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Prepare for Take-off: how media technology work experience is like airline pilot training. David Carugo, Department of Computing and Communications Technologies, Oxford Brookes University.
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Music and media technologies Work experience Why? How? Creating Opportunities
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Picture credits: Barker Evans, via londonjazznews.com and Oxford Jazz Festival.
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Music Event Opportunities Local music organisations Jazz and Folk music Nick Malcolm Trio at Oxford Jazz Festival.
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Work Experience Model ‘Media’ work experience ‘Runner’ or ‘assistant’ roles Time to work up to responsibility Can they ‘fly the plane’?
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Similarities between events / live broadcasts and airline flights Technical Talent
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Similarities between events / live broadcasts and airline flights Event / OB: Setup Doors open Artists enter Performance starts Performance Encore Audience leaves Airline Flight: Pre-flight checks Boarding Taxi-ing Take-off Cruising Landing Dis-embarkation
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The ‘passengers’ (audience) are in the care of the technical specialists
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There is a pilot and a co-pilot!
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Similarities between events / live broadcasts and airline flights Traditional ‘analogue’ controls ‘Glass cockpit’ digital mixing desk, multi-touchscreen
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Need to take in and respond in real time to lots of sensory information – visual, auditory
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Learners benefit from close guidance of a more experienced ‘pilot’
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To learn media production, one must do media production Subjectivity in ‘creative’ technical operations Informed by experience Can music mixing be taught? It can be learned…
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Guided work experience A mentor can guide students through “pre-flight” checks (setup and soundcheck) Students can take control after “taxi” and “take-off”
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Benefits of close guidance/ mentorship during work experience Students get to “operator” status quicker than by traditional work experience
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There is a ‘safety net’ of experienced personnel to take over during ‘turbulence’ (i.e. when something goes wrong!)
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Benefits of close guidance/ mentorship during work experience Creative aspects of technical roles can be nurtured
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Benefits to graduate employability and to future employers Experience in more responsible roles High level creative skills
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Sometimes you just don’t know where the ‘plane is going to land! Student working on sound at a “Mexican” ceilidh!
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