Hello! This is a long blog entry, it’s my longest yet. I’m hoping a couple of you will read all of it, but Philip White definitely won’t be reading it all seeing as he disregarded everything I said in my last blog entry by asking when the new Manchester Orchestra album was coming out. The answer is: it came out two months ago. It’s not like the whole blog entry was about the new album or anything. Seriously!? Some people.
Anyway, as I’m sure you already know, we’ve just passed the half way point of our college career, and everyone is talking about universities and their plans for the future. Most people I have spoken to seem a little bit lost about the future, and I must admit: I am a bit lost too. I rejected the idea of going to university since before I even started college. It just didn’t seem right for me. And I’ve strongly maintained that until now.
I hated the way Teddington School was run, and I hate the way Esher College is being run. And the idea of a further three years of that after college seems like a bit of a nightmare to me. I had hope for change when I started college, but I feel like I’m being patronised and treated like a kid. I’ve been given a formal warning at college, simply because I have an opinion on how I should spend my life. We’re all the same after all. They are itching to get rid of me so I’ll keep quiet on the college for now for the sake of MY future, which seems to be in the hands of the college.
My plans change, almost daily. There isn’t a day where I don’t change my mind on what I want to do with my life. There is just not enough time to pack in some of the crazy and wild things I want to do! But it’s about time to stop messing about and pick a career path. And because way the economy is shaping up, among other reasons: I’ve decided to go to university. Wait, what?! Yes, I’m going to university.
There is probably a gazillion and one possible things I could do. Ranging from events planning to graphic design. But the thing I want to do more than anything is making videos for a living, probably in editing but I want to keep my options open. I get a buzz from making and editing videos, and it’s something that I rarely get a chance to do nowdays. I wouldn’t want to work in pre-production, because I find it extremely boring. It’s a very competitive industry: qualifications can make or break contracts. You’d imagine that the quality of video that counts the most, but it would be extremely hard to find any work without the qualifications to start with.
So what university am I going to go to? My first choice is Ravensbourne, where I would either take the FdA Broadcast Operations course or the FdA Digital Film Production. Both of which lead on to BA (Hons) Production. This would allow me to work in either the TV or film industry, both of which are constantly evolving.
By the time university comes, Ravensbourne will be in it’s brand new home next door to The O2 in the Greenwich Peninsula, which would definitely provide an interesting and motivating environment to work in.
A computer model of the planned building.
The one possible issue is getting to the campus every day. I want to move away from Teddington, but living in central London is also very expensive. But then again, so is the cost of transport. I like the idea of house sharing, and the Greenwich Peninsula is currently in the middle of a regeneration project, which involves making affordable housing for students. As well as this, thousands of new jobs will be created, meaning finding a part time job will be relatively easy, fingers crossed. I’ll have to look in to it, but it looks like it will be an amazing new area.
My second choice is the Arts University College at Bournemouth where I would obviously study a similar course. I’m not sure if I can afford to move so far away from home though, but the cost of living will be lower. However there will be less job opportunities, hence why this is my second choice.
I’m anxious about the whole idea of being forced to mix with new people without existing friends being there to help, and I am sure many others are. So far college has been a bit of a failure in terms of making new friends for me… of course, there are a few new numbers in my phone, but I haven’t really socialised with anyone from college, which I should probably do something about when college starts again in September. I still go out with my friends from Richmond every weekend, but with uni, there will be less of the ’safety zone’. But I’m sure I’ll deal with it, well I guess I will have to anyway!
Anyway, I should probably do some media coursework to make sure I impress the people at Ravensbourne! So, now I turn to you: the readers of my crazy thoughts. What university are you planning to go to and what do you intend to study? Am I crazy, or just very strange? Tell me what you think.
Psstt.. just incase you didn’t know. Earlier this month, I released an ambient Drum & Bass EP. Feedback is appreciated. It should be on Spotify in a couple of weeks if my music isn’t deserving of your precious hard drive space. But you can download it for free here: Rapid Pulse - Chapter One
