So you want to work in film and tv? Find out all about what it is like to work in film and tv. This book explores various occupations including actor, camera operator, director, presenter, producer, production designer and screenwriter. The main tasks for each job are clearly explained, together with skills required and good points and bad points. Each description ends with a case study, following a typical 'day in the life' of an individual working in film and tv. With colour photographs on every page, this essential book is ideal for assisting young teenagers with their research into various careers involving film and tv.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called So You Want To Work .

There are 64 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2004 by Hachette Children's Group .

Margaret McAlpine is an experienced and specialist careers writer having left teaching in schools and further education colleges some 10 year ago to write careers information for the DfES, the Daily Mail and specialist publishers like Hobsons and Trotman.