instead of reacting back I very calmly said to her not to worry i will start again as i feel that is my client isn't happy with the result i will make sure that i can do what ever i can do to make sure he/she is happy.

7. Tell me about an achievement of which you are proud of
After working for he company for 3years I was praised at the employee awards with the best developed make up artist in the company and as the company is so big i was so greatful to be recognised and to have been recognised for your passion is the best feeling.

8. Where do you see yourself in 5 years time
In 5years time i see myself maybe opening my own company for make up artists that will have a direct link with film makers and the make up artists can use the company as an agency.

9. What are your salary expectations?
Currently I am on £1,700 a month so I am intentionally leaving MUA so that my pay would upgrade.

10. What do you know about our organisation?
I know that the Al Jazeera organisation is an extremely successful organisation and that there employees are one of their main priorities which is one of the reasons i applied because i feel that this is a great attitude to your employees.

Cover/Application Letter

To Whom This May Concern,

Further to your advertisement for a Chief Make-Up Artist position on thedailymirror.co.uk, i should like to apply for this vacancy, and enclose my curriculum vitae for your consideration. I am very interested in this post as i believe that i have the right combination of relevant industry experience, Make Up Artist skills and knowledge to not only make me an ideal candidate, but also a real asset to your company.

For the past 5years I have worked for a well known Make Up Artist organisation, where I have gained a reputation for making right choices on key decisions about the right way of the art of the clients make up. My prior work experience has given me a strong sense of client service and a comprehensive understanding of the make up industry.

I am constantly maintaining an awareness of market trends in the make up industry, and monitoring what local competitors are doing, it keeps me in touch with the latest industry development of make up.

I consider myself to be a dedicated and dependable individual who possess excellent verbal communication and customer orientation skills.

I feel that your company is the type of organisation in which i would excel, and I am convinced that my background, experience and qualifications would make me a perfect fit for your vacancy. In closing I thank you for your time and consideration, and I hope to have the opportunity to discuss the opening with you in person.

Yours Sincerely

Olivia Griffiths

12. PowToon - Legal Obligations

15. Methods of Recruitment

1) National Press- The newspaper often have a jobs section with a selection of job vacancies. This is a popular method of recruitment for many people as quite a lot of people read the newspaper. The job description in the paper will have the information you need at the time.









2) Trade Press- this is a leading provider for industrial jobs, Trade magazines typically contain advertising content centred on the industry in question with little if any general-audience advertising. They also generally contain industry-specific job notices, a highly pertinent aspect to many readers. Some trade magazines operate under controlled circulation, meaning the publisher decides who may receive free subscriptions based on each individual's qualification as a member of the trade. This allows a high level of certainty that advertisements will be received by the advertiser's target audience.



3) Internet - The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link several billion devices worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies.


4) Word of Mouth- WOM has been researched for many years and as a result much is known about what drives WOM (e.g. customer satisfaction, trust and brand commitment) and its far-reaching consequences (e.g. affective/emotional, cognitive, and behavioral) for both consumers and organisations. WOM's effectiveness as an information source for consumers can be broken down into two factors: WOM's reach and WOM's impact. These two factors are in turn explained by 13 other drivers. Despite much research many research questions remain unanswered in the area of WOM.


5) International Promotion - is promoting the business internationally or world wide or it is the marketing carried out by companies in overseas or across national borderlines. 




6) Networking- (Linked In) LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking service. Founded in December 2002 and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. In 2006, LinkedIn increased to 20 million viewers.





7) Trade Fair - A trade fair (trade show, trade exhibition or expo) is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products, service, study activities of rivals and examine recent market trends and opportunities. In contrast to consumer fairs, only some trade fairs are open to the public, while others can only be attended by company representatives (members of the trade, e.g. professionals) and members of the press, therefore trade shows are classified as either "Public" or "Trade Only".




8) Recruitment Agency - An employment agency is an organisation which matches employers to employees. In all developed countries there is a publicly funded employment agency and multiple private businesses which also act as employment agencies.

5. BBC Purposes

When going to the BBC we had a tour where we overlooked the information room what you see behind when the news is filming. We also saw the BBC The One Show studio where we sat in there and got to see what a studio was like. We also saw the auditorium where a lot of famous acts perform. Some of us got to try out recordings in the BBC so myself, Mason and Harry got to try out doing the News and Weather, some of the others did drama radio.


BBC have six public purposes, one of them is Sustaining citizenship and civil society, the BBC provides high quality news, current affairs and factual programming to engage its viewers, listeners and users in important current political issues. 

Promoting education and learning is another purpose of the BBC, the support of formal education in schools and colleges and informal knowledge and skill building for children. 

Stimulation creativity and cultural excellence by encouraging interest, engagement and participation in cultural, creative and sporting activities across the UK. 

Representing the UK, its nations, regions and communities, the BBC viewers, listeners and users can rely on the BBC to reflect the many communities that exist in the UK. 

Bringing the UK to the world and the world to the UK, the BBC will build global understanding of international issues and broaden UK audiences experience of different cultures

Delivering to the public the benefit of emerging communications,technologies and services by assisting the UK residents to get the best out of emerging media technologies now and in the future. 

Purpose priorities

The BBC Trust, after public consultation, has divided this remit into five specific priorities:

1. Provide independent journalism of the highest quality.
2. Engage a wide audience in news, current affairs and other topical issues.
3. Encourage conversation and debate about news, current affairs and topical issues.
4. Build greater understanding of the parliamentary process and political institutions governing the UK.
5. Enable audiences to access, understand and interact with different types of media.

(The BBC's contribution to the promotion of citizenship is not exclusive to this purpose, and will be achieved through its other purposes, particularly representing the UK, its nations, regions and communities and promoting education and learning.

14. Developing Technologies

Digital (+ Mobile Devices)

Definition- Digital describes electronic technology that generates, stores, and processes data in terms of two states: positive and non-positive. Positive is expressed or represented by the number 1 and non-positive by the number 0. Thus, data transmitted or stored with digital technology is expressed as a string of 0's and 1's. Each of these state digits is referred to as a bit (and a string of bits that a computer can address individually as a group is a byte).


How to use it- Digital is easy to use as most things now a days are digital. 


Pros/Cons for Audience- Digital is easier for the audience because it is easier to see i.e. digital clock, everything is there for you to see it. Con, some problems with digital is that it is battery powered so it could easily run out of battery. 

Satellite/Cable-

How does it work?: Satellite works by using the satellite dish on the top of your house to pick up signals. Cable does the same thing that satellite does but it is underground wires.

Pros: You can get better programs with satellite and cable

 Cons: Cable would not reach a rural area as it is too expensive to stretch the cables down a rural street as they would not make the money back. Satellite can also be a pain when there is bad weather as it can sit on the satellite dish and cause signaling problems. 

Interactive-

How does it work?: Interactive works as it draws the viewer in as it means they can get involved in the program, with Britain’s Got Talent there is an app where you can predict  what the judges are going to think of the acts and you can use it live, this is appealing to the viewer because not only does it draw the viewer in to watching the program they are also downloading the app, this is all to help with ratings.

Pros: Viewers can feel more involved with the program

Cons: You have to have the most up to date TV to be able to use it which could offput people who cant afford it.

On Demand (+ Mobile Devices) -

How does it work?: On Demand works by being able to watch/catch up on TV whilst on the go or watch at a later point and it always being available to you.

Pros: You can watch what you want when you want and where you want whenever you want.

Cons: You need to have a smart phone or a smart device to be able to watch it on the move.

HD-

How does it work?: HD works by having the latest TV and being able to see the program in higher definition which makes the picture clearer on the screen.

Pros: A new experience, being able to see things more clearly

Cons: Isn’t on all channels so buying the TV might not make a difference.

3D -

How does it work?: This works by having special glasses on so that you can see the picture come towards you and you can see it very closely.

Pros: Thriling experience, home cinema feel

Cons: Expensive to purchase, can hurt your eyes if you watch for too long

Smart TV's-

How does it work?: Smart TV’s work by being able to do the things you can do on a computer too by being able to go on the internet and be able to download things such as Netflix.

Pros: You can do everything on one device and everyone can see it.

Cons: You have to have a smart TV to be able to do it and wifi.

10. CV

16. Qualifications + Experience

13. Contracts Table

11. Disney Conglomerate Chart

Horizontal integration is used through Disney because it helps to develop the company, increase the product differentiation, achieve economies of scale, reduce competition or access new markets. 

Vertical integration is used through the business so that the company can gain control over their industries value chain. this also helps to gain control over its  suppliers or distributors in order to increase the firms power. 

HI is different from vertical integration, where a firm usually expands into another production stage rather than merging or acquiring the company in the same production stage. For example, a company is vertically integrating if it expands from manufacturing industry to retailing industry, while HI would mean buying other firms in the same manufacturing industry.


Sources:

http://www.strategicmanagementinsight.com/topics/vertical-integration.html

http://www.strategicmanagementinsight.com/topics/horizontal-integration.html

9. Personal Attributes

35. Annotated Drafts

Feedback: 

In our feedback Ms Moore suggested that we should firstly improve the way we have filmed the ident with the way the camera is positioned and the lighting. 

In our powerpoint we should link to our corporate identity more so that more information comes across. 

Our powerpoint needs to include a bit more information so people can learn more about our ident.

We should also create more of an intricate image so that we can keep the audience interested. 

Ms Moore also said that she liked the way we had used music and that our ident was complete. 

8. Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire: Global Film?

The Media Student’s Book: p.163

Read the case study on Slumdog Millionaire and answer the following questions:

1. Explain where the storyline for the film came from. Give examples.

            (p. 163)

The story begins with Vitkram Swarup, an Indian diplomat in London and author of the source novel, Q&A. he appears to have drawn on two specific new stories – one in the UK and one in India. A retired army officer in the UK was found convicted of fraud after cheating on the quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Since the show was massivley popular in India, Swarup then thought, ‘who would be the least lickely winner of the top prize in the Indian version – who might be accused of cheating?’ A scientist in Dheli experimented by putting a computer only accessible into a poor area of the city. The children quickly learned how to use computers without any help from adults. From these two stories Swarup constructed the narrative of a young man from the slums who knows the answers to the quiz questions because they each refer to something he has experienced in his life, rather than knowledge he gained through education.

2. List the ways in which Simon Beaufoy changed the story. Explain why this was done. (p. 164)

-       The central character becomes muslim and one of the two brothers from Mumbai slum. His name is changed to Jumal. In the novel, the character is an orphan brought up in an English cleryman’s house in Dheli and there is an explanation of why he can speak English and why he has a name that spans India’s three major religions.

-       Several of the sub-plots are removed to make the story line clearer.

-       The romance element is made more important and runs across the whole story line.

3. How did Tessa Ross and Christian Colson arrange funding? Why is this significant? (p. 165)

While Beaufoy was doing this work, Ross was securing the property in partnership with producer Christian Colson. A well-known UK producer of smaller films, Colson was in 2005 still associated with Celador Films, part of the group that owned the rights to WWTBAM. Swarup had not used the show’s title in the novel, but Ross thought that it was essential to be able to use it in the film. When Colson secured these rights, he was able to fund the production of the film to pathe in the UK and Ireland and France, Warner Bros in North America and other companies in territories around the world. With the revenue from this sale, Colson could cover the costs of production but would retain control – meaning that the film would remain a UK production without interference from the Hollywood distributor.

4. Explain the term ‘Bollywood’ (p. 165/168)

Bollywood is relitvely recent term. It refers to certain forms of popular cinema made in hindi, the official language of India understood by about 40 percent of the population, mainly in the north. The capital of Bollywood is Mumbai where about two hundred films are made each year (with big budgets).Most people outside of India have heard of ‘Bollywood’ but although this is arguably the richest and most high profile of the Indian film industries, it is not representative of all Indian cinema.

5. What was the impact of Warner Bros closing it’s ‘specialist’ film labels on the distribution of Slumdog Millionaire? How was this resolved? (p. 166)

There was every chance that Slumdog would be pushed straight to DVD in North America as a result. Boyle and Colson rushed to Hollywood to try and save the film and succeed in persuading Warner Bros to sell the rights to another studios specialist division, Fox searchlight. Fox searchlight had extreme success with taking low budget films and taking it into mainstream cinemas.

6. Slumdog Millionaire is not a Hollywood film. Explain how it has been caught between Hollywood and Bollywood. (p. 167-170)

Slumdog is not a Hollywood film, though it has been taken to be one. In fact, for several reasons, Slumdog has been caught between Hollywood and Bollywood. Few audiences around the world think that it is British film. Partly this is because the film has been so successful that is has by accident, fulfilled the strong desire on behalf of both Hollywood and Bollywood producers to create a film that could succeed in both markets and then around the world. 

7. In your opinion, what made Slumdog Millionaire a successful film? Discuss pre-production, production, distribution and exhibition.

Slumdog millionaire was a successful film because of the different languages it was screened in. It was a big hit in India as it was mistaken for three types of films Hollywood, Bollywood and British. The film looks quite cultural and traditional. It was an eye opener to the poverty in India and the parts that you don't often see. People had read the book so they knew what types of things they were expecting and books are often made film successes. The production of the film would have taken quite a lot of work because not everyone would have spoken English that well so getting the image across to the actors and the child actors would have been quite hard. 

7. Sky1

Sky 1 Case Study

Funding

Sky TV is a UK television channel that is funded by advertisers and subscription charges sourced from customers. This station offers a wide range of programmes that are also available in high definition. Sky TV has over 10 million customers and also provides broadband and home phone call packages

Sky 1 is the twentieth largest television channel in the UK, and the fifteenth largest commercial broadcaster. It boasts an average of just over 2 million television viewers a day.

The grid below highlights the approximate cost to advertise on Sky 1, with rates varying significantly depending on many factors, primarily the size and profile of the viewing audience. The estimated costs for advertising on Sky 1, shown below, are based on buying 1 x 30 second advert and should be used as a guide only.

Time slot	Example Programming	Est Cost 30"
B       Breakfast 0600-0930	London Ambulance	£50.00
D       Daytime 0930-1730	Airline	£150.00
Early Peak 1730-2000	The Simpsons	£4,000.00
Late Peak 2000-2300	House	£4,750.00
Night Time 2300-Close	Lost	£150.00

Ownership- Programming/Scheduling/Own Programming

By having these shows on these times it shows which ones they see as their peak shows and why they would replay them over and over again.

Target Audience -
Sky wanted to focus on people aged 16-34 for there target audience, there genre is mainly crime and airing american programmes that don't air in the UK with out a subscription.

Appeals, Plagiarism, Malpractice Agreement

Appeals, plagiarism and malpractice from MrSouthworth

I Olivia Griffiths Agree to the terms and conditions of this post. 

6. Employment Laws

4. BBC Timeline

What makes the BBC unique?

The BBC is special because it was the first public broadcasting company, bringing different types of information to the british public. They were the first company to broadcast the news and the weather over the radio then start up television programs that people could watch, they created programmes for all types of people from children to being able to watch the news. On the radio they had different time slots they even had a women's channel where the hour was dedicated to women and what they had to say.

Why are these dates significant to the BBC?

In the BBC I feel these dates are significant because that the first radio channel for the BBC it was a big step in the world for the form of technology, someone created a microphone and that broadcasted around the country.
At the start of WW2 the BBC had been running for 10years and moved to a different studio so that they could be safe and because they had grown as a company which was a big thing for that time period, The BBC was also a big part of the war as it reported a lot of the things that was going on in the war to the people who could afford a radio.
The BBC created a show called 'Womans hour' this was a big thing because it was giving women there chance to speak that they hadn't been given before.
The BBC then started doing children's programs so that there were different age groups getting involved with the progression of technology.