ACTION PLAN: SWOT Analysis



ACTION PLAN: SWOT Analysis

|STRENGTHS (internal) |WEAKNESSES (internal) |

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|Organisational skills - organising a studio as Floor Manager, and carrying |Communicating with quieter members of a team – Occasionally I tend to |

|out pre production planning for documentary production, as well as extensive|pay more attention to those more vocal in a group, and I know that I |

|research for ‘Cities of Conflict’ documentary. |should take extra effort to listen to everyone’s input, particularly |

|Excellent reliability and punctuality - Vital for company employment, always|those who are not so confident and vocal. |

|present for production meetings with appropriate work and tasks completed on|Vocalising concerns and issues within production - If I have concerns I|

|time. |tend to keep them to myself, rather than seek the help of others. I |

|Communication with clients/public - I had to communicate and arrange |should ask other members of my team if I have problems, as this makes |

|meetings with our subject for our documentary, and make sure that they were |production more efficient. |

|comfortable with the process. Clear communication was a vital skills when |Assertiveness in decision making - An example of which being editorial |

|being a mentor for first year students in the television studio. |judgement, I often take time to make decisions and feel under pressure |

|Adapting and dealing with problems -As a floor manager I had to deal with |when I have to make them on the spot. |

|items for our magazine show falling through, guests dropping out, and it is | |

|important to be adaptable in a pressured environment. I had to adapt to | |

|filming in a room I had not seen until the day of filming for the | |

|performance of ‘One Hundred Days Before The Night’ and had to adapt my | |

|camera position to meet the constraints of the environment | |

|OPPORTUNITIES (external) |THREATS (external) |

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|Film festivals and events - I..e FourDocs, I should submit more of my work |Lack of nearby job opportunities - I may have to look further a field |

|to festivals in order to distribute it and get the attention of |for jobs with better prospects in larger cities such as London, which |

|commissioners/clients. I should also make use of fuding streams, and pitch |would mean commuting, if I am looking at jobs in the broadcasting |

|ideas to outlets such as Sheffield Doc Fest (this will be done for the |sector. By looking online for opportunities, I kow that this will be |

|upcoming ‘Cities of Conflict’ project.) |the case. |

|Making contacts - Through work experience and university I am constantly |Not sufficient equipment for freelance work - I currently rely on |

|compiling a list of contacts that can aid me in producing my own work or |renting equipment such as sound recorders and cameras from university, |

|other job opportunities, such as other students, lecturers and outside |I will have to find somewhere from which to rent equipment or look into|

|contacts. |purchasing my own in order to be a successful freelancer. |

|Work placements - A good way to make contacts and become confident in the |Lack of funding for large projects – Although I have looked into |

|world of work, looking at local studios and media companies around Coventry,|funding, application is usually very strict and prior experience is |

|Birmingham, Northampton as these are practical for me, I have also signed up|needed, so I will need to build up a good portfolio to stand a chance |

|to BBC work placement alerts and have applied for several placements. |of receiving funding for my own projects in the future. |

|Collaborating with other students - In areas that I am not as confident, | |

|such as photography, new media, I can work with other students, such as | |

|those I have mentored as part of 216MC, to gain new skills and work contacts| |

|and widen my expertise. | |

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