Laura Ferrin (England) BAPP Blog

In my down time at my medical role play job today-  I’ve been looking more in-depth at the lenses, especially part of one that really grabs my attention- Web 2.0! ‘The phrase Web 2.0 refers to a second-generation of web-based communities. This includes social-networking sites (like Facebook and Twitter), blogs, collaboration sites such as wikis, all which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users’ - quoted from the Mod One Handbook As I graduated five years ago, I have noticed a marked shift in the use of technology within the arts as a means of networking, establishing community and finding work. There is no doubt that the way we can get auditions and jobs has changed massively even in such a short period of time. Self tapes and showreels mean we can apply to jobs all over the world and also that creative teams can see a wider range of people for first rounds and save money and time that would’ve otherwise be spent organising and running auditions. In terms of ...

In all honesty, I went to the campus session as I was feeling a little lost when it came to writing about my practice for module one. In the session we covered a wide range of topics and discussed the idea of defining what we do as artists. My biggest takeaway was explaining the constant need I feel to put myself in a box as an actor, so that people will understand exactly who I am immediately. Casting directors, agents, producers, directors, our peers etc etc. Every time we apply to a job we have to describe what makes us right for it, turn it in to bitesize and concise format to make it easy to understand for the person reading our email. One of the first questions you're asked in any conversation is 'what do you do?' and yet it is one of the hardest to answer. I'm an actor. Writer. Musical Theatre trained. I lead workshops. I work in SEN schools as a teaching assistant. I sing. I do medical roleplay. I present. I hand out leaflets. I do voiceover......