Personal progression plan

I would like to work in documentaries, or videography for outdoor sports (surfing, climbing etc) because it’s what I enjoy doing and watching.

I would like to further study creative media, but most likely not in higher education, I would prefer to do an apprenticeship or get an entry-level job.

I would love to volunteer at Doc fest in Sheffield, and hopefully get a job when I finish my A-levels. I go to docfest every year and always enjoy it and hope that I would be able to gain some insight into what that side of the creative media industry involves.

Options for making my own content would likely be through creating a Instagram/YouTube page and posting work of there to get private clientele, or for getting an entry-level job for a company like Vans for Redbull and working my way up over several years.

If I was to make something directed at myself it would love to make a short film/ documentary about coral bleaching in Australia and French Polynesia. This means if I was going to get funding (if I could get it at all) it would most likely be from environmental charities or tourism sectors.

My next steps are to hopefully learn to edit properly myself and practice filming sport while I and working on a gap year, then using that when I apply for entry level jobs in the sporting media industry.