This week was the first time a guest gave the third year audio production students a lecture. The guest lecturer this week was Dean Humphreys a re-recording mixer and sound editor who has been working in film & TV industries for 43 years. Over the span of his career Dean has worked on over 250 movies and been credited on 175. In 1994 Dean got expelled from his school with two O-Levels. He got a voluntary job at Twickenham studios where he was acting as a runner, he was working there unpaid for 22 months before he started working at a TV studio.

Dean’s lecture was about how to get into the media industry and the characteristics/personality that is required by an individual. He explained a phrase called TCP which he believes is key to being successful in the media industry.T stands for Technical Dean suggested that it is fundamental for anyone aspiring to work within the media industry to a have a solid understanding of the technology currently available that will be required to do your job.C stands for creative input which is vital as the media industry is seen as a creative industry. Finally P stands for people politics Dean insisted this is the most important out of the three, he said that it is very important to learn how to deal with people in a professional way and at times learn to yield when people are opposed to you.

From listening to his lecture I have learnt that it is vitally important to be a team player and ensure you are always on time and professional. He also made it very clear that as young people going into the industry we must be prepared to do the leg work and gain the trust from our employers by doing tasks that may seem laborious. Once we prove ourselves to be reliable we will hopefully get a chance at being creative.