I admitt that at first like i suppose a lot of the people on the course I was a bit spectical about some of the tasks in Part 1 and whether they were actually going to be benificial to me personally with my professional practice development. I am pleased to state that after undertaking the tasks I actually really got into them and ended up getting a lot more out of them than I first anticipated!
I found that updating my "Professional CV", Part 1a made me take a closer look at it and how I'd initially set it out and how I could make it clearer and asthetically pleasing to the employer. As all the performers on the couse I'm sure will agree that in this paticular field; self presentation is key and this can be anything from the way you look at an audition to something that is so easy to overlook as having a clear CV. Doing this task I feel was the most benifical out of all of Part 1 for me as not only did it make me re-evaluate my current CV but it also fueld me into creating my own website http://evamorgan.webplus.net which to be completely honest I'd been twiddling my thumbs over doing for months! I would strongly suggest to anyone who is looking to promote themselves; whether it be as a performer or any other career, to do this. It literally took me a couple of hours to work out the softwear and get my website up and running and I am by no means a computer 'wizz kid'. Better still after only paying around £20 for the softwear the web space itself was included. The softwear I used was "Serif Web Desgin" and here's a link to their website if anyone is looking for some easy to use softwear:
Another part I found that I really got into was the planning of the YouTube Video. Although I still havn't been able to find a way of uploading one (my phones not fancy enough) I found I really enojoyed thinking and planning what I wanted to get out of it myelf and also what I wanted other people to get out of viewing it. I found that after deciding on my initial idea of what I wanted to show all the ideas literally came flooding in and I had to sit down and draw a story board of what I wanted. This task also made me realise that I was a lot more comfortable expressing myself through art, movement, imagery and music which I was always aware of but not to the extent I am now. I have always found it easier to sit down and draw how I feel or choreograph an emotion than express it vocally; and have also found that I relate emotions very strongly with music, whether it be classical or even pop! This made be broaden my horizons slightly and I've decided that in the future I would love to go back to my dance routes and choreograph pieces in a contempoary style to unusual music from around the globe.
Setting up my flickr account took vertually no time at all and it fueld me in getting some new performance photos up on my personal website; and I did this straight after I'd set up my account.
In conclusion I have found Part 1 a lot more benificial that I ever thought I would and am now looking forward to getting 'stuck into' Part 2 as quickly as possible! It has made me re-evaluate the way I do things and how I organise myself which has come in very usefully the past week as I have 10 new songs and a script to learn for my job starting on the 8th of November, and organisation had been key in setting out my time to get off book for that date!
Please feel free to leave any comments if you how gained the same things as me out ot this Part or anything different you've experienced.
These are some really good examples of how you have been able to interact with some of the web 2.0 tools, but also in terms of how technology (or lack of it) can be limiting to it.
ReplyDeleteThere is an interesting argument in terms of how we might democratise web 2.0 technologies to increase their ability to enhance communication and collaboration. There have been a number of recent incidents with governments of countries such as Dubai fighting with the makers of Blackberry over privacy and access, and China has for many years banned Facebook and BBC news.
A couple of good examples of how the web 2.0 can overcome these barriers (and the limitations of each of technologies) can be found through Amnesty International, who use a site called irrepressible in order to squeeze bits of censored information in the form of text on peoples blogs into countries where the internet and its access is censored or restricted.
Sorry Ceri- this cam e up when I tried your link?
ReplyDeleteSorry, the website www.evamorgan.webplus.net cannot be found
Hi paula,
ReplyDeleteThankyou I hadn,t realised I'd entered the web address slightly wrong. It should work now.