#makeitdigital

During four weeks as a BBC make it digital trainee I’ve gained knowledge and many new skills. I’ve come to grips with digital marketing and how to use this to my advantage in the future. I have now created professional social media accounts including; Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr and LinkedIn. These accounts will give me a platform to show my work and put myself out there.

Photography is one thing I have always had an interest in. Reaching a desired look in each of my photos is something I have always had an interest in and it's been a great way for me to be able to incorporate my graphics work into my photography work too.

Digital to me is something I have always grown up around. From the age of 6, using computers in school for Paint and research to now using social sites such as Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Snapchat, Tumblr and many other wonderful websites, its almost second nature to me.

Over the past three weeks from the start of November, I have acquired the knowledge of target audiences. I have been researching target audience and deciding on what content would be most appropriate to get there attention. For example you could post your content on twitter or create a video advert for Snapchat. Another example would be “i will invite you to a day in the life at BBC Make It Digital via my Snapchat story on the 25th November 2016″

Currently I am a member of the BBC Make It Digital traineeship, during the traineeship I am creating a website. This “blog” will have various posts and reblogs, as a way of showing my likes and what I am interested in.

This post will be more of an intro to me however, My name is Jamie Farrell and welcome to my profile.

My name is Jamie Farrell, I am 18 years old and I am an aspiring digital creative, I want to work in the creative industry, specifically the video game industry. Video games have been a passion of mine nearly my whole life, there is so much you can do with video games, but also so little. Even the simplest games can be a work of art, depending on your perspective, anyway, I digress, you aren’t here to read about video games.

I am currently working to improve my digital skills, the main reason I’m doing the Make It Digital Traineeship, I want to improve my web design and creation skills, but I also want to learn skills needed for game design, like motion capture and rigging.

Twitter: jtfarrell2016