#kennethwilliam

by Kenneth William

Alban Cacaj (on the right hand side) met his idol Cristiano Ronaldo (2017). I don’t know if you see a slight resemblence between the two.

For this week task, I had a pleasure to interview my closest friend Alban Cacaj from my area. His passion for football relates to every young boys dream to fall in love with the sport. As a passionate Machester United fan he also describes his views about the current ongoing situation which is happening at the club.

Interview begins.....

So Alban Introduce yourself and what you currently do? Hi, my name is Alban Cacaj, I’m 21 years old from Deptford, South East London. I am currently at University studying Sport and Psychology Science.

Who is your football team you follow and why do you support them? I’ve been supporting Man Utd from a young age. I was first drawn to them because of Van Nilsterooy but then when Ronaldo came a few years later he made football even more enjoyable to watch + he won us quite a few trophies which is always a plus.

As a young kid, it's almost the most boys dream to want to become a footballer. Who did you admire watching from an early age? Growing up I’ve always played football and looked up to players like C.Ronaldo and Ronaldinho in his prime days. I’ve tried to implement skills into my game as much as possible so I can entertain those who watch and It’s not of my interest to be just another ordinary player.

Someone like yourself who lives in London but supports Manchester United? Has people's opinions have mattered to why support a team outside your city rather than your local club?

Being a Londoner people have questioned my decision to support a Mancunian team and called me a glory hunter in the past. To be honest I don’t really care, beacuse in London, you have a variety of different supporters which makes it all the better when getting into debates about weekend results.

Sir Alex Ferguson (the legend) spent 26 years at Machester United. Since his departure in 2013 do you believe that a lot has changed since then?

Ermm to be honest since Ferguson has left United it hasn’t been too good for us. The team hasn’t gelled the same ever since and there has been no partnerships which come even close to emulating the success of Ronaldo/Rooney/Tevez or Yorke/Cole.

What is your outtake on the Pogba and Mourinho's saga? - the training ground confrontation. The Pogba & Mourinho saga looks like a problem of bigger proportion. A lot of players look uneasy in that team and Mourinho has certainly lost control of the dressing room.

After a poor start to the season do you reckon that Man United season can improve regardless Mourinho stays as manager until the end? I feel that unless Man Utd get a new manager to change it up a bit there won’t be much change with the poor results we’re getting at the moment. The style of play is under par and boring to watch so a new manager will hopefully bring some excitement back to the Manchester United we all know and love.

Whatever the outcome of Mourinho's saga who do you see succeed him after? What manager would you like to see?

Ermm I’d love a manager like Simeone who could unite the whole team, but realistically Zidane wouldn’t be a bad choice. He knows how to build a winning team and is good at player management which I think is really important for us in our current state.

To end on the note... As a fan what will you like to see happening at Manchester United over the next coming weeks/months or even years?

These main changes I would like is to see a new striker come in for sure, Lukaku is not consistently good enough and also a central defender who can control and demand the back four so we stop conceding silly goals.

Alban Cacaj Thank you for your time.

A quote from myself to take away......

“Any Manchester United fans reading this will know the situation happening around the club. As a pasionate fan like myself - I want to see a change that can be sorted as part of a long term plan”.

by Kenneth William

What did Education taught me whilst I was a student

Gain basic numeracy and literacy knowledge

I disliked literacy so much that it was my weakeness

It was a rollercoaster ride from me to complete my studies

from primary to university

At times I didn’t believe that I’ll make it to university stage

Despite my difficulties in the past

I proved many people wrong

shocked that I did better than they thought 

doubted my intelligence

GCSE’s results wasn’t the best but got college to turn it around

I didn’t think that university would be for me 

felt that i wouldn’t be bright enough to even stand a chance

Funny enough I did go and spent 3 amazing years but

I don’t believe it’s worth 9k.

Left with a 2:1 and show people who’s laughing now

Not everyone is academic material

by Kenneth William

I will be lying if I was 100% perfect but this spoken word piece describes the chapter I want through as a child. It taught me about my actions that got me into trouble and how I overcame it.

There is not such thing as a perfect child

We are born to make and learn from our mistakes

If you or anyone been in a situation

where you have been easily led or influenced by others.

Yes believe it or not I was once that kid

I wanted to be that class comedian to try fit in with others

make people laugh wanting to get respect

but one thing that led me into trouble was bad behaviour

i become a victim of an easy target like that redbullseye in darts

that allowed people to make decisions for me

pushover, weakling , hopeless words that defined my character

I had my own difficulties to express my feelings via communication  

wouldn't say no without question why not you

these words was not nice , peer pressured to things that could led into serious consequences.

don’t worry it’s not extreme family spots fake friends before you 

paid the price, why always me. put my mum through hell. 

I was mixed with the wrong crowd, naive mentality needed to fix up

around my teenage years slowly started to change my ways

It’s a blessing in disguise especially to my mum

everyday she prayed that the day I’ll change it will be the best thing 

by Kenneth William

Short and quick Spoken Word piece I just wrote. It’s been over 2 and a half yrs since I last wrote and showcase one.

You should never give up dreams

Never pursue something you have no passion for

People may see media as a mickey mouse degree

Yeah so what? Should you stop pursuing your goals because of their opinions

If you are serious about media you hustle hard 

Media is about who you know not what you know

Without networking it’s tough

It’s about building them connections

So what does creative industries allows us to do

express yourself freely through acting , singing , dancing, spoken word and many more

The hustle is steep but does take a while to get where you want to be

Stars like Kevin Hart grind through his dreams for 10 years by doing stand up comedian

Simon Cowell had struggles during his 30′s as losing everything he owned

What does it tell you ? nothing is permanent until you make the ‘impossible’

there is no age limit to be successful

Whenever talent you got pursue it prepare to take risks 

by Kenneth William

Our final session at Google leaves us with a session with Erato Farsoum.  it is really interesting because it’s something that you should embrace your achievements confidently. The majority of us don’t feel that expressing their achievements seems relevant as to believe that we are showing off. Erato says you are not showing off you are proud of it and you should stand by it. 

‘Women and men don’t like women who promote themselves

Without exercising the ability to sell oneself, individuals are likely to languish behind their self promote.

Race + Gender stereotypes impact our perception about a person’s competence and ability.

The quote about women they face is difficulty to be accepted as a leader compare to men that tackles their identity to seen ‘fake’. Speaking from a men’s perspective I believe women are as the same as men and should be taken seriously like men to be natural leaders.

So my #Iamremarkable points were:

I am remarkable because: 

I am very enthusiastic and persistent at things that I like doing

I do not give up at any opportunities provided for me

I am proud of who I am 

I am kind and friendly

I have all these visual ideas about myself

I care about loved ones

I joined the Media Trust this year

I want to become a legend one day

I enjoy talking to people

I never through that I will leave with a degree but I did

I take care of my little sister

All of those quotes I pointed out is something that I am proud of and will not be embarrassed to say it. I didn’t find it nerve wrecking but it’s the way you deliver your words. LOUD, CLEAR AND PROUD 

by Kenneth William

I mainly picked out parts of my paragraphs from my testimonial to describe what Media Trust has done for me since the beginning.  

What I learnt throughout the course is without building any form of connections, it is really difficult to break through the media industry. As various of special guests talking to us about their journey into the industry. It's important to build your connections because you never know what doors can open to you.  What I enjoyed about visiting these trips is learning their day insight around the day to day life. I enjoyed the visit at Oath because it was split into different parts and what I took away from the day is to learn about the style of presenting to your audiences.

It is a pleasure to meet amazing people from this course. They are all talented and wonderful and never met bunch of individuals who is really determined to break through the industry. It’s really the beginning to understand that we are all in this together. We are a week away to finish this course where we started in September and going to be an end of an era. “Use each other as connections” from Sherine Season 6 participant is something to remember because you could be the next big thing. 

Tools that I learnt throughout the weeks at Media Trust new words such as Loggin and OFCOM as part of the Television jargon. The 5 W’s is key to sell your story to your audiences.

by Kenneth William

Today session with Jack Downer

IGTV is based in Shoreditch as Jack Downer a freestyle footballer explains his story about his passion into football through doing tutorials on Instagram. His chapter begins with small numbers on instagram and suddenly within a month his page boosted around 4k which is seen to be incredible. I enjoyed learning about filming for Instagram TV by capturing different ways to showcase his skills on camera. It is different from filming on other platforms whereas on Instagram it is different where recordings are more straightforward. The tips and tricks we did with Jack was amazing. I haven’t played in a while where again I can revive football as my spare time.

Mini 1 vs 1 against him and agaisnt each other

2 vs 2 match

crossbar challenge

To do something in sports relation like football will definitely consider my options to be involved more in any upcoming opportunites.

One thing I dislike is that he managed to ‘nutmegged’ me. The term in football means that the ball went through my legs in which he uploaded on his instagram page.

by Kenneth William

Monday Masterclass session with both Ray Paul and Treble T was an interesting session to learn the success behind radio.

Ray Paul started on the BBC radio for 20 years. He created 1xtra in 2010 in which he was involved with big stars of todays such as Not3s, J Hus, Kojo Funds , Yung Bxne and many more. The idea behind 1xtra was to embrace the black culture through music.

The audience between ages 16-24 years listeners is 72%

The oulet from Radio is know who is your audience- Audience is key and sell

Every morning no excuses to turn up late so the quote to take away from Ray Paul is “I’m gonna show you hardowrking beats education” as 12m attracts radio 1 listeners.

Main point for active radio listeners

Audience

Sell

Story/relevant

Treble T talks about podcasting where grey go broadcasting and white go live. Tips to how to set up your podcast is a producer and editor role is key to make sure everything is alright before uploading.