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Editor
Self employment:
To be a self employed editor you would need to build up a  portfolio of work, displaying your editorial ability to show clients.

Employment opportunities:
Taking an apprenticeship with a television or film company would appeal to me as I could learn skills and techniques as an editor while still making money. I could later take a role as a runner and work my way up to become a full time editor for film.

Education opportunities:
I could take a film production course at university, this would help me with opportunities to edit as there will be many projects I can work on and I could build up a strong portfolio with a range of work. Going to university would also help me network with other student who also what to create and practise film who I could contact and work with in the future.

Director:
Self employment:
If I was going to work free lance as a director, I would try and connect with as many people as possible from college or other projects I have worked on to gain a good reputation and portfolio so that in the future others would want to work with me and I would be contacted for work.

Employment opportunities:
Taking an apprenticeship with a television or film company would appeal to me as I could learn skills and techniques for directing while still making money. I could later take a role as a runner and work my way up to direct.

Education opportunities:
I would go to university doing a film production course. The course at Norwich arts university would be ideal as they focus heavily on storytelling which is important if you want to direct. I think this option is better then directing free lance as you are guaranteed to get opportunities on projects and you will come out with a degree.

The Film and moving image degree at Norwich arts university would be an ideal choice if you wanted to direct as it focuses more on the narrative and story side of filming. -
Norwich Arts University - http://www.nua.ac.uk/bafilmandmip/ (More story based)

Cinematographer:
Self employment;
I would create lots of showreels that display my technical ability as a cinematographer. I wold try and include a variety of pieces of work to my versatility which would increase my chances of employment.

Employment opportunities:
Taking an apprenticeship with a television or film company would appeal to me as I could learn skills and techniques as a cinematographer while still making money. I could later take a role as a runner and work my way up to be a cinematographer.

Education opportunities:
I would go to university doing a film production course. You would get lots of opportunities to work on a range of projects so you could learn the skills and techniques involved and build a strong portfolio displaying your technical ability. You can also network wit other students and work on projects with them in the future.

The Film production degree at UCA Farnham would be ideal if you wanted a technical role like the cinematographer of set as the course is very technical and hands on. - UCA Farnham University - http://www.uca.ac.uk/study/courses/ba-film-production/ (More technical focus)

Character Artists (Video game design):
A character artist designs the player model of game characters, this ranges from creating the face of the character, making the costumes for the character and even how they move (that more a animators job). They need to be able to display the characteristics of a character giving them emotion and depth through there design. This would be a pre-production job as you are designing a character for an animation.

Floor Runner (Film and T.V production)
A floor runners job it to aid the assistant directing team making sure all there needs are met by doing the poor physical labour intensive jobs, this can range from helping moving equipment to making some a cup of tea. This is an entry level job and its a great way of getting your foot in the door somewhere so that you can work your way up into a role within a production. Being a runner can give you a lot of production experience as you spend a lot of time working in and around sets and with different members of a production.

Storyboard artist (Animation Production):
The job of a storyboard artist is to design and create storyboards, these are used to plan out the sequence and look of an animation. Storyboard artists need to be able to pick up the style of an animation and be able to visualize a scene, draw it and show of they scene will play out. The aim is to be able to show how scenes will play out and look so that when it comes to creating the scenes everyone already has a clear understanding of what they are making. This job would last typically 3 to 4 month and would be done in the pre-production of a animation.

Going to university
You could go from college straight into university or have a deferred entry (one year in-between). A film production course is a common film course at university, you work on a range of different projects over the 3 (or 4) years picking up a range of skills. On many of these courses you specialise in a particular role of filmmaking during the course, for instance, you could specialise as a director meaning you want to home your skills in directing while doing projects.  

Apprenticeship - https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship/-14412